A six-member committee of academicians set up by the West Bengal Government to study the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP) in its 100-page long report said that certain features of the NEP lack clarity and is also not possible to be applied uniformly across a country with 130 crore population and diverse culture and traditions.
A panel member on Sunday told PTI that in a country like India with diversified socio-economic conditions a common yardstick cannot be applied to all states and that this has been enunciated in the report.
“Certain features of the New Education policy, such as redesigning of class 10 board exams and reforms in primary schools, lack clarity. In a country of 130 crore population, you cannot thrust a uniform education policy on all states, regardless of their linguistic heritage and customs,” he added.
The committee which was set up last month by Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has submitted the report to the higher education department on August 23 but the government has not yet conveyed its view to the Centre yet.
Education Minister has also previously criticised the NEP saying that its a copy of the system that is followed in the western countries.
