As the Narendra Modi government comes close to finishing one year in office, education has remained its forte as well as Achilles Heel.
The regime has professed long-term changes to the existing system of learning on the one hand, under the Modinomics of ‘Make in India’, and on the other has landed itself in trouble over several alleged instances of ‘saffronisation’ of the system.
Even as education budgets have drawn mixed reactions, skill and formal learning have been intricately linked, and budgetary allocations suggest a strong shift towards higher education.
New institutes of excellence have been announced, making development more regionally balanced with states such as Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Assam getting AIIMS, IITs and IIMs.
“The government has done a few good things such as launching a programme that allows us to invite people from abroad at government’s expense which has made it easy for universities to invite foreign faculty. A ranking system in India is being launched in which JNU is also participating and varsities are also going to adopt villages. But we have not seen much enhancement in budgetary allocation and resources continue to be a constraint,” said Sudhir Kumar Sopory, vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University.
The Modi government has come under attack over its alleged tendency to centralise the education system.
“There seems to be a lack of policy in HRD. The tendency to centralise is detrimental. Autonomy is essential for universities. More is good and not less. The new Central Universities Act is a clear evidence of this centralisation,” said Mridula Mukherjee, professor of history at JNU.
“Look at the move to frame a new education policy. Government must understand that educational systems and policies evolve over a long period of time and cannot be tinkered with every change of government. The introduction of choice-based credit-system too is creating chaos because several systems are operating in the same colleges,” said Mukherjee.
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