Student body demands more time for filing suggestions for National Education Policy

Student body demands more time for filing suggestions for National Education Policy

Students Islamic Organisation or SIO, a student body, has asked the Ministry of Human Resource Development to extend the deadline for filing the suggestions for the National Education Policy. The draft of the policy was prepared by Dr K Kasturirangan Commission and the government has invited the suggestions from the public and civil society participants. The last date to submit the suggestions is July 1. The organization has also asked the Union Government to translate the draft and release in other non-Hindi states so that citizens from the other states can also get equal opportunity to participate in the process. "Given that the document is almost 500 pages long and the time given to the public to review, prepare and submit their feedback and suggestions is less than a month, it is not right of the Union Government to serve the notice to the public at such short notice," Labeed Shafi, National President, SIO said. "The importance and implication of NEP 2019 for the nation as a whole is tremendous and it will be creating lasting impact. Hence the government is required to give public appropriate time to peruse and prepare their response," Mr Shafi added. Noting the importance of the document, Mr. Shafi further said that the government must release the draft in other languages and give Indian citizens in other states an equal opportunity to participate in the process.

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