Education Policy of Gujarat reviewed by Educationists at an SIO
Gathering
The Gujarat zone of the Students Islamic Organisation
of India(SIO)conducted a day long program on Sunday, the 2nd
September for critically reviewing the Education Policy of Gujarat at the
Gujarat Vidyapith campus in Ahmedabad. The program was attended by noted
educationists and activists including Sharique Ansar – National Secretary of
SIO, Prof.J.S.Bandukwala of PUCL, Prof.Rohit Shukla of Abhidrashti, Abdul Latif
Sheth – Education Secretary of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Gujarat,
Chandu Meharia of Dalit Adhikar,Abdurrahim Shaikh the retired
professor from Navgujarat College, Gulab Khan Rauma the educational activist
from Patan, Khalique Ahmed the principal correspondent of the Indian Express
Publication and Dr.Iftikhar Malik of Yuva Saathi Magazine.
The educationists deliberated on various educational
issues including the status of Right to the Education Act, Priorities for
Primary Education, Commercialization of Education, Public Private Partnership
for Financing Education Sector, Minority Education, Educational Welfare Schemes
and the need for Social Justice in Education during a panel discussion. The
gathering resolved to prepare a charter of demands and submit the same to all
political groups in view of the upcoming Assembly elections in
Gujarat.
The program also had a detailed presentation on the
critical review of the National Educational Policy by Sharique Ansar, the
National Secretary of SIO of India and presentations on the Minority Education
and Higher Education by Prof.J.S.Bandukwala and Prof.Abdurrahim Shaikh
respectively. More than sixty students and educationists hailing from the
different parts of the state attended the day long program held at the Gujarat
Vidyapith.
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