Plethora of writings have emerged in a short span of time on New Education Policy approved by the Government of India. Most of them are critical of the policy because it has faltered on many accounts. Hence, it is being argued that (1) it is encouraging privatisation; (2) it is against the marginalised classes, castes and communities; (3) it does not mention reservation; (4) it is against teaching-learning in mother tongue; (5) it would communalise the education sector with inclusion of volunteers  (basically Sangh Parivar) members in Anganwadis and other layers of education and so on; (6) it ignores rich educational legacy of Phule, Ambedkar, Narayana Guru etc.,; (7) it centralises power with the Union government thereby challenging the federal structure provided by constitution; (8) it would bring state run higher education institutions within the purview of market. It has also been termed as a threat to Indian democracy. But I would ask a completely different question: should one be surprised that the NEP has these characteristics?

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