While it is true that “A powerful political party cannot be harmed by opposing an education policy, it would be equally naïve to believe that powerful political parties do not have a clear role/goal in framing education policies to create certain kinds of nations and its citizens. He argues both inadvertent and motivated interpretations of the policy are possible, which may be antithetical to good education. However, he must see that the critique is about fundamental flaws/gaps in the policy and not (yet) about its implementation. The policy portrays a distorted understanding of Constitutional values (replaced by banal ideas like service, courtesy, sacrifice etc. Since education policies and government programmes have greater implications for the socially marginalized, they should be open to public scrutiny and debate.

Source: Mint August 23, 2020 09:49 UTC