Academicians Call for Universities to Unite With People to Retain Their Democratic Character
Ravi Kaushal | 25 Jul 2023 | Newsclick
Teachers fear that the NEP 2020 and CUET will exclude poor and marginalised students from education.
New Delhi: Academicians feel that the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) will “exclude” a majority of students, especially poor and from marginalised and weak sections, from education.
“It is easy to understand which groups of students will exit undergraduate courses—poor students, particularly girls, Dalits and Adivasis,” SukhdeoThorat, former University Grants Commission (UGC) chairman, said at ‘The Crisis of Higher Education’ convention at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Hundreds of academicians, teachers and students gathered for the convention, organised by the Federation of Central Universities Teachers Association (FEDCUTA).