Sir,
This refers to the news item ‘HRD to Unveil new Education pOlicy’ (DE, Oct 5, 2015). It is heartening to read that the Union HRD Ministry is going to unveil the new Education Policy towards the end of this year. The fact that the views and suggestions for the new Education Policy have been invited from the state governments, educational institutions, academicians and even child psychologists and a long exercise has been undertaken to incorporate the pan Indian concepts alongwith the current issues in tune with the modern times and needs, should make one believe that the new Education Policy will be a milestone in preparing our students to face the challanges of the fast changing world in an effective manner. Infact, the best Education Policy is that which is child centred and spells out welldefined objectives and means to realise those objectives in order to catapult the country to development and enable the students to lead a fuller life as they grow up. It should include such topics as aquaint our students with our rich and varied culture on the one and equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge on the other hand to enable them to live a life in tune with the changing world.
The fact that about twenty three lakkh candidates, some of them having higher qualifications such as B. Tech, Ph.D, Masters degree in Humanities, Commerce and Science applied for 368 posts of peons in UP indicate the gravity of the problem of employment in our country and should make the educationists, intelligentsia and planners rethink as to where our education system is heading for. The new Education Policy, therefore, should aim at producing employable graduates and postgraduates who face no problem in choosing their field of study and develop necessary skills and knowledge to find jobs or start their own ventures. It should prescribe such courses of study and syllabi as mandate the students to devote more time to the libraries and laboratories, encourages research and self study and lays emphasis on practical work rather than theory. It should also aim at developing humane qualities and encourage group participation. It also ought to enable our students to compete with the students studying in best of schools and institutions of higher learning across the world and include topics having demand in the market. In short, it is expected that the new Education Policy will offer wider choice of subjects to the students according to their aptitude and strive to strike a balance between modern technology driven teaching and ancient Vedic knowledge, traditions and wisdom.
Yours etc….
Ashok Sharma,
District President.
All J&K Plus 2 Lecturers’ Forum, Udhampur
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