State Ideal: Editorial on the Non-Compliance with National Education Policy
27 August 2025 | The Telegraph
The National Education Policy, 2020 envisaged a uniform educational system throughout the country. It changed the structure of class groupings in school, made multiple entry and exit points in the undergraduate system, and created a common entrance test for colleges. There were many other changes too. Education being a concurrent subject, however, education policies are being formulated by the states that do not comply with the whole of the NEP. The latest to propose one is Karnataka, which has insisted on a two-language policy in school like West Bengal and Tamil Nadu instead of the NEP’s three languages. It has rejected National Council of Educational Research and Training textbooks for books with localised content. State education policies are declaring the need for unique regional content and an introduction to regional culture….