During the government's first budget in 2021, chief minister MK Stalin said that they would develop an education policy specifically for Tamil Nadu. In 2022, he constituted a team of experts from diverse sectors which was led by retired justice D Murugesan.

The report has not yet been made public by the government. A senior individual from the board of trustees said that they have presented a 550-page report in English and 600-pages in Tamil to CM Stalin. They have suggested that Tamil Nadu proceed with its double language strategy of Tamil and English as the mechanism of guidance and to abolish public examinations for class 3, 5, and 8, the member said on the condition of anonymity.

The DMK has been particularly critical of the NEP's language policy, and Stalin had previously pledged to maintain the state's dual language policy, which dates back to 1967. “We have travelled across the state and incorporated inputs from teachers, students, NGOs, former vice-chancellors and teacher associations,” a second member of the committee said, not wishing to be named.

Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, musician and activist TM Krishna, and former Saveetha educational University vice-chancellor L Jawahar Nesan were among the committee's 13 members. There were also a lot of debates in the committee. Due to interference from senior IAS officers, Nesan had issued a two-page press release announcing his resignation last year.

“As a result, the committee is spearheaded towards formulating the state education policy on the footsteps of the National Education Policy, 2020,” Nesan had alleged then.

“Therefore, the final policy will be nothing but the rechristened version of the National Education Policy, driven by the interests of corporate and market forces"