NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POLICY,2016 - REFORM OF EDUCATION - MY SUGGESTIONS - MY TWEETS

MY TWEETS DATED 17.09.2016

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MY SUGGESTIONS FOR REFORM OF

NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, 2016

(SUBMITTED BY ME TO THE SELECT COMMITTEE)

I have sent in my suggestions for reform of National Education Policy,2016 on 15^th of this month.

I intend to add more suggestions and send before 30th. Here are the suggestions :

@vvijayamohan Education is a Great Transformational Change factor. Every lesson must focus on some Positive change in students

@vvijayamohan Education must be contemporary and not obsolete. Book revision must be a constant process.

@vvijayamohan Ability to live and adjust in any part of the world must be inculcated. Truth, character and values a must for students.

@vvijayamohan Teach open mindedness and receptiveness - for constant improvement in all aspects of life.

@vvijayamohan avoidance of ragging, eve teasing must be inculcated more forcefully, as part of subjects

@vvijayamohan Teach mutual respect between boys and girls and highest respect for women - through lessons and practice.

@vvijayamohan Teach goal orientation or ambition but also sportive acceptance of result. No depressive moods.

@vvijayamohan Teach a little Ayurveda, Yoga, Olympic sports, health & strength building. We need strong students.

@vvijayamohan Most lessons must achieve some national / state goal. No goal-less, non-useful lessons.

@vvijayamohan Encourage all donors to assist poor students in a big way .Give IT benefit for instituting scholarships,giving books,fees etc

@vvijayamohan CSR spending for next 2-3 Yrs shall be on school upgradation.

@vvijayamohan Develop National Minimum syllabus which is compulsory for all schools. Balance shall be state syllabus. Inculcate nationalism

@vvijayamohan a lot must be taught at schools - about body, mind, diseases, their avoidance, common herbal plants, their uses.

@vvijayamohan Teach students - critical, creative, lateral and innovative thinking - in all subjects. Learning and memorizing is 2nd priority

@vvijayamohan Education continuance throughout life must be made much easier by open Universities etc.

@vvijayamohan Teach students - all are equal at birth, no one is superior or inferior. Unity of students is key for Nation's strength

@vvijayamohan Allow students in 12th-to choose their caste based on aptitude & competence.100 slokas of Gita a must to choose 2 be Brahmin

@vvijayamohan castes will get redefined by choice. Competence will rule, not birth.

@vvijayamohan Inculcate compassion and unity among students

@vvijayamohan Teach students martial arts, wrestling, gymnastics & other Olympic sports & indian Kalari, kabaddi etc. Promote strength, courage

@vvijayamohan Inculcate values like non-violence, truth, courage, compassion, trust, trustworthiness, cooperation,co-existence in students

@vvijayamohan Teach students their fundamental duties, rights, values. Teach also  duties of various Government arms.

@vvijayamohan After 12 years schooling, one must be capable, skillful, employable and an asset to society. Education must ensure this

@vvijayamohan Teach contemporary & useful history & sciences. Not of centuries old history of Aurangazeb,killing bros & jailing parents.

@vvijayamohan More than 50% of present syllabus is not useful or practical. Weed it out and make all lessons purposeful , useful, practical.

@vvijayamohan Education must aim to inculcate positive tendencies and dissolve negative tendencies

@vvijayamohan : India must have National goals and choices. students must imbibe them and be nationalistic, motivated and disciplined

@vvijayamohan Education must teach right choice making in all aspects of life.Lessons must teach ways to meet life's challenges

@vvijayamohan Not Just knowledge; skill building and practice must be inculcated in students. Education must be usable, useful and practical

@vvijayamohan Enrol 100 % children. ensure no dropouts. Mid day meals for poor children a must.

@vvijayamohan Text books must be thoroughly reformed to cover all these aspects

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DRAFT LOK PAL BILL OF GOVT AND TEAM ANNA = SUGGESTIONS TO TEAM ANNA AND GOVT = JURISDICTION OF LOK PAL

LOK PAL BILL

GOVT VS TEAM ANNA

Team Anna has placed an interesting Power Point presentation at www.kiranbedi.com  , giving brief comparison of the Government’s Lok Pal Bill Draft with the Jan Lok Bill Draft. 

For the sheer effort that Team Anna is taking in the matter – it needs to be saluted and supported by all people. 

There can be no doubt that India needs a strong Lok Pal, to combat the high level corruption. But, we all differ on how to make the Lok Pal strong enough to tackle the existing monumental levels of corruption.

Our Individual Perceptions are different and hence our prescriptions are bound to be slightly different. 

Let us look at a few key aspects on Jurisdictional Matters in this Post. Other matters will be dealt with, in next Post.

(i)                FIRST QN IS - WHO EXACTLY IS CORRUPT ?

