Education in Delhi Schools: Rhetoric vs. Reality Delhi-School-Education-Rep-June-2018 | Page 12

The ugly education trend in Delhi is a reflection of the national scenario. The
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
was never interested in revamping the education system. Giving least importance to
education, Modi handpicked two national education ministers - Smriti Irani and
Prakash Javadekar - who themselves are almost uneducated. Modi himself is also
not quite educated.
Their aversion to education is evident from the fact in the past over 4 years of Modi
government in India, they could not finalize the National Education Policy, although a
sketchy ​ draft of the policy was released in June 2016. While Modi and his party BJP
are also dependent on only poor, uneducated voters, they will never create an
education system that can educate and empower people.
RMN Foundation school team presenting the street play – चमेल क पढ़ाई – which reveals the problems
in the education ecosystem. The street play is being shown in the city as well as villages of Delhi.
Instead of waiting for the final National Education Policy, Delhi Government could
have made its own State Education Policy. However, the local politicians preferred to
take the easy route of telling lies about education instead of making a policy and
saving the lives and careers of millions of children. Moreover, the Delhi politicians,
their advisors, and bureaucrats are not capable enough to create a dependable
education system.
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