After the Lok Sabha election results didn’t come out as expected for the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal mahagathbandhan, BSP chief Mayawati asked her party cadres to prepare for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls solo.
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The draft NEP was opposed strongly by the southern states. Protests were held over “Hindi imposition” by the Centre and protests were also seen on social media. This forced the Centre to say that it was only a “draft policy” and “Hindi will not be imposed on any state”.
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The draft of National Education Policy has been submitted to the Union human resource development minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’. It has recommended 19 changes in the current education system.
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The chapters titled “Clothing: A Social History,” “History and Sport: The Story of Cricket” and “Peasants and Farmers” are deleted from the textbooks. The “Clothing: A Social History” chapter particularly talks about the struggles of the nadar women of Travancore.
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The Union Cabinet approved the human resource development ministry’s proposal to introduce an ordinance that will restore the 200-point roster for faculty reservation in universities. This comes a day after nationwide protests against the new quota roster.
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Tribals and dalits from across the country called for a Bharat bandh in protest against the Supreme Court’s order to states to evict forest dwellers from forest lands and the University Grants Commission’s new 13-point roster system. Various opposition parties supported the protest
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