My letter published in The Hindu on 26.10.18
On the one hand, the government is worried that
there are no Indian universities in the top 100 universities of the world; on
the other, it shows a lack of understanding regarding the difference in the
role played by teachers and other public sector employees (“An ‘anti-national’
regulation”, Oct. 25). University teachers are expected to teach students how
to analyse critically, think logically and approach issues rationally so that
they emerge as scholars, thinkers, writers, administrators, inventors and
innovators. But if the teachers are subjected to civil service conduct rules
and a suffocating atmosphere is created in universities as a result, what
critical thinking training can possibly be given to the students? It looks like
educational reforms are going in the reverse direction. After the
implementation of these rules, no teacher who is a public employee can engage
in public discussions on government policies through lectures, articles, or
even letters to the editor.
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