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School Education Minister responds to queries on TNSEP
Under the newly released Tamil Nadu State Education Policy (TNSEP) 2025, students would receive career guidance from Class 9 onwards along with training using local industry resources to get them employment-ready, Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said on Thursday.
He also posted a series of videos on X that showed him answering questions from students and teachers from across the State on the TNSEP.
Aimed at charting a career path for students, the government would introduce subjects such as Artificial Intelligence, robotics, coding and other courses aimed at developing entrepreneurs.
Once the SEP is rolled out, rote-learning approach would be replaced by an application-based and skill-based system. Assessments would be based on understanding, clarity, problem-solving, and practical applications. For Classes 1 to 8, a formative assessment model would be followed that tests not only learning performance, but also life skills.
Mr. Poyyamozhi clarified that Samacheer Kalvi textbooks would continue to be the base material for schools along with a mandate to update them every three years. The updation would include modern examples, local relevance, digital integration, and skill-based content, besides providing supplementary materials both in print and digital formats.
Teachers, he said, would be central to this reform and digital platforms like 'Payirchi Paarvai' would help teachers enhance their skills. Peer mentoring, modular training, and leadership programmes would help build both subject expertise and modern teaching skills among teachers, who would also be given greater professional autonomy and recognition, he added.
Mr. Poyyamozhi underscored the importance of following the two-language policy as well as removing the Class 11 public examination which helped in relieving unnecessary stress among students.
