The All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO) presented the student manifesto prepared by it to SUCI (Communist) candidate for Mysuru Lok Sabha seat Sunil T.R. The key demands include withdrawal of National Education Policy-2020 in Karnataka.
The manifesto calls for strengthening the government educational institutions, withdrawal of the four-year degree programme, establishment of a government engineering college in every district of Karnataka, among others.
AIDSO district president Subhash Joyappa said all governments are not bothered about the problems faced by students and a voice for students in Parliament is the need of the hour so that the challenges faced by students get addressed.
“We must urge the future governments to ensure democratic, scientific, and secular education for everyone. Students must unite to realise their demands,” he said.
The demands in the student manifesto include withdrawal of NEP-2020 in the State and demand for a student-friendly education policy and 10% percent allocation in the Union Budget and 30% in the State Budget for the education sector to ensure scientific, secular, democratic, and free education for all.
The students have also urged the government not to close down government schools and allocate funds to improve infrastructure of all government schools and colleges and strengthen public education by establishing more government institutions.
