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SC upholds new education policy

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the National Curriculum Framework for Secondary Education - 2002, rejecting allegations that it was an attempt to saffronise the syllabus for schools.

A three-judge bench comprising Justice M B Saha, Justice D M Dharmadhikari and Justice H K Sema by a 2:1 majority held that non-consultation with the Central Advisory Board for Education in the framing of the NCFSE could not be held as a ground to declare the national syllabus framed by the National Center for Education Research and Technology as unconstitutional.

Dismissing the petition filed by Aruna Roy and others, the court vacated the March 1, 2002 interim order staying the implementation of NCFSE across the country.

"Study of religions cannot be equated with imparting of religious instructions," Justice Saha and Justice Dharmadhikari said while delivering the judgement.

Holding that NCFSE was framed by NCERT, an expert statutory body, the judges said "what is sought to be imparted in the new syllabus is value education and the essence of all religions which is based on the same principle of love for all."

PTI

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