Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced that the state government will form a new education policy scrapping the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. This comes following discussions with representatives from various educational institutions and officials in Bengaluru on Monday.
“We had serious discussions about the education policy and the meeting was attended by representatives from various educational institutions and other officials. We have decided in our manifesto to discontinue the NEP 2020,” DK Shivakumar said.
Karnataka Minister of Higher Education MC Sudhakar on Monday called the decision to implement state education policy ‘Historic’. Taking to X, MC Sudhakar tweeted, “Regarding the education policy, a historic decision was taken to implement the state education policy by participating in a meeting led by CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar in order to clear the confusion among students and parents from the previous National Education Policy & create a brighter future for the students.”
ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ನೀತಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿ ಈ ಹಿಂದಿನ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ನೀತಿಯಿಂದ ವಿಧ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು & ಪೋಷಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಗೊಂದಲ ನಿವಾರಣೆ & ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಉಜ್ವಲವಾದ ಭವಿಷ್ಯ ರೂಪಿಸುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಎಂ ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಹಾಗೂ ಡಿಸಿಎಂ ಡಿಕೆ ಶಿವಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರ ನೇತೃತ್ವದ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗಿಯಾಗಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ನೀತಿ ಜಾರಿಗೆ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ನಿರ್ಣಯ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲಾಯಿತು. pic.twitter.com/8BgeL9xi41
— Dr MC Sudhakar (@drmcsudhakar) August 21, 2023
The Deputy Chief Minister further said, “Karnataka’s education system is a model for the country. That’s why Bengaluru is the IT capital today. Due to our education system, many people from the state are in good positions both at home and abroad. We promised to scrap the National Education Policy and bring back the State Education Policy and we are committed to that promise. Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra National education policy has not been implemented in BJP ruled states till now. But in Karnataka NEP has been implemented in haste first. Any policy in education should start from primary education. But that work has not been done in our state. We will not implement NEP forward in our state. An important decision was taken in today’s meeting to create an education system that would benefit the new generation of today.”
ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ನೀತಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಇಂದು ವಿಧಾನಸೌಧದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿ, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ನೀತಿಯ ಸಾಧಕ – ಬಾಧಕಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ಚರ್ಚಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ನೀತಿಯ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟವನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಲು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಬದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮಕ್ಕಳನ್ನು ಅಂತರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಸಿದ್ದಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕು. ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ… pic.twitter.com/zndrKQUnad
— DK Shivakumar (@DKShivakumar) August 21, 2023
Earlier in June, Karnataka Higher Education Minister MC Sudhakar said that while the Congress had widely publicised its intention to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP), a thorough analysis of the policy’s pros and cons is necessary before making any hasty decisions.