Highly critical of the proposed changes in the syllabus and content in textbooks in schools and colleges, Magsaysay awardee Sandeep Pandey says “these two aspects should be left to the experts from the academia.”
Speaking to The Hindu here on Thursday, Mr. Sandeep Pandey said, “The less the political intervention the better for the students and the education system. The design of the syllabus and content in textbooks should be left to organisations such as the NCERT and the UGC. They should be left to the experts and the academicians.”
Mr. Sandeeep Pandey, who had taught at IIT-BHU and delivered lectures in IITs and IIMs, said many IITs and IIMs did not allow such interferences. “That is was why I bat for autonomy for educational institutions. The government can give its guidelines and policies at the macro level, but should not interfere with the course content,” he said.
