National Education Policy Vrs People’s Education Policy
H. Srikanth | 28 June 2025 | The Shillong Times
In response to Toki Blah’s article, “The Story of Learning in our Tribes” (ST, June 3, 2025),
Glenn C. Kharkongor came out with the piece, “NEP 2020: An Education Policy for Our Times and Our People” (ST, June 24, 2025). Contesting Toki Blah’s support to the People’s Education Policy (here after PEP), Kharkongor defended the NEP 2020. While agreeing to the PEP’s views on budget allocations and national entrance examinations for admissions, Glenn Kharkongor opined that the PEP is “caught in a time-warp, hanging on to outdated precepts and practices”. To him, NEP 2020 is a visionary document that serves the needs of the tribals in the state. Keeping in view the interests of the tribal people of Meghalaya, we need to keep alive the ongoing discourse on the NEP 2020 and the PEP 2025….