It is only the Government and the Government only - which can be corrupt. Let us understand this very clearly.

It cannot be the shopwala, or the man on the street, or an NGO. They may indulge in adulteration, misuse of funds etc – but not corruption.

It is Government’s corruption only - that chokes the life of citizens. If that is curbed significantly – it does a lot of good for the citizens of India.

Our People will suffer much less. Our GDP will go up. Many private entrepreneurs will come up. India will be a much happier country to live in.

The term, Government must include whoever has state Power over citizens – from Prime minister to Panchayat officials, elected or appointed. So, there should be EFFECTIVE CHECK on all of them.

This means – we are talking of (i)Political Corruption and (ii) bureaucratic corruption both.

(ii)              Who should be the Effective Check on all of them?

If Lok Pal is given the charge of all Group A Government servants and all elected representatives – I think, his cup will be FULL. So, limiting Lok Pal’s jurisdiction to this group is both practical and sensible. Even CVC is not looking at all levels of Government servants presently.

(iii)          What about Present CVC?

Group A Government servants will get shifted from CVC to Lok Pal Jurisdiction. So, it is sensible to shift CVC also to Lok Pal Jurisdiction. Incidentally – CVC looks also at higher level officers of Banks and other PSUs. They also must come under CVC – under the Lok Pal.

CVC must be the chief Executive under Lok Pal for looking at the corruption charges against these officials presently dealt with by him.

(iv)           What about corruption at Lower levels?

There has to be EFFECTIVE CHECK on others too. Currently the CVC is not looking at less than Gr.A. These are under respective departmental Vigilance Officers.

One alternative is - Lok Pal must directly deal with Gr. A officers’ corruption, without CVC’s intervention.

CVC can directly and independently deal with Corruption cases of Grs. B, C & D – leaving irregularities not amounting to corruption to be dealt with by Departmental Vigilance systems.

(v)            The question is – why are the CVC and Vigilance Officers – not effective in curbing corruption?

If we don’t understand this – Lok Pal also will be as ineffective as CVC and Vigilance Officers.

CVC depends too much on Vigilance officers. He has no independent Investigative system to look into charges of corruption – except Vigilance Officers and CBI. CBI is used rarely. Vigilance officers system leaves much to be desired.

First, Vigilance Officers from same department /Ministry must not be heading the Vigilance System of that department and must not form the bulk of the officers in the vigilance wings. They tend to have too many friends and acquaintances among field officers -   and this familiarity itself is a negative point for combating corruption and irregularities.

Second, Only a small percentage of complaints are investigated. This implies that – most offenders get away with what they are doing.

This also implies that – Vigilance officers are free to drop complaints on persons they know / are friends with. There is too much of subjectiveness in selection of complaints for investigation.

Not all complaints go from Vigilance officers to CVC.

There are many such problem areas.

These must be taken care of, adequately – and Gr. B, C and D can be left to Vigilance system – which must come under the control of CVC – who must come under Lok Pal.

(vi)           What about NGOs,Trusts and Societies?

NGOs, Societies and Trusts belonging to ALL RELIGIONS and others must first be treated on par with companies – with compulsory Audit and declaration of Accounts. But then – Government should not differentiate this or that religion for this purpose. For them – Lok Pal is not needed. They can’t indulge in corruption.

(vii)         What about Lok Ayukta of State Governments?

This arrangement of Lok Ayuktha for state Governments must also be included in the Lok Pal Bill. It should be similar to Lok Pal. Let no Political Party escape with its Corrupt practices, by being a regional Party - simply on the ground of Federalism.

The Tahsildar’s office and the Police station are monuments of corruption in some places. But, the Party in Power is always unwilling to tackle them.

This is a Historic opportunity to introduce uniform, effective, anti-corruption systems throughout India – and should not be lost for any reason.

(viii)        Should Judiciary be under Lok Pal?

Definitely Not. Corruption in Judiciary must be looked into by an independent body consisting of Judges, Lok Pal, and CAG. The independence of Judiciary has been responsible for many reforms and should not be compromised.

Corruption in Judiciary must be looked at by not just Lok Pal, but a larger body including Judiciary itself and CAG.

(ix)          Should the Prime Minister be included under Lok Pal Jurisdiction?

Yes. But  - unless the matter directly involves corruption charge against the Prime Minister himself, with substantial proof, the PM should not himself be brought into interrogation by Lok Pal.

The office of Prime Minister must however, cooperate fully in unearthing the truth in charges against other cabinet colleagues and any others in the Ministries. This task may be delegated to Cabinet secretary. The sanctity of this highest office must be maintained – in the long term interests of the nation – unless strong corruption charges come up against the Prime Minister himself.

We will deal with other aspects –not relating to jurisdiction in future Posts.

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