Higher education must be made affordable to all

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This refers to the article, “Too serious to be brushed aside” (June 2) by KG Suresh. The author has done an excellent study of the hallowed Jawaharlal Nehru University. Undoubtedly, JNU has become the ultras' den because of the indulgent attitude of the Congress and other ‘secular' Governments at the Centre. He has given a list of organisations ensconced in JNU that indulge in anti-national activities, all under the guise of promoting human rights.

Reforming the JNU can be a priority of the Modi-led Government. But the greater problem is what Mr Narendra Modi had mentioned in one of speeches: That there should be a revolution in education where a student from the poorest sections can continue his/her education to potential, and money does not become a stumbling block. Teaching has become highly commercialised and it has become difficult for meritorious students with poor financial means to pursue quality education. This must change.

 

 

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