PMK calls upon TN govt to make Tamil compulsory medium of instruction in schools

 S. Ramadoss has called upon the Tamil Nadu government to bring in legislation to make Tamil the compulsory medium of instruction in schools across the state.

Chennai: The founder leader of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), S. Ramadoss, has called upon the Tamil Nadu government to bring in legislation to make Tamil the compulsory medium of instruction in schools across the state. The PMK leader said that Section (F) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 says that "Mother tongue must be the medium of instruction as far as practicable". In a statement released here on Monday (June 7), Ramadoss called upon the state government to bring in an amendment to remove the "as far as practicable" phrase in Section (F) of the RTE Act and send it for approval to the President of India.