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NEW DELHI: CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking whether the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 seeks to end the policy of reservations for SC, ST, OBC and disabled in educational institutions, and to clarify why it doesn’t mention reservations.
“I am writing to you to highlight the anxiety especially among SC, ST, OBC communities and the disabled. It is truly shocking that NEP 2020 makes no mention of reservations for these sections, either for admissions or for appointments to teaching and non-teaching positions,” Yechury wrote. The CPM chief also claimed that the word “reservation” does not appear anywhere in the policy document.
He also said that the NEP was being implemented without parliamentary approval and adequate discussions with stakeholders like state governments, students, teachers, non-teaching staff, and educationists, leading to “grave uncertainties and confusion” about the actual direction proposed for the Indian education system.
