INDIA bloc’s student outfits to launch national-level protests against NEP
The Hindu Bureau | 20 November 2023 | The Hindu
A protest meeting to demand rollback of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 organised by AISA students at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi. FILE | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR
Sixteen student organisations, most of them associated with various constituent parties of the Opposition INDIA bloc, will meet here on November 21 at a joint convention to announce a series of protests against the Union government for demanding withdrawal of the National Education Policy (NEP).
The agitations by the student outfits will culminate with a march to the Parliament on January 12 next year marking the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
“Our slogan is Save Education, Reject NEP; Save India, Reject BJP,” said C.V.M.P. Ezhilarasan, leader of the DMK’s students wing and MLA in Tamil Nadu Assembly. He said the united platform will mobilise students against the NEP at all educational institutions, particularly campuses.