National education policy status papers draw criticism from schools and student organizations

Schools and student organizations have rejected the recommendations of various National Education Policy-2020 status papers, including Language Education, Knowledge of India, Health and Wellness, and others.

The Associated Management of Primary and Secondary Schools (KAMS) in Karnataka has opposed the recommendations regarding the medium of instruction, stating that at least up to Class V, but preferably up to Class VIII and beyond, it should be the mother tongue or the local language. language will be ,

Shashikumar. General Secretary of KAMS D. has written to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and said, “For children whose mother tongue is Kannada, the government’s policy to introduce Kannada as the first language is valid. The policy that all children, whose mother tongue is not Kannada, the official language of the state, shall study Kannada as a subject, is also valid. The policy of the government to have mother tongue or regional language as the medium of instruction at the primary stage in the case of state-run or aided schools is valid and legal. But, the government policy forcing children studying in other government recognized schools to study only in the mother tongue or regional language is violative of Articles 19(1)(g), 26, and 30(1) of the Constitution.

AISO State Secretary Ajay Kamath said, “In a shocking development, the committee headed by V. Ramanathan has put forth time-tested scientific inventions such as the Pythagorean theorem and the phenomenon of apple falling on the head of Issac Newton that determines gravity. Explains. In the form of fake news and comments. According to him the roots of ancient Indian knowledge system were related to Pythagoras theorem and gravity. That is to say, knowledge from ages from different countries in the field of science, social science and other things is fake and the knowledge inherited from ancient Indian roots is true and great. This resolution of the committee has seriously worried many intellectuals, academicians and professors.”

“Another paper on health and wellness claimed that eggs and meat in the diet would lead to disorders and suggested a sattvik diet which is vegetarian. Scientific studies have proven that eggs and meat supplement the protein in the diet and have historically helped in the development of the human brain. The state government had taken the right decision to give eggs to children in the mid-day meal. The claims of this committee are not only unscientific, but also an attempt to impose the eating habits of a small group of society on the rest of the people.” Encourage only established truth, scientific and logical thinking and real history of India.