PM Modi slams Congress for proposing to scrap National Education Policy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flayed the Congress for allegedly "hindering" the future of children by proposing to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP), which enables a child to pursue his or her studies in one's mother tongue.
Addressing an election rally here, the Prime Minister said NEP has been formulated to ensure that the lack of knowledge of English should not stop an economically weaker child from rural areas from becoming a doctor or an engineer.
However, the Congress has said in its election manifesto to scrap NEP and introduce Karnataka Education Policy which, he alleged, will spoil the future of a child.
Amidst the best efforts of the BJP government, the Congress has become an "enemy of rural children", according to him.
The Congress, in its manifesto released earlier this week, said it will reject the National Education Policy 2020 and form a 'State Education Policy'.
"The BJP government has distorted the textbooks by insulting the great souls of Karnata