Senior academics call NEPF a threat to free education
- 5opn1
- November 18, 2024
- Education
- free education, NEPF
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The National Education Policy Framework 2023-2033 (NEPF) has come under much scrutiny by senior academics and education consultants who have been advocating for the right to free education.
They believe that this document which has been drafted sans proper consultations from education stakeholders has the potential to exacerbate social inequalities, increase class disparities and ultimately lead to greater social unrest.
It is in this backdrop that CSOs called upon the new government and the fresh set of policymakers aspiring to make their entry into Parliament to submit their proposals .
Speaking at a recent media briefing, Dr. Chandana Bandara, Chairman of the Education Development Coalition – an Organisation that has been advocating for free education which came about in 2004 reiterated the fact that every child should have equal access to education
