NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, SEP 6
DMK President M K Stalin has opposed a conference of Governors on the National Education Policy on Monday, alleging it went against Parliamentary democracy and hence ”unacceptable.”
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are set to address the inaugural session of the Governors’ meet on the NEP through video conference.
நாடாளுமன்றம் கூடும் முன்பே #NEP குறித்து ஆளுநர்களிடம் கருத்துகள் கேட்பது நாடாளுமன்ற ஜனநாயகத்தின் முனை முறிக்கும் செயல்! @PMOIndia இதனைக் கைவிட வேண்டும்!
மாநில உரிமைகள் குறித்தெல்லாம் கவலையற்ற அதிமுக அரசு #NEP ஐ ஆராய கல்வியாளர்கள் கூட இன்றி அமைத்துள்ள குழு கண்துடைப்புத் தந்திரம்! pic.twitter.com/FU5UGW2cwp
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) September 5, 2020
Stalin said without waiting for a debate in the Parliament on the NEP, seeking to solicit the views of Governors “blunts democracy and hence unacceptable.” The Centre did not discuss NEP at the Central Advisory Board of Education’s meeting (in which State Education Ministers participated), before the policy’s approval in July, he alleged in a statement on Saturday.
The DMK President wanted Modi to give up the initiative to “seek the opinion of Governors” at a time when Parliament was set to meet and pave the way for a “honest, democratic debate in Parliament (on NEP).” The conference, ”Role of NEP-2020 in transforming higher education” is being organised by the Ministry of Education.
Parliament’s monsoon session would begin from September 14 and continue till October 1. The Governors’ conference is also being attended by Education Ministers of all states, vice-chancellors of state universities and other senior officials.
