Chennai: Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy has opposed the draft National Higher Education Qualifications Framework (NHEQF) which states that the admission to the first year undergraduate programme will be open to those who have met the entrance requirements.

This framework was envisaged in the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.  Noting that mandating entrance exams for getting admissions even in arts and science colleges would affect the students from rural areas, Ponmudy said that Tamilnadu would strongly oppose the proposal mooted under the New Education Policy. He added that the government would inform the Union government about its position on the matter after obtaining feedback from stakeholders.

The Minister said the state government received an email from the Union government seeking its opinion on a draft plan of implementing NEP.

‘However, the state government did not get enough time to seek the opinion of educationists and the public. We will study the draft implementation plan and convey the State government’s stand,’ he said.