National Education Policy to be cancelled from next academic year: CM Siddaramaiah

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 14 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the National Education Policy (NEP) will be cancelled from the next academic year in the state.
The Chief Minister was speaking at the general body meeting of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee held at the KPCC office.
He said that the NEP implemented by the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will be completely cancelled from the next academic year.
"NEP has to be abolished after making some necessary preparations. The academic year had begun by the time the election results were out and the government was formed... NEP has been continued this year to avoid inconvenience to the students in the middle of the year," the CM said.
NEP has been opposed by students, parents and lecturers and teachers simultaneously, he added.
He further said that the BJP has sacrificed the interest of the students by implementing NEP in the state even before other states implemented it in the country.
Earlier in July this year, Karnataka primary education Minister Madhu Bangarappa said that the state education department has decided not to adopt the National Education Policy( NEP) but instead will implement the State Education Policy (SEP).