Tamil actor Suriya Sivakumar has slammed the Centre’s Draft Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP), saying a number of the provisions in it will drawback college students in rural areas.
Contents
- 1 Key focus solely on entrance exams: Suriya Sivakumar
- 2 Nationwide Schooling Coverage
- 3 Provisions to have an effect on rural areas
- 4 Three-language coverage to discourage college students
Key focus solely on entrance exams: Suriya Sivakumar
The actor additionally identified that the coverage’s key focus was on entrance examinations as an alternative of offering equitable and high quality training.
Nationwide Schooling Coverage
“Everyone seems to be angered, anguished and scared about focus of NEP being solely on conducting entrance exams and never in offering high quality and equitable training for college kids,” he mentioned at an occasion right here on Saturday.
Questioning the haste proven in implementation of the coverage, the 43-year-old actor mentioned, “It’s going to have an effect on 30 crore college students of the nation.”
Provisions to have an effect on rural areas
He claimed that some provisions of the draft would “severely have an effect on” college students dwelling in rural areas.
Three-language coverage to discourage college students
On the three-language coverage, Suriya additional mentioned it will discourage college students from going to varsities.
“How will they attend lessons? I personally discover it difficult to show third language to my children.” he mentioned.
