Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan NEW DELHI: The Modi govt and DMK clashed on the first day of the resumed Budget session, with the latter questioning the govt over the three-language policy and education minister Dharmendra Pradhan accusing the Tamil Nadu govt and the governing party of going back on their commitment to sign the MoU…
NEW DELHI: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Monday moved a privilege notice against Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan seeking action against him for “breach of Parliamentary privilege“. This came after Pradhan made a controversial remark on DMK MPs in Lok Sabha and accused the Tamil Nadu government of taking a U-turn on PM…
Pradhan, Stalin in war of words over NEP NEW DELHI: As Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan asked Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin to ‘rise above politics’ amid “imposition of Hindi” through National Education Policy row, the chief minister on Friday hit back at the minister accusing him of doing politics in education.In a sharp…
Union Government committed to implementing NEP: Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan CHENNAI: As Tamil Nadu stepped up its opposition to the National Education Policy, with the ruling DMK and its allies announcing a protest on February 18, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday dismissed the state government’s opposition as “politics” and said the Centre is…
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday accused Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of “blackmail” for allegedly taking a stand that Tamil Nadu would not be provided funds till such time it accepted the National Education Policy (NEP) and the three-language formula. Tagging a video clip of Pradhan speaking to reporters in Varanasi on…
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday accused Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of “blackmail” for allegedly taking a stand that Tamil Nadu would not be provided funds till such time it accepted the National Education Policy (NEP) and the three language formula. Tagging a video clip of Pradhan speaking to reporters in Varanasi…
NEW DELHI: National Test Agency will conduct only competitive entrance tests for admission into educational institutions from next year and won’t hold any recruitment exams, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Tuesday. He also said that education and health ministries are deliberating on whether to conduct the medical entrance exam NEET-UG in pen-and-paper mode or…
In a significant development, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, during today’s winter Parliament session, announced that starting 2025, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will no longer conduct recruitment examinations. Instead, it will focus solely on entrance examinations for higher education institutions. He further stated that the government plans to introduce computer-adaptive testing, a tech-driven approach…