Bangalore: After a meeting with representatives and officials of various educational institutions in Karnataka capital Bengaluru, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that the state government will frame a new education policy, scrapping the Centre's National Education Policy, 2020 (NEP 2020). Policy and representatives of various educational institutions and other officials participated in the meeting. DK Shivakumar said that, we have decided to discontinue NEP 2020 in our manifesto.
Congress leader Shivakumar further said that states like Tamil Nadu and Kerala have already scrapped this policy and added that the government will constitute a new committee to work on the new education policy for the state. Deputy CM said that, 'Karnataka has good human resources and it is a knowledge center. We have our own system of quality education system. That's why we are ending the National Education Policy. We do not want any Nagpur education policy. We are forming a new committee within a week and they will look into it. Earlier in a tweet on X (formerly Twitter), DK Shivakumar had claimed that the education system in Karnataka is "a model for the country". He said that, 'The education system in Karnataka is a model for the country. This is the reason that Bangalore is the IT capital today. Due to our education system, many people from the state are in good positions abroad. Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah had earlier last week said that NEP will be canceled from the next academic year in the state. He said that the NEP implemented by the previous BJP government will be completely canceled from the next academic year.
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CM Siddaramaiah said that, 'NEP 2020 will have to be finished after making some necessary preparations. The academic year had already started by the time the election results were out and the government was formed, so to avoid inconvenience to the students in the middle of the year, NEP has been continued this year as well. He said that NEP has been opposed by students, parents and lecturers and teachers together. Earlier this year in July, Karnataka's primary education minister Madhu Bangarappa had said that the state education department has decided not to adopt the Centre's NEP 2020, but will instead implement the State Education Policy (SEP).
Explain that the NEP 2020, launched in July 2020, provides a set of guiding principles for a paradigm shift in the education sector in India from school to doctoral level. New Education Policy 2020 is the education policy of India, which was announced by the central government on 29 July 2020. This was the first new change in India's education policy after the new education policy released in 1986. This policy of space scientist K. Based on the report of the committee headed by Kasturirangan.
What did the Union Education Minister say: -
Criticizing this move of the Congress government, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said, 'Education should be a symbol of progress and not a political pawn. Disappointed to learn about the politically motivated decision of the Chief Minister of Karnataka to shelve the National Education Policy 2020. Our education system needs development, not regression. The NEP was the result of years of deliberations, reflecting the aspirations of all. This decision of Congress exposes its anti-reform, anti-Indian language and anti-Karnataka character. Karnataka deserves a leadership that values ​​progress and inclusiveness, not petty politics. Let's put students first and stop petty politics .
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The Congress government has also abolished the conversion law :-
Let us tell you that the Congress government of the state has already repealed the conversion law, that too at a time when incidents of conversion of people by intimidation, greed, brainwashing, love trap are coming to the fore from different parts of the country. Are coming Even small children are being brainwashed and converted through gaming apps, but the law to protect them has now been removed in Karnataka. That is, in a way, there is now a free hand for conversion in Karnataka. At the same time, State Animal Husbandry Minister Venkatesh had also talked about reviewing the law that prohibits cow slaughter. He had said, 'When buffalo can be slaughtered, why not a cow.' He had said that, we will discuss and take a decision on it. In such a situation, people are asking whether the state government is now going to give exemption for cow slaughter as well?
