Few days back, the Tamil Nadu Government Minister of school education Sengottaiyan had announced the cancellation of the proposed public exams for 5th and 8th standard. Now Kamal Haasan has issued a statement on the dropouts in 9th and 10th standard.

The leader of Makkal Needhi Maiam has tweeted on the dangerous trend which needs to be stopped, and criticised governments of coming with useless schemes. He has also tweeted that TN citizens should demand better education.

Kamal tweeted "TN reports with 100% increase in school dropouts in classes 9th & 10th in last 3 years. This is not just distressing but a dangerous reggression which has to be stopped. Governments distract with useless or redundant schemes.Citizens of Tamizh Nadu should demand a better education for the next generation atleast. They should re-examine archaic policies and re-configure the way to attain skill, wisdom, knowledge and excellence."

Citizens of Tamizh Nadu should demand a better education for the next generation atleast. They should re-examine archaic policies and re-configure the way to attain skill, wisdom, knowledge and excellence.(2/2)

— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) February 7, 2020