Assam: New education policy exposes PM Modi’s anti-poor attitude, says Tarun Gogoi

Criticising the new education policy adopted by the Centre, the former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said it has exposed Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s anti-poor attitude in all spheres of the policy of the country.

“The new education policy is going to be elitist, well to do families. Privatization and commercialization will go against the interest of the children of poor section. Thereby exposes Modi's anti-poor attitude in all spheres of the policy of the country,” the senior Congress leader tweeted.

On August 1^st, 2020, the Assam government announced to form a 40-member committee headed by the Principal Secretary to the State Education Department to recommend how to implement the new education policy in the state.

Also read: Assam: 40-member committee to prepare blueprint by Dec 31 to implement new education policy

“The 40-member committee will be divided into sub-groups. They will minutely scrutinize every aspect and submit the blueprint by December 31st, 2020 about how to implement the new education policy,” Assam Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a press conference here in Guwahati.

He further informed that the committee will start working from the next week and submit the blueprint about how to implement the national education policy by December 31st, 2020.

Meanwhile, the Minister said that the implementation of the new education policy will also generate employment opportunities in the state.

Further, the minister informed that the government is considering re-opening of the schools from September 1st, 2020 with certain set of rules and regulations.

The government has made COVID-19 test mandatory for the teachers and other staff members before they joining the schools. “They have to go for COVID-19 test between August 23rd and 30th, 2020,” he added.

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