NEP 2020 could reinforce societal inequalities, create cheap labourers: JNU Professor
26 September 2023 | The Hindu
A Raj Bhavan march taken out by the All India Save Education Committee, Kerala, in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday demanding the withdrawal of the National Education Policy 2020. | Photo Credit: S. MAHINSHA
Academic Sachidanand Sinha has raised caution against the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which, he alleged, could reinforce the traditional structure based on inequalities, caste and occupation.
The Professor at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) also feared that the policy would only serve to churn out cheap labourers for the neo-liberal market.
His recorded inaugural address was played during a demonstration taken out to Raj Bhavan under the aegis of the All India Save Education Committee (AISEC) on Tuesday demanding the rollback of the NEP 2020.