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The Hindu
23-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
AISEC offers alternative to NEP 2020, opposes closure of govt schools in Karnataka
The 'All India Save Education Committee (AISEC)-Karnataka State Committee' has opposed the closure of government schools in the State and urged the appointment of adequate number of teachers. The committee has released a draft People's Education Policy-2025 (PEP), an alternative to National Education Policy (NEP 2020), on May 22 with a request to the government of Karnataka not to give non-teaching work to teachers, abandon the no-detention police, and to strengthen public education. Allama Prabhu Bettaduru, president of AISEC, told reporters, 'Over the last five years, we had organised hundreds of workshops, debates, discussions, seminars, symposia, conventions and public gatherings to seek the opinion of people on NEP-2020, and also their alternative to its contentious recommendations. 'We feel proud to say that this PEP is the outcome of tireless efforts of hundreds of educationists and thousands of teachers, professors, students and the general public. Due to their tireless efforts, the government of Karnataka has constituted a commission to formulate a State Education Policy (SEP),' he said. 'In spite of severe resentment among the people to various recommendations of NEP 2020, we are shocked to note that the government of Karnataka has decided to close down 6,000 government schools. This closure of schools, under the pretext of merger, is an important recommendation of NEP 2020,' he added. The draft PEP recommends the two language formula to promote the mother tongue and English language, scientifically developing the language policy, secular, scientific, democratic and universal education system, at least 10% of the Central budget and 20 to 25% of the State budget for education sector.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Edu NGO's draft policy offers alternative to NEP
Chennai: An NGO released a draft People's Education Policy on Thursday, suggesting it could be an alternative to the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The All India Save Education Committee (AISEC), which came up with the policey, suggested a two-language system in schools and proposed continuing the present 10+2 system with provisions for pre-primary education and three-year undergraduate degrees, and providing free education from pre-primary to Class NEP proposed restructuring the school education system from the 10+2 structure to a 5+3+3+4 model. "Pre-primary, primary, and middle schools should be seamlessly integrated. This will facilitate a better transition of children from primary to upper primary classes," the draft People's Education Policy (PEP) said. "Admission shall not be based on centralised tests like NEET and JEE. Universities or higher educational institutions shall decide their own admission policy for admitting students into undergraduate and postgraduate programmes," said K Yogarajan, secretary, AlSEC. While allowing universities and colleges to give preference to local students, it suggested reserving 20% of seats for students from other universities and states to balance local aspirations and integration. The PEP supported the two-language policy. "A student shall learn both the mother tongue and English. In addition, students shall have the option to learn any additional language, and this shall be optional," Yogarajan said. The alternative education policy also demanded an increase in the allocation to education in the union budget to 10% and 6% of the GDP. State govts shall allocate up to 25% of their budget to education. It suggested providing free education from pre-primary to Class XII with funding from union and state govts. The policy wanted to continue with the three-year undergraduate degrees instead of four-year degrees. "Introducing multiple entry and exit is anarchic and will lead to dropouts, leaving these dropouts without jobs. Three-year degrees allow students to complete degrees by twenty years which makes higher eduation affordable," Yogarajan said. PEP also opposed introducing vocational education before Class X. "Education up to Class X should be common to all. The introduction of vocational subjects in upper primary schools will invariably replace some subjects that are presently taught," it said. Yogarajan said the policy will be presented to the union govt and state govts for implementation. "It's the draft policy, and we will make amendments to drafts in the conference to be held in January 2026," he added. The document criticised the NEP, saying it encourages privatisation and commercialisation of education from pre-school to university level, making it difficult for the poor to access quality education.
