Karnataka: The Karnataka government has announced to set up a committee to formulate education policy for the state. The state has decided to continue with the old education system for now and has scrapped the National Education Policy (NEP).
The meeting regarding this subject was chaired by the Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah along with the Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, Higher Education Minister MC Sudhakar, Primary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa, Author Baraguru Ramachandrappa and other senior government officials present. Later a CMO issued a statement denouncing the NEP.
In a statement issued by the CM stated, ‘Since it is a state subject, the central government cannot formulate education policy. The National Education Policy has been formulated without taking the state governments into confidence. Education policy cannot be imposed by the central government.’
‘A uniform education system cannot be established in a country like India with multicultural and pluralistic society. Therefore, the chief minister said that a committee will be formed to formulate a new education policy while continuing the old education system,’ the CMO said.
Other states such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu have denied of implementing the National Education Policy.
