The appointment of Mrs Y.G. Parthasarathy of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan group of schools and Mr C. Jayadev of DAV group of school as members in the expert review committee under the academician’s category by the state government has evoked sharp protests from various quarters.
Expressing shock over the appointment of the two in the panel to review Samacheer Kalvi textbooks, PMK founder S. Ramadoss said both candidates would not befit the definition of academician.
“Both the nominees are running private schools in Chennai, which collect exorbitant fees from students. They run schools to cater to the needs of the elite and the rich. They do not know the struggle of poor parents to provide quality education to their wards,” Dr Ramadoss said.
Raising doubts over their neutrality in the introduction of Samacheer Kalvi, Dr Ramadoss wondered why the government had chosen the two ignoring many eminent academicians. “It only shows the government’s intention not to introduce uniform education system. The nine-member panel should be scrapped and reconstituted with scholars who are really committed to the task,” he said. The SFI and DYFI, the student and youth wings of the CPM, came down heavily on the government for appointing the two.
Stating that the SC should have constituted the committee on its own, social activist A. Marx said except the two NCERT members, the committee would not do any justice as the rest are bureaucrats and administrative heads of private schools who want different boards of education to continue in the state.
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