The Centre has passed on to the states the onus of providing digital access for all students, disappointing some academics who said it was the Union government’s responsibility to implement its push for online education.
To a question in the Rajya Sabha from Shiv Sena member Anil Desai, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said the states had been asked to address the issues of digital access.
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“Education is a subject in the concurrent list of the Constitution, and the matter relating to education pertains to central as well as the state government concerned,” Pradhan replied.
“The states and UTs (Union Territories) have been advised to map the students school-wise with their individual performance. Accordingly, the state governments have been directed to act based on the situation prevailing at every place to meet the demands of all students for providing them with the digital access required for learning digitally.”
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Students Urge Centre to Include Northeast s History, Culture in NCERT Syllabus
The latest plea from students unions from the northeast comes after a YouTuber from Punjab recently described Arunachal Pradesh as a part of China, drawing severe criticism.
YouTuber Paras Singh was arrested from Ludhiana by Arunachal Pradesh police for making racist comments against people of the state. Photo: Twitter.
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Agartala:Â At least 40 student organisations from eight universities in northeast India have decided to create a ‘Twitter storm’ on Friday (June 4), asking the Central government to mandatorily include a chapter on the history and culture of the region in the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) syllabus in a bid to fight racism.