Iconic police officer and former Lieutenant governor of Puducherry stated that central government scheme Agniveer will provide limited period training and employment in defence forces.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Dr Biswajit Saha stated that CBSE would support its 27,000 schools, where about 10 percent of the countrys students were studying, without affecting their autonomy.
- Dr Kiran Bedi said that the high rate of dropouts was the reason for several heinous crimes like rape and vandalization of property during agitations like recent one against the Agniveer scheme.
- Dr Saha appealed to educational researchers in the country to conduct their own studies, instead of depending on suggestions from the West.