RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra on Tuesday said that books and syllabus in schools and colleges of the country change as and when a new government comes in.
Mr. Batra whose suggestions for reforms in education have been termed as “saffronisation” was addressing a seminar on “New Education Policy” at Delhi University’s Sanskrit Department.
“In our country, when the government changes, we see all books are being changed, syllabus also changes which creates an atmosphere of tension. When Murli Manohar Joshi used to be the education minister, all books were changed. When the next government came, all books were changed again,” Mr. Batra said. The founder of the Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, he has been an advocate of moral science and cultural education in schools and colleges.
He also called for institution of an Indian Education Service (IES) to ensure that only those people work in the sector who have the expertise.
There should be an Indian Education Service. Once they qualify they should be trained in nuances of primary and higher education. The field and policy-making should not be in hands of bureaucrats but educationists, he said.
Mr. Batra, who is on a panel formed by the Haryana government to bring in qualitative changes in the education system, also said that the entire education system needs to be rehauled and suggested that social service be made obligatory in schools and colleges.
Academicians from various universities and colleges presented their suggestions on reforms in higher education at the seminar organised by the RSS-backed Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas and DU’s Department of Sanskrit. The seminar’s final report will be sent to the HRD minister.
The suggestions include tweaking of teachers’ training curriculum to introduce concepts such as patriotism, health conservation, social consciousness, spiritualism, moral science, value-based education, vedic maths; establishment of Bhartiya Education Services, and inclusion of subjects such as ancient and modern knowledge, science, physical education, yoga and character building.
Former Pro-VC of JNU, Kapil Kumar, moderated the seminar where 10 themes for higher education were discussed, including governance reforms for quality, ranking of institutions and accreditations, improving the quality of regulation, pace-setting roles of central institutions, improving State public universities, integrating skill development in higher education and promoting online courses.
Academicians from various universities and colleges presented their suggestions on reforms in higher education at the seminar organised by the RSS-backed Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas and DU’s Department of Sanskrit
