NEP fraught with danger, says Dhruvanarayan
The Hindu
He fears ‘saffronisation’ of education
The KPCC working president and former MP R. Dhruvanarayan has expressed apprehensions over ‘hasty’ implementation of the New Educational Policy (NEP) by the State.
Speaking to mediapersons here on Saturday he said the NEP was an attempt at ‘saffronisation’ of the education system and was being pushed through without debate and discussions by experts. He said it was fraught with danger to the society and inimical to the interest of the State as the NEP amounted to “moving in the reverse gear” and would “take the country backwards”.
He said there was a precedent of elaborate discussions on the educational policies when announced by Indira Gandhi in 1968 and Rajiv Gandhi in 1986. The views of experts in the field of education was sought and their opinions were accorded due weightage before implementation. But under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there is no scope for consulting the experts or eliciting expert opinion.
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