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The New Indian Express Tirupati
|February 06, 2025
Questions why States were not given freedom to shape their education policies to reflect regional priorities & culture
THE University Grants Commission's (UGC) growing influence over education policies, from primary to higher education, is a cause for concern. Many of the proposals from the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which aimed to strengthen regional languages and cultures, have now been contradicted by the new UGC draft regulations, says State Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara.
He was speaking at the Higher Education Ministers' Conclave, where Ministers from six states including Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Jharkhand, participated to oppose UGC's draft regulations.
This story is from the February 06, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tirupati.
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