Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday slammed an expert committee report on uniform education, saying the findings toed the lines of Jayalalithaa government’s stand against the curriculum.
A day after the Chief Secretary-headed committee, set up in line with a Supreme Court directive, submitted its report to the Madras High Court, he said it was “widely believed that the members in the committee were against Samacheer Kalvi (Uniform education).” Alleging that the AIADMK regime was not interested in implementing the system, introduced by his government, he said the panel’s findings were in line with the Government’s stated position.
“The report was on expected lines of the government that the system was not acceptable, not to be easily grasped by rural and urban students and that books were printed in haste.
These were aimed at preventing implementation of Uniform Education system by the AIADMK government,” he said in a statement.
Observing that the system was brought into force after years of consultation by experts during his government, Mr. Karunanidhi hoped the Madras High Court will deliver a verdict which will benefit students.
The panel had on Tuesday submitted before the Madras High Court that the textbooks cannot be used for 2011-12 academic year as they require ‘lot of changes to provide quality education.’
