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Varun pitches for single national education board till Class 12
BJP leader Varun Gandhi on Tuesday advocated for a single national board from kindergarten to Class 12 to bring about a uniformity in education system in the country.
BJP leader Varun Gandhi on Tuesday advocated for a single national board from kindergarten to Class 12 to bring about a uniformity in education system in the country.
“Different boards have different funds and economic structures. Also, the economic condition of many boards is weak. Can they provide good education in such a scenario? We need a single board in the country as 33 boards are deepening the gulf of economic inequality and dashing the hopes of many students,” he said in his address on the theme – ‘Thoughts for a new India’ - organised by the People’s Group here.
“People often talk about regime change, but I firmly believe in bringing a change in the system”, he said.
Varun Gandhi questioned why youth were finding it difficult to realise their dreams. He said if the need arises, youth should go abroad to chase their dreams. “I will say better brain drain than brain in the drain. It is better that our youth go abroad to have a better future than rot here”, he said.
In his 55-minute address, Varun quoted many reports on educational system in the country and highlighted the lacunae in the existing system.
Barring few institutions, colleges and universities of India don’t feature in the 100 top educational institutions in the world, he said. “There are 636 universities and over 25,000 colleges in our country. We have to think about this. Are we just manufacturing degrees these days?”
For 1,700 posts of sanitary workers in Kanpur, he said, 50 lakh applicants, including 8.5 lakh graduates and 70 PhDs, had applied for the jobs.
“India also reports maximum suicides in the age bracket 18 to 30 years in the world. This means despite education, young people are committing suicide. People are unable to pay education loans. Parents sell property and ornaments for educating their children. Non-performing assets of the banks in the educational sector has reached `4,000 crore in last five years,” he said.
The BJP leader said that it was unfortunate that people admire revolutionaries like Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad, but in their own homes, they want their children to be doctors and engineers.
