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Centre: No Samagra Shiksha funds for TN for FY 2024-25
Chennai: Tamil Nadu did not receive a single rupee from Union govt under Samagra Shiksha for 2024-25, according to information submitted to Parliament by Union ministry of education.
Answering a query raised by DMK MP Ganapathy Rajkumar on withholding funds under the scheme for some states, Union minister of state Jayant Chaudhary on Monday said the funds under Samagra Shiksha are released based on fulfilment of guidelines prescribed by Union ministry of finance.
Union govt withheld its share of Samagra Shiksha funds to the tune of 2,151crore for 2024-25 for the state, citing its opposition to following the three-language formula in PM SHRI schools.
The reply also showed that Kerala and West Bengal also did not receive any funds under the scheme from Union govt for the 2024-25 financial year.
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Educationists have condemned this, saying Union govt has committed injustice towards the children of these three states. "It is a breach of the constitutional obligation of the federal govt to the constituent states. It is a total violation of the Right to Education Act that obligates govts to ensure children get their education up to the age of 14," senior educationist V Vasanthi Devi said.
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She also said the three opposition-ruled states have been singled out for the denial of funds.
"Union govt cannot force its policy on any state govt as education is in the concurrent list. Union govt has the power to prescribe the standards in higher education," said P B Prince Gajendrababu, general secretary, State Platform for Common School System.
