T
he Draft National Education Policy
2019 submitted by K. Kasturirangan,
former Chairman, ISRO (Indian Space
Research Organization) has been released by
the BJP led NAD government as a major policy
pronouncement after assuming the power at the
Centre in June 2019. The report is the follow up
for the execution of the earlier report furnished
under the chairmanship of T.S.R. Subramanian,
former Cabinet Secretary, Government of India.
The release of the draft policy is coupled with
the appeal inviting suggestions from the public
for its receipt on or before 30th June 2019 later
extended to 31st July 2019.
The basic flaw in the formation of the
Committees is their Chairmanships and their
composition. Neither of them is an educationist
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nor exposed to the teaching and executive
experience in the field; whereas the earlier two
commissions formed after the Iindependence of
the country were chaired by renowned scholars
cum educationists, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan and
Prof. Dr. S. Kothari.
The formation of the committee and the way
and time limit given by the MHRD (Ministry of
Human Resource Development) for suggestions
itself show the unilateral intention of the
saffron rulers to implement their Hindutva
agenda in the already decided line which was
their practice during the earlier regime too.
During the Modi regime I (2014-2019) sufficient
spade work had been carried out by changing
the curriculum in the schools and colleges,