[Marxistindia] Bogus status of Eminence

[news from the cpi(m)]

July 10, 2018

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Bogus Status of Eminence

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly opposes the move by the Modi
government to accord 'Institution of Eminence' status to the Reliance
Foundation's Jio Institute. 

 

Some time back, the government had announced that twenty institutions, ten
each of the public funded institutions and in the private sector, would be
selected as institutions of eminence. A committee headed by former Chief
Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami was tasked to identify these
institutions. The entire exercise and the considerations have remained
largely outside the public domain. The MHRD has now come out with an
announcement that the total number will be reduced from twenty to just six
and one of the chosen three private institutions is Reliance Foundation's
Jio Institute.

 

For an institution to stand the test of time and evolve into a truly 'world
class' institution of higher learning and research is a challenging process.
It takes great perseverance and creativity to earn that tag of eminence. It
is bewildering that the Jio Institute, which is non-existent and notional,
has been given that status solely on a 'drawing board' projection.

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) condemns this move of the government which
cannot be construed as anything but brazen cronyism.  It will have a
debilitating effect on the entire sphere of higher education underlining the
obsession of the government to promote privatisation and undermining public
funded higher education.  

 

 

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