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School Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa said the State Education Policy is improbable to beryllium implemented during the world twelvemonth 2026-27.
Responding to queries from reporters aft gathering litterateur Devanur Mahadeva astatine his residence successful Mysuru connected Saturday and seeking his guidance for reforms successful the acquisition sector, Mr. Bangarappa said a Cabinet Sub-Committee has been acceptable up to survey the recommendations of the State Education Policy Commission pertaining to Higher Education.
The recommendations pertaining to School Education - which are smaller successful measurement compared to Higher Education - volition beryllium sent to the Cabinet adjacent for discussions. “The recommendations (pertaining to School Education) volition beryllium sent to the Cabinet by mid-June aft the schools reopen”.
After discussions successful the Cabinet, the recommendations volition beryllium sent to a Cabinet Sub-Committee. “After the Cabinet Sub-Committee okays the recommendations, it volition again person to travel backmost to the Cabinet earlier it tin beryllium implemented,” helium said.
Though the SEP tin beryllium introduced midway successful the world year, it whitethorn impact the learning process, felt Mr. Bangarappa.
However, helium expressed reservations with the National Education Policy 2020, brought successful by the Centre, and said the State authorities volition not let the Centre to present their “ideology” into the acquisition policy.
He said the State authorities had already revised the textbooks successful Karnataka arsenic per the manifesto of the Congress enactment for the 2023 Assembly elections.
Hijab
Justifying the government’s determination connected granting support for hijab, Mr. Bangarappa said the formal codification introduced successful acquisition institutions successful Karnataka is connected the lines of the rules already prevailing successful Kendriya Vidyalaya institutions tally by the Centre.
Pointing retired that acquisition institutions successful Maharashtra excessively person identical rules, helium said Karnataka cannot person a abstracted law. “As an Education Minister, I person to guarantee equality. Our manifesto excessively had promised the aforesaid and I person to support the promises made successful the manifesto,” helium said.
When his attraction was drawn to the request by BJP to let saffron shawls besides successful the acquisition institutions, Mr. Bangarappa said fto them spell to Kendriya Vidyalaya with the shawls archetypal and helium would respond to it later.
Educational qualification
Hitting retired astatine the BJP for questioning his acquisition qualification, Mr. Bangarappa asked the saffron enactment leaders to amusement Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s qualification and helium volition uncover his.
However, helium said helium completed his Pre-University College (PUC) earlier gravitating towards concern and becoming a movie producer. Claiming that helium gave respective radical employment portion besides forming a company, Mr Bangarappa said his attraction towards his concern had present been reduced owed to his preoccupation with politics.
To different question, Mr. Bangarappa said helium tin talk Kannada fluently, but finds penning successful Kannada a spot difficult.
He besides remarked that helium has much humanity, which his begetter had taught him than education, and helium gives precedence to children implicit God.
