stakeholders. This creates apprehension that the
Courts, which are the guardians of the Consti-
tution of India, will be kept out when the issues
arise. To exhaust all channels and then come to
the court is not an easy journey. Justice delayed is
Justice denied.
The DNEP quotes 1968 policy when it talks about
the three-language formula, but, it is silent about
the Common School System of the same 1968
policy. The three-language formula is a farce.
The child is burdened and made to spend time
to learn another language when it needs time to
spend on other subjects, The Words “Possible”
and “Preferable” when talking about Mother
Tongue as Medium of Education and that too
only till Grade 8. Mother’s tongue is not guaran-
teed until Post Doctoral. However, the Student is
asked to learn any one Indian language even in
Post Doctoral. It is nothing but to thrust a par-
ticular language.
A policy that fails to establish the Common
School System based on Neighbourhood School
is an unjust and undemocratic policy that has to
be rejected.
Dr B.R. Ambedkar, in his Memorandum of
Grievances of the Scheduled Castes dated 29th
October 1942 states as follows:
“What will help the Scheduled Castes is educa-
tion of an advanced type in Science and Technol-
ogy? However, it is obvious that education in Sci-
ence and Technology is beyond the means of the
Scheduled castes and this is why many of them
send their children to take up courses in Arts and
Law. Without Government assistance, the field of
Advanced Education in Science and Technology,
will never become open to Scheduled Castes, and
it is only just and proper that Central Govern-
ment should come forward to aid them in this
connection.”
Dr B.R. Ambedkar speaking in the Bombay Leg-
islative Council stated, “Education is something
which ought to be brought within reach of eve-
ryone, the policy, therefore, ought to be to make
higher education as cheap to the lower classes as
it can be made. If all these communities are to
be brought to the level of equality, then the only
remedy is to adopt the principle of inequality and
to give favoured treatment to those who are be-
low level”.
The Call of Jothiba Phule, Savithriba Phule,
Shaheed Bhagath Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Dr
B.R.Ambedkar and Thanthai Periyar is “Educa-
tion must be made Accessible to All and Afford-
able to All”. DNEP is far away from this call.Student Struggle | June - July 2019 27