New Education Policy First Decolonisation Attempt For India's Education System: Kerala Governor

Kerala Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Sunday stated that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is the first serious attempt to decolonise the nation's education system. Arlekar added that the nation was progressing with a "colonial thought" until now.

"Our entire thought process was transformed due to the previous education system. We did not even notice when it came into our family lives. We are now trying to move out of that colonization," he said, and called on all to be a part of the revolution in the education sector.

The Governor, addressing the national education conference, 'Gyan Sabha', organised by RSS-affiliated Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas in Kochi, said that the Narendra Modi government's education policy was "different from what has been taught to us for all these years".

He said that India was 'Vishwa Guru' when it achieved independence and even today.

"But we could not claim it then. When we attained independence, it was political freedom only," he said, maintaining that Bharat could once more turn out to be the 'Vishwa Guru' if the new education policy is adopted.

"The question is, do you want to be part of the change," he said.

Speaking at the meeting, which consisted of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Mohan Bhagwat, Arlekar further stated that Viksit Bharat was not solely an economic philosophy but "a wholesome development of the entire society and not just a particular section of it.".