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Tamil Nadu’s Minister for School Education, Tamil Development, and Information and Publicity Rajmohan, connected Tuesday (May 19, 2026), said the TVK authorities volition travel the existing two-language argumentation successful schools - Tamil and English. “Our authorities would not let a three-language look to beryllium followed successful schools. We volition not output to immoderate indirect unit and the TVK volition stay steadfast, without immoderate compromise, successful its basal connected the two-language policy,” helium told The Hindu.
Mr. Rajmohan’s comments presume value arsenic the Union Ministry of Education had precocious sent a reminder regarding the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) strategy successful Tamil Nadu.
To a question connected the Supreme Court’s directive successful December 2025 asking the Tamil Nadu authorities to place onshore for establishing Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas, the Minister said the substance is nether discussion. “I person been discussing with the officials of the School Education Department regarding this issue. An due determination volition beryllium taken,” helium said.
The Minister said the infrastructure gaps successful authorities schools volition beryllium addressed done public-private partnerships. “Education is the foundational spot for the improvement of Tamil Nadu. While the fig of authorities schools is higher than backstage schools, enrolment successful authorities schools is low. Measures volition beryllium taken to amended this,” helium said.
Mr. Rajmohan, who is besides the Minister for Archaeology, portion responding to a question connected whether his authorities would instrumentality steps to bring the Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates (Leiden copper plates) to Tamil Nadu, helium said, “The Anaimangalam copper plates were a treasure of Tamil Nadu.”
He added that the State authorities would instrumentality steps to bring them to Tamil Nadu and guarantee that the plates were taken to assorted salient places crossed the State for nationalist show and acquisition purposes. He besides said measures would beryllium taken to location the copper plates successful Thanjavur, the superior of King Raja Raja Chola I.
These copper plates, until a fewer days ago, were successful the possession of Leiden University and were handed implicit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his caller sojourn to the Netherlands.
Further, responding to a question connected whether his authorities would impulse the Centre to merchandise the reports of the archetypal 2 phases of excavations conducted astatine Keeladi successful Sivaganga territory by the Archaeological Survey of India’s past Superintending Archaeologist Amarnath Ramakrishna, Mr. Rajmohan said, arsenic acold arsenic preserving, protecting, and promoting Tamil practice and civilization were concerned, the TVK authorities would permission nary chromatic unturned.
Recalling his travel from being a vigor presenter and YouTuber to becoming the School Education Minister, Mr. Rajmohan said helium had consistently remained a learner and was ever unfastened to learning. “I person journeyed with the media from moving with a quality channel, vigor and past moving to YouTube. I volition proceed to larn with the officials and teachers portion besides sharing immoderate experiences of mine,” helium added.
