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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why one should be charitable towards National Education Policy -Disha Nawani

Why one should be charitable towards National Education Policy -Disha Nawani

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published Published on Aug 23, 2020   modified Modified on Aug 26, 2020

-Livemint.com

Since education policies and government programmes have greater implications for the socially marginalized, they should be open to public scrutiny and debate

Anurag Behar’s article on the new educational policy 'A plea to educators at the cusp of a seminal shift in education' on 12 August in Livemint raises some very important and serious concerns and is therefore, deserving of attention. It points to a growing rift between framers of the policy and its critics and creates a false binary between arm chair intellectuals/academics who theorise and field workers/practitioners (who find solutions). Behar’s concern too is largely with either/or positions on the NEP as a result of which, a situation of global acceptance and rejection of the policy (supporters versus opponents) has emerged.

Behar’s frustration stems from an impatience to witness the unfolding of what he perceives to be progressive educational reforms, however, the manner in which he has gone about it, could be self-defeating. Differentiating between educators who can offer constructive critique and ‘those’ who have been reacting negatively to the policy, he suggests that the latter group’s ‘peeves’ come from apprehensions of a loss of personal power, or setbacks to commercial interest or even from a commitment to opposing the political party in power at the centre. While he does not clarify, which of the different critiques belong to which category of peeves, it is disconcerting to see that instead of understanding what the objections are he chooses to dismissing those raising objections. His assertion that “on the NEP they need to act as educators, not politicians" is deeply problematic. 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. Given this knowledge and recognition, delinking policy from politics is wishful thinking as policies and their implementation do not happen in a political or social vacuum. That this policy has been formulated by a political dispensation with an aggressive Hindutva agenda and which has the political might to implement it is something that Behar cannot fail to recognize.

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Livemint.com, 23 August, 2020, https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/opinion-why-one-should-be-charitable-towards-national-education-policy/amp-11598166496909.html?fbclid=IwAR2kqS1wN_F9LA3_sD8kvd0zP3zBNT3wN4skTtLuFvP7Nm_-alIrAyIIEr8


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