NEP will reform student mentality to compete with the best, says CM
The Hindu
‘It will not only correct existing anomalies but also help children learn about the country’s real history and culture’
“The new National Education Policy (NEP) will address some long-standing loopholes in the education system that have promoted slavish mentality among students. It is aimed at liberating children from the colonial education system and expose them to the glory of India,” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said in Belagavi on Sunday.
He was speaking after felicitating newly elected members of the Belagavi City Corporation.
“The current education system was then designed to create slavish mentality among children. This system has history from the foreigners point of view. It has history lessons that glorify only those of the invaders. Our children do not know about our real history and culture. They are taught English, which is a sign of slavish mentality plaguing our system. The new National Education Policy is aimed at correcting such anomalies. It is an education system of Indians, made for Indians, by Indians. It will reform the education system in such a way that poor students from rural India will be able to compete with the best educated students in the west,” he said.