ICYMI#TheTribuneOpinion: Time to decentralise education

Education Minister Dharamendra Pradhan’s resignation is only the beginning of a challenging journey. The task of conducting exams must be taken away from the National Testing Agency and given back to universities, says C Uday Bhaskar, Director, Society for Policy studies, in his Edit article Education overhaul is a long haul. In recent years, the appointment of heads of educational institutions has been determined more by political ideology and RSS endorsement than merit. The government’s focus on education is more ideological than academic (with distortions and changes in school textbooks). What India needs now is a National Education Refor…