Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday likened the tradition of teaching centres to “fuel chambers,” emphasising the necessity to scrutinise the numerous expenditures these centres incur on newspaper ads. “Teaching has change into a flourishing trade with excessive returns and the sort of ads, I mentioned, should be examined,” he mentioned. His remarks got here throughout a short-duration dialogue below Rule 176 on the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in a training centre in Delhi because of waterlogging.
Dhankhar expressed concern over the commercialisation of teaching, stating, “I discover that the youth demographic dividend of the nation needs to be nurtured, I additional discover that teaching has change into just about commerce.” He highlighted the substantial earnings of teaching centres, which he described as a “flourishing trade with excessive returns.”
“Each time we learn a newspaper, the entrance one or two pages are stuffed with ads from teaching centres. Each penny spent on commercial is coming from the scholars, each new constructing is coming from the scholars,” Dhankhar mentioned. He additional urged members to tell youths about different employment and talent alternatives accessible within the nation.
“Teaching has change into a flourishing trade with excessive returns… and the sort of ads, I mentioned, should be examined.
Each penny spent on commercial is coming from the coed.
Each new constructing is coming from the coed!
So there’s actually a necessity for an method… pic.twitter.com/hXePOIURdt
— Vice-President of India (@VPIndia) July 29, 2024
He additionally referred to teaching as a silo which is “at least a fuel chamber”.
मैं सदस्यों से कहूंगा, ये अत्यंत गंभीर मुद्दा है!
जब विज्ञापन की बात आती है, तो आप और हम रोज़ देखते हैं,
अख़बार का पहला पन्ना कोचिंग,
दूसरा पन्ना कोचिंग,
तीसरा पन्ना कोचिंग…इतना भारी खर्चा कहां से आता है?
उस छात्र से आता है, जो अपने सपने को साकार करना चाहता है!कोचिंग एक… pic.twitter.com/ZOYYtFaLZK
— Vice-President of India (@VPIndia) July 29, 2024
Reflecting on the dearth of cooperation from some ground leaders, Dhankhar lamented, “Let me share my anguish, let me share my ache. This Chairman, when he makes a request for honourable members for a convention within the chamber, this rebuff just isn’t solely unprecedented however a dilution of Parliamentary decorum.” He referred to as the digital boycott by ground leaders an unhealthy follow.
The dialogue was initiated after Rajya Sabha members, together with Sudhanshu Trivedi and Swati Maliwal, gave discover below Rule 267 to debate the deaths of the UPSC aspirants. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju was ready to debate the matter below Rule 267, citing its urgency. Nonetheless, opposition leaders, together with Chief of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge, refused to take part, main Dhankhar to make clear that such issues would solely be mentioned with the consensus of the Home.
Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala demanded a legislation to control the price construction and make sure the security of scholars in teaching centres.
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Delhi Teaching Centre Deaths: Union Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Calls For ‘Fixing Duty’
Union Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradhan addressed the incident, terming it unlucky and stressing the necessity for accountability. “Nothing would compensate for the loss the bereaved households have suffered,” Pradhan mentioned. “We should repair accountability in order that such incidents don’t recur. There ought to be no politics… Negligence has occurred, and somebody has to take accountability so {that a} answer could be discovered.”
Pradhan famous that schooling falls below the concurrent listing, making it a joint accountability of the Centre and the states. He talked about that the Authorities of India had despatched advisories associated to teaching centres to the states and Union Territories in 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2024. These advisories included suggestions for registration, minimal requirements, safeguards for college students, and steady monitoring with penalties for non-compliance.
ओल्ड राजेंद्र नगर में जो हादसा हुआ, एक सभ्य समाज में उसकी कोई जगह नहीं है। हम सभी का दायित्व बनता है कि ऐसी घटना कभी न हो।
कोचिंग सेंटर की व्यवस्था और प्रबंधन कैसा हो, इस पर मार्गदर्शिका और सुझाव केंद्र सरकार राज्यों और संघ शासित प्रदेशों