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Criticising the Mamata Banerjee authorities connected respective fronts relating to education, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan connected Saturday said that West Bengal mislaid Central funds worthy ₹10,000 crore by not implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) successful the State.
“Despite repeated requests, the NEP was not implemented successful West Bengal by the State government. The argumentation talks astir acquisition successful the parent tongue, and successful West Bengal, that would person been Bengali. The State authorities does not privation to let acquisition successful Bengali,” Mr. Pradhan said portion addressing a teachers’ league organised by the Bengal portion of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful Kolkata connected Saturday.
The Union Minister said that had the NEP been implemented, further funds would person been fixed to the State nether the Samagra Shiksha Mission. Mr. Pradhan besides accused the Mamata Banerjee authorities of siphoning disconnected funds from the midday repast scheme.
Mr. Pradhan cited assorted statistic to reason that the acquisition strategy successful West Bengal had deteriorated during the Trinamool Congress authorities successful the state. The Minister said that West Bengal accounted for astir 50 % of the full schools successful the state that bash not person a azygous teacher. “The maximum fig of teacher-less schools successful the state is successful West Bengal. The fig is astir 4,000, which is astir 50 % of the nationalist figure,” helium said.
The BJP person said that net penetration successful state-run schools is conscionable 16 % successful West Bengal, compared to the nationalist mean of 70 %.
‘SEP much advanced’
State Education Minister Bratya Basu refuted the charges made by the Union Minister and said that the State Education Policy (SEP) was adopted successful 2023, wherever each acceptable aspects of the NEP person been incorporated.
“Policies that support the interests of West Bengal and those already practised successful the State person besides been included. The State Education Policy is much advanced. Education being connected the concurrent list, the Bengal authorities is empowered to travel its ain policy,” the State Education Minister said.
On the complaint of the Union Minister that the State has the highest fig of teacher-less schools successful the country, Mr. Basu claimed that determination are inconsistencies successful this accusation for assorted reasons.
“The acquisition portal includes respective backstage aided schools whose teacher number became zero and were consequently unopen down. However, owed to their UDISE numbers, they are inactive shown arsenic authorities schools connected the portal. These person been identified, and a corrected portal volition beryllium published shortly,” the West Bengal Education Minister said.
On debased penetration of internet, Mr. Basu said that each authorities precocious primary, secondary and Higher Secondary schools successful the authorities were provided net facilities agelong ago.
The State Education Minister besides refuted charges of siphoning retired of mid time repast funds and said that the claims were “baseless and unfounded allegation”. “If immoderate specified ailment is recovered anywhere, anyone tin record an FIR regarding the matter, nary of which has travel to the cognition of the Government,” Mr. Basu.
