Coalition of educationists create charter of demands in education for Lok Sabha candidates

Dr. Tapati Mukhopadhyay, representing university professors and college teachers, who chaired the event, highlighted the coalition’s collective mission to defend publicly-funded education and oppose the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The coalition also included activists advocating for the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE), expressing dismay over recent amendments excluding private schools from RTE quota admissions, a move currently stayed by the Bombay High Court.

Subhash More, the working president of Shikshak Bharati and a participant at the gathering, addressed an array of issues plaguing the education sector, ranging from widespread vacancies and an increasing reliance on contractual employees to the ambitious yet inadequate provisions of the NEP recommendations. Additionally, the group demanded reinstatement of the old pension scheme for both teaching and non-teaching staff.