Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (August 8, 2025) released the Tamil Nadu State Education Policy - School Education, and reiterated the State’s two-language policy of teaching only Tamil and English. The policy has been designed keeping in mind Tamil Nadu’s unique character and is aimed at preparing students for the future with a vision, he said.
Listing out some of the highlights of the policy, Mr. Stalin said instead of (encouraging) memorising, the policy was to help students to think and act. He said the policy aimed at making students creative, sought to link education with physical training, and emphasised the significance of the Tamil language.
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The DMK government believed that all students must complete their school education and pursue higher education. This year, about 72% of students who completed Plus Two exams were pursuing higher education, he said. He hoped the number would be higher in the coming years, and that the target was 100%.
In his speech, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin reiterated the Tamil Nadu government’s position to bring back education to the State List. Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said that the National Education Policy was a “vidhi” (fate), but the State Education Policy was a “madhi”.
