Tamil Nadu govt. firm on two-language policy, not to provide land for Navodaya schools: Minister Rajmohan
The Tamil Nadu government has reaffirmed its commitment to a two-language policy, refusing to provide land for central Navodaya schools. This follows a Supreme Court directive urging the state to reconsider its stance on teaching Hindi.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights the ongoing tension between state-level linguistic autonomy and federal educational mandates in India.
Tamil Nadu Minister for School Education Rajmohan on Friday (September 18, 2026) asserted that the government remained firm on its two-language policy in schools and would continue its existing stand of not providing land for establishing Navodaya schools (CBSE syllabus).
Mr. Rajmohan was responding to a question during a press conference at the Secretariat in Chennai on the Supreme Court, on Thursday (September 17), giving three months’ time to the Tamil Nadu government to comply with its December 15, 2025, direction to identify the requisite land in each district to establish Navodaya schools.
The apex court had said Tamil Nadu had to change the “mindset” that Hindi cannot be taught on the soil of the State, cautioning that “individual States cannot act like individual countries”. The oral observations from Justice B.V. Nagarathna had come in a nearly hour-long hearing on the adoption of the Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme in the State.
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