The top Congress leadership used the occasion of National Teachers’ Day, commemorating former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s birth anniversary, to highlight what they described as the “broken education system” under the Narendra Modi government.
In his two-minute-long video presentation, Mr. The future of an entire generation of India’s youth has been recklessly destroyed & sacrificed,” Mr. In a post on social media platform X, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge posted a hard-hitting video presentation arguing that the education sector had all but collapsed in the past 12 years, while his party colleague, Rahul Gandhi, urged teachers to ensure that everyone received equal opportunity. Kharge, citing various news reports and other sources, alleged that there had been an 80% jump in student suicides under the Modi government and that 1.23 lakh students had taken their own lives during this period. “Modi government has paralysed and systematically gutted education over the last 12 years. The Congress chief said 94,000 schools had been shut during the tenure of the Modi government, 2.26 crore children had been wiped out of enrolment, the share of government schools had come down from 71% to 49%, and four out of every 10 children dropped out by Class 12 or higher secondary level.
Kharge said in a post on X, along with the video graphics. In a separate post, the Congress chief hailed Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan as an “eminent philosopher, teacher and statesman whose wisdom remains timeless and forever inspiring”.
Together, we must build a system where every student has access to equal opportunities, quality education, and a bright future,” Mr. He also paid tribute to India’s second President, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, after whom the day is celebrated, on his birth anniversary.
Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said in a post on X. “Today, India’s education system poses several serious questions before us.
