Refusing to interfere with the age criteria of six years fixed for admission to Class I, based on the National Education Policy-2020 in the State, the High Court of Karnataka has said that the courts, under the garb of judicial review, cannot alter the educational guidelines evolved by experts keeping in mind the overall growth of children.
“The NEP-2020 guidelines are brought into force with a hope that it will address multiple problem areas across educational institutions that require improvement. Prima facie, I am convinced that there is a core focus on enabling holistic development of students and therefore, one student’s inconvenience that he/she will be compelled to repeat the class cannot in itself constitute a ground to interfere with the guidelines,” Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum observed.
