Regional disputes should be resolved through dialogue and consultation: Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong
Suhasini HaidarOver the past year, the two sides have actively implemented the important consensus between the two leaders, upgraded and improved the quality of China-India relations, says Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong
Education
We want to make teachers a serious cadre, like engineers: Dr. K. Kasturirangan
Shubashree Desikan In the second part of the interview, Dr. K. Kasturirangan, the chairperson of the drafting committee and former head of ISRO, speaks about centralisation of the educational system, the public school concept, modifications of the college and university systems, research and more.Read the first part of the interview here.There is an extreme degree of centralisation that the draft policy advocates, with Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog having the PM at its apex. Textbooks will be created by the NCERT with
Interview
The education system needs change, not fine-tuning: Kasturirangan on the draft NEP
Shubashree Desikan The draft National Education Policy was released by the government recently. Here is the first part of an interview with Dr. K. Kasturirangan, the chairperson of the drafting committee and former head of ISRO. Here he talks about the formation of the committee, the school system and why such radical reforms are needed.