A joint delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), during their meeting with Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar on Friday, urged him to bring uniformity in the moderation policies being adopted by different educational boards of the country.
The delegation, comprised of former Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema and SAD leader Charanjit Singh Brar, BJP’s Punjab unit vice-president Harjit Singh Grewal and BJP State secretary Vineet Joshi, also requested the Union Minister to do away with the ‘no detention’ policy.
The alliance also urged the Union Minister to allow States to hold board examination at the level of Class V and VIII, besides the need to start pre-primary classes.
The delegation brought it to the notice of the HRD Minister that, at present, different yardsticks are being applied by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and other state boards which resulted in discrimination with the students form various state boards and are likely to suffer while competing with CBSE students.
Cheema said the Union Minister was very positive throughout the discussion and assured the delegation that steps will be taken to implement these suggestion at the earliest.