Order on Online Webinars May Have Been Withdrawn But Reflects Anti-Education Mindset
The official fear of a different point of view, a different perspective, will rob Indian educational institutions of their lifeblood.
Representative image of a virtual conference on an online platform. Photo: Chris Montgomery/Unsplash, (CC BY-SA)
Rights08/Mar/2021
Almost a month after the Ministry of Education circulated an office memorandum citing new Ministry of External Affairs rules mandating government clearance for online conferences or seminars on subjects relating to India’s ‘internal affairs’, the MEA withdrew this diktat and tried to cite the pandemic as alibi for its controversial move.