The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Wednesday protested against the Union Cabinet바카라s approval to a new education policy, saying it will destroy the Indian education system as it seeks 바카라greater centralisation, communalisation and commercialisation바카라 of education in the country even as a host of higher education institutions welcomed the recommendations made under the National Education Policy 2020.
Delhi university teachers바카라 association (DUTA) and Left-backed students unions also opposed the new education policy, describing it as 바카라an attack on the education system바카라 of the country, and demanded that the government must roll it back.
바카라The centralisation, communalisation and commercialisation of Indian education will be resisted,바카라 CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury said.
He alleged that the Modi government has 바카라unilaterally바카라 imposed a new education policy after 바카라bypassing바카라 all the objections and opposition recorded by various State governments.
바카라The draft of New Education Policy was put out in the public domain seeking suggestions from all stakeholders, mainly the academia, the teaching community and the students. In addition, many intellectuals had also sent in their observations. None of these have been considered,바카라 the CPI-M leader said.
The polit bureau of the CPI-M also opposed the government바카라s decision to rename the ministry of human resource development (HRD) as the ministry of education, demanding that 바카라a thorough discussion바카라 in Parliament should be held before implementation of policy recommendations begins.
바카라A new policy needs to be discussed in the Parliament. This was assured by the government earlier. The draft is, as per norm, placed on the table of the Houses where the MPs can move amendments or give opinions. The Parliament has been completely bypassed.바카라 Yechury said.
The DUTA opposed the NEP recommendation for granting autonomy to higher education institutions and vesting 바카라unfettered powers바카라 in the governing boards of the universities and colleges, calling upon the government to desist from 바카라bulldozing the NEP and harm education.바카라
바카라Autonomy has been redefined as the freedom to optimise. The empowerment of the BoG hand in hand with redifined autonomy is in parallel with the neoliberal reforms that deregulated businesses. It amounts to converting / handing over education as a business to corporate houses,바카라 DUTA president Rajib Ray said.
The All India Management Association (AIMA) welcomed the new education policy, describing it as 바카라revolutionary바카라.
바카라It will remove unnecessary complexity in delivery and regulation of higher education in the country and level the playing field for all students, irrespective of which college they go to 바카라 private or government. The establishment of a single regulator for higher education is an excellent step,바카라 AIMA director general Rekha Sethi said
The new education policy meets many of the long-standing needs of the higher education sector and opens up possibilities of making Indian education comparable with the best in the world, she added.
The AIMA also welcomed the policy recommendation for allowing to top-rated foreign institutes to set up their campuses in India. 바카라Having the top global colleges in India will reverse the brain drain and also raise the standard of the local colleges,바카라 she said.
Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM)-Sambalpur Mahadeo Jaiswal said recommendation for changing the pedagogical structure from a 10+2 system to a 5+3+3+4 system was in line with international educational standards.
바카라Allowing technical institutes to become multi-disciplinary will help IIMs and IITs to start other departments like medical etc, and make their size bigger and allow them to admit more students. This will enable them to compete with the elite institutes of the world and become at par with them in the coming years,바카라 he said.
