Education minister shares NEP road map at RSS meet- Education News
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday shared with top RSS leaders the details of the government’s plan for expeditious implementation of the New Education Policy (NEP), its plan to implement it, and carry out changes in the textbooks as well as the format of board exams in view of the curbs imposed on physical attendance in schools due to the ongoing Covid pandemic.
Pradhan’s presentation marked the highlight of the two-day deliberations.
The NEP’s thrust on imparting education in regional languages fulfils an old demand of the RSS which has long held that instruction in mother tongues helps students, especially from underprivileged backgrounds. The RSS has also been asking for changes in text books, especially on Indian history, which, according to them, are a compendium of victories of invaders and ignore the resistance put up by locals and the varied richness of the country’s ancient heritage.
Sources said the two-day deliberations, which started on Tuesday, had more focus on NEP from the students’ perspective. Pradhan is learnt have briefed the ‘Siksha Varg’ (education wing) representatives of the RSS, including those from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, who raised the issue of how the government is planning to hold the board exams since students are studying online and campuses aren’t fully functional.
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