Teesta out, Centre rejigs CABE with saffron tint
Narendra Modi government has reconstituted the Central Advisory Board of Education
By : nitin mahajan
Update: 2015-06-18 02:45 GMT
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has reconstituted the Central Advisory Board of Education, the country’s top advisory body on education, with several new members with strong Sangh affiliations. Among those nominated are Swami Atmapriyananda, VC, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur Math, and Anirban Ganguly, director of Shyama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation.
Actress Swaroop Sampat, wife of BJP MP Paresh Rawal, was chosen as a representative of the creative arts. Other nominees include Prof. Syed A. Bari, VC, Central University of Gujarat. The HRD ministry reconstituted CABE as it wanted to replace members regarded as close to the UPA.
As earlier reported by the Deccan Chronicle, UPA nominees like activist Teesta Setalvad and Sanskrit scholar Satyavrat Shastri are not part of the reconstituted CABE. In a major policy shift, the new body will review the no-detention policy till Class VIII and reintroduction of mandatory Class X board exams in CBSE schools is expected to be discussed.
Other members are Jawahar Kaul, VC, Uttarakhand University, Prof Chandrekale Padia, chairperson, IIAS, Prof. Indranil Manna, director, IIT, Kanpur, Sudhir K. Jain, director, IIT, Gandhinagar, Dr Sushil Vachani, director, IIM, Bangalore, Dr Geetha Bali, Chairman, NIT, Bhopal.