<p>A day after Karnataka announced its <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/karnataka-govt-to-set-up-committee-to-formulate-state-education-policy-following-decision-to-scrap-nep-2655477">decision to form a panel</a> to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) drafted by the central government, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday posed a set of eight questions to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar seeking to know if the Congress government in the state is opposed to “education in Kannada and other Bhartiya bhasha.”</p><p>In a video statement, Pradhan said that Shivakumar’s statement to scrap NEP is “regressive” and “mischievous”. “The NEP is a visionary, philosophical document envisioned by the educationists of this country; this is not a political document. What is the message that he wants to send to the young people of the country, especially students of Karnataka,” Pradhan said. </p>.<p>On Monday, Shivakumar had <a href="https://twitter.com/DKShivakumar/status/1693581346864804153" rel="nofollow">announced on X</a> (formerly Twitter), that Karnataka would not implement the NEP, two years after it was officially launched in the state. “Due to our education system, many people from the state are in good positions both at home and abroad… An important decision was taken in today's meeting to create an education system that would benefit the new generation of today,” he said in his tweet. </p>.Give fair representations to all communities, Hariprasad tells D K Shivakumar.<p>Karnataka was the first state in the country to have implemented the NEP. Pradhan had launched the implementation at a function in Bengaluru in August 2021. </p><p>Along with the video document, Pradhan posed a few questions to Shivakumar, asking him whether he and the Congress party oppose early childhood care and education as a part of formal education. “Does he not want our children to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy by the time they complete grade 2? Does he oppose localised Indian toys, games and play-based learning for our children? Does he oppose ‘Chennemane’ in Karnataka,” he asked. </p><p>Pradhan also wondered if Shivakumar opposes education in Kannada and other Indian languages, and whether he would not want examinations, like NEET, CUET, JEE to be conducted in these languages. </p><p>He also asked if Shivakumar would not want the youth of Karnataka to avail world-class research facilities through the National Research Foundation, or learn about new and emerging technologies in the 21st century. “Does he not want new textbooks relevant for 21st century education? Such preposterous statements on NEP may please his political masters in Delhi, but it compromises the interests of students of Karnataka,” he asked. </p>
<p>A day after Karnataka announced its <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/karnataka-govt-to-set-up-committee-to-formulate-state-education-policy-following-decision-to-scrap-nep-2655477">decision to form a panel</a> to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) drafted by the central government, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday posed a set of eight questions to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar seeking to know if the Congress government in the state is opposed to “education in Kannada and other Bhartiya bhasha.”</p><p>In a video statement, Pradhan said that Shivakumar’s statement to scrap NEP is “regressive” and “mischievous”. “The NEP is a visionary, philosophical document envisioned by the educationists of this country; this is not a political document. What is the message that he wants to send to the young people of the country, especially students of Karnataka,” Pradhan said. </p>.<p>On Monday, Shivakumar had <a href="https://twitter.com/DKShivakumar/status/1693581346864804153" rel="nofollow">announced on X</a> (formerly Twitter), that Karnataka would not implement the NEP, two years after it was officially launched in the state. “Due to our education system, many people from the state are in good positions both at home and abroad… An important decision was taken in today's meeting to create an education system that would benefit the new generation of today,” he said in his tweet. </p>.Give fair representations to all communities, Hariprasad tells D K Shivakumar.<p>Karnataka was the first state in the country to have implemented the NEP. Pradhan had launched the implementation at a function in Bengaluru in August 2021. </p><p>Along with the video document, Pradhan posed a few questions to Shivakumar, asking him whether he and the Congress party oppose early childhood care and education as a part of formal education. “Does he not want our children to achieve foundational literacy and numeracy by the time they complete grade 2? Does he oppose localised Indian toys, games and play-based learning for our children? Does he oppose ‘Chennemane’ in Karnataka,” he asked. </p><p>Pradhan also wondered if Shivakumar opposes education in Kannada and other Indian languages, and whether he would not want examinations, like NEET, CUET, JEE to be conducted in these languages. </p><p>He also asked if Shivakumar would not want the youth of Karnataka to avail world-class research facilities through the National Research Foundation, or learn about new and emerging technologies in the 21st century. “Does he not want new textbooks relevant for 21st century education? Such preposterous statements on NEP may please his political masters in Delhi, but it compromises the interests of students of Karnataka,” he asked. </p>