Teachers stand united against the Education policy of the Delhi Government

Teachers stand united against the Education policy of the Delhi Government

Thousands of teachers in Delhi took the streets in a clear mutiny with what they called the ‘saffronization’ of the education by the PM Modi’s government. The teachers called for a ‘free and affordable education and dignified employment’ and to reserve the ‘right to education for everyone’. Speaking to indianexpress.com, Delhi University professor Najma Rehmani said, “The government is slowly destroying the public education system, and giving preference to private education. The government schools in states are not getting money and aid from the center, and it’s a big jolt to the federal structure of India, which is the current government destroying slowly.” “The school syllabus is designed in a way to destroy the components of secularism. The government is giving preferences to Hindu ideology in the school books and prayers which is harming the idea of India at the end,” said protesting professor. Rehmani also brought up the issue of the vacant teaching posts in schools and universities and government’s lazy attitude towards filling them. “The government is planning to terminate various vacant posts in the colleges and universities after the introduction of the new department-wise roster,” she said. Around 55 percent teachers posts for the reserved category candidates are lying vacant in the universities which have not been filled by the educational institutions despite repeated reminders from the University Grants Commission. The professor also condemned the government’s decision to provide autonomy to colleges under Delhi University. “It (autonomy) gives the college the right to decide course fees for various courses, and normally the course fees are much higher than formulated by the University. It’s only creating a gap between the economically weaker and rich sections in higher studies,” Rehmani said.

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