Modi: Edu policy will pull India out of ‘slave mentality’ of English
AHMEDABAD: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the new National Education Policy (NEP) will pull the country out of slave mentality instilled by the pursuit of the English language, and asked people to “teach a lesson” to those who constantly “abuse and insult” Gujarat.
He addressed multiple events in his home state on Wednesday.
Launching a “Mission School of Excellence” to upgrade 20,000 government schools at Adalaj in Gandhinagar district, Modi said knowledge of English was considered a mark of intellectualism even though it was a just medium of communication.
“The English language barrier was a hindrance. Many young talents from villages could not become doctors and engineers because they were not wellversed in English,” he said. “I believe that the NEP will pull the nation out of slave mentality.”
Modi also said the recently introduced 5G telecom service will take the education system to the next level in the country.
Speaking at Junagarh in the afternoon, where he launched development projects worth ₹4,155 crore, Modi said: “For the
last two decades, we have seen that people with distorted mentality do not like it when something good happens for Gujarat or a Gujarati achieves something... They insult Gujarat and abuse Gujarati people .... Don’t you think time has come to teach a lesson to those who abuse and insult Gujarat and its people day and night?”
His comments came days after a video of AAP Gujarat president Gopal Italia purportedly mocking Modi’s mother was released by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In a separate event in Rajkot, Modi said: “Aeroplanes will be manufactured in Gujarat soon and their spare parts will be made in Rajkot.”
Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi responded to the PM’S remarks on education, saying: “The government talks about Schools of Excellence but in the last 20 years, 6,000 schools have shut down in Gujarat villages...”