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The Hindu
02-08-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
APTF asks government to implement Kothari Commission recommendations instead of New Education Policy-2020
Andhra Pradesh Teachers' Federation (APTF) honorary president Bankuru Jogi Naidu on Saturday (August 2, 2025) asked the Union Government to implement academician Daulat Singh Kothari Commission's recommendations to achieve the best education system while focussing on mathematics, science and technology which would enhance knowledge levels of students at par with international standards. In a press release, he said National Education Policy-2020 had many flaws and it was not designed with the consent of all the States and not approved by the Parliament also. 'Kothari Commission recommended allocation of six per cent of GDP for the growth of education system and suggested 10 +2+3 formula for standardisation of studies across the country. It asked the government to focus on primary education but NEP-2020 had completely ignored the primary studies,' said Mr. Jogi Naidu. He asked the Union Government to take suggestions from all the States and make necessary changes in NEP-2020 to achieve the goals and ideals of Kothari Commission.
The Hindu
15-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
A.P. teachers to continue protest against G.O. on school restructuring
Teacher organisations in Andhra Pradesh have voiced strong opposition to the proposed school restructuring program, expressing concerns that it will harm the education sector. They plan protests, including State-level demonstrations, to highlight their concerns. Raising concern over 'categorisation of schools and the potential negative impact on students and teachers,' leaders of the Andhra Pradesh Teachers' Federation (APTF) have announced their decision to continue their protests in a phased manner. On May 5, they held mandal-level protests, on May 9 at district-level and on May 14, at the State level. Opposing what they called irrational policies being implemented in government schools, they said instead of revising the incoherent decisions taken by the previous government, the TDP-led coalition government, through G.O. 21, proposed to set up nine categories of schools, which may dismantle public education system. The federation leaders said on May 16 and 17, teachers across the State would send messages via WhatsApp and Email to the Minister for Human Resource Development Nara Lokesh demanding reversal of the decision to protect the education sector. On May 18, 19 and 20, they would submit memoranda to the elected representatives, from village sarpanches to the Members of Parliament, including School Education Committee Chairpersons, Zilla Parishad and Mandal Parishad members, seeking their immediate intervention. Pointing out that no other State in the country had nine categories of schools, the leaders demanded that the government revert to the old system that existed before the issue of G.O. 117 by the previous YSR Congress Party government. Leaders of the State committee of the Student Federation of India (SFI) have also condemned the decision, insisting that the government reconsider its stand. In a statement on Thursday, the federation's State president K. Prasanna Kumar and general secretary A. Ashok said G.O. 117 issued by the YSRCP government on division of schools in six categories evoked stiff resistance by the stakeholders. The current government repealed that G.O. and instead, issued a fresh one as an alternative, categorising schools in nine categories. They said the proposed restructuring would cause serious harm to the school education system and would facilitate privatisation of the education sector.
