A section of academicians on Friday stressed the need for a movement like the one spearheaded by farmers against three agriculture laws to demand a rollback of the National Education Policy, which they said makes a “mockery of the education system”. At the meeting, professor Syed Irfan Habib said, “This government and this NEP seek to saffronise our whole culture …
The new National Education Policy has evoked mixed responses from academicians and experts as many of them referred to the reforms as “long due” and “groundbreaking,” while others cautioned that “the devil lies in the details” and hoped the moves get translated into action on the ground. ‘Morrill moment’ IIT Delhi Director Ramgopal Rao termed the new policy the “Morrill …
