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Congratulations and gratitude to of India’s past.
him for his public service. I am hope- In my opinion, school textbooks
ful your citation will inspire others to across all state and national exami-
follow in his footsteps! nation boards must incorporate the
Tanuj a V via e-MAIL history of reorganisation of the states
of the Indian Union on the basis of
language in 1956. In our country ad-
Futile exercise mired worldover as a melting pot of
YOUR DISAGGREGATION exercise cultures and traditions, it is foolish
of private and government univer- to impose a national language. Al-
sities into several subject catego- though I am not opposed to learning
ries in the latest EW India Higher Hindi as a second language, I oppose
Education Rankings 2022-23 (EW Hindi imperialism.
May) makes little sense to me. The S athy anaray ana R ao
National Education Policy 2020 has CHENNAI
mandated all higher ed institutions
MAY 2022 to transform into multidisciplinary
universities over the next ten-year Shocking U-turn
period. IT WAS SHOCKING to read about
Better rankings survey S nehal R aisinghania via E-MAIL the highly rated Lady Shri Ram Col-
I have been following the annual EW lege for Women, Delhi’s mindless
India Higher Education Rankings for Ten y ears is a long p eriod – withdrawal of an invitation to BJP
the past three years. Well deserved Editor national spokesperson Guru Prakash
congratulations to Educ ationW orld Paswan on the occasion of B.R.
and C fore for a comprehensive Ambedkar’s birth anniversary fol-
higher education institutions rank- Schools’ larger role lowing protests from some students
ings survey (EW May) under the new THE KARNATAKA Education News (Education Notes, EW May). The
subject-wise categories of multidis- report ‘Bible thumping row’ (EW latter claim that the BJP “is against
ciplinary, engineering & technology, May) highlighting the controversy the interests of marginalised com-
liberal arts and humanities, medical over a Christian missionary school in munities.”
& life sciences and agriculture. Bengaluru ‘forcing’ children to carry Indians have truly lost the ability
Unlike previous years when Bibles to school, has been blown out to listen, absorb and respect view-
universities were ranked under the of proportion. This controversy can points which differ from theirs!
broad heads of private and govern- easily be resolved if the school makes Deb ay an Das
ment, this year’s rankings according scripture class optional for stu- DELHI
to domain specialisations are better dents. As an alumnus of a Christian
as they enable students to choose the minority school, I recall that there
best higher ed institution for aca- was never any compulsion to attend Exemplary action
demic programmes of their choice. scripture classes. Attendance was IN THE UTTAR Pradesh news report
S unil K ashy ap voluntary and optional. ‘English exam cancelled’ (Education
NOIDA The role of schools is to not only Notes, EW April), it was refreshing
prepare children with the competen- to read about the seriousness with
cies required for success in voca- which chief minister Yogi Adityanath
Extraordinary achievement tions, but to also teach them to live addressed examination malprac-
IT IS COMMENDABLE that Educ a- in peace and harmony with people tice. I can’t recall any chief minister
tionW orld has taken the lead to cel- from all religions and cultures. invoking the National Security Act,
ebrate and felicitate budget private A sad K han 1980 to cancel a ‘leaked’ paper and
schools (Pictorial Essay, EW May). It BENGALURU directing a Special Task Force to
was also interesting to read about the investigate the scam.
extraordinary achievement in educa- I believe chief ministers of other
tion leadership citation of K. Tulasi National language futility states should emulate his example
Vishnu Prasad, president of the Sri I AGREE WITH your editorial ‘His- and put the fear of law in the minds
Rama Rural Academy, Guntur that tory lesson for home minister’ (EW of perpetrators of such crimes.
provides low-priced boarding school May) that exposes Union home min- A b hinandan S rivastava
education to rural children. ister Amit Shah’s lack of knowledge DELHI

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