[Marxistindia] Protest against centralisation, communalisation and commercialisation of Indian education

[news from the cpi(m)]

July 29, 2020
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
Protest against the Centralisation, Communalisation and
Commercialisation of Indian Education
 
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly denounces the Union Cabinet decision
to unilaterally impose a New Education Policy and rename the Ministry of
Human Resource Development.
 
Education is in the Concurrent List in our Constitution.  It is a gross
violation  by the Central government to impose a New Education Policy
unilaterally bypassing all the objections and opposition recorded by various
state governments.  
 
A new policy of such a nature 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 with a statutory time limit within which Members of
Parliament can move amendments/give opinions.  The Parliament has been
completely bypassed.  
 
The draft of New Education Policy was put out in the public domain seeking
suggestions and opinions from all stakeholders, mainly the academicia, the
teaching community and the students. In addition, many intellectuals had
also sent in their observations.  None of these have been considered.  
 
This unilateral drive is to destroy the Indian education system with a
policy that seeks greater centralization, communalization and
commercialization of Indian education.  
 
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly protests against this move by the
BJP Central government.  The Polit Bureau demands that a thorough discussion
in Parliament be held before implementation begins.  
 
 
 
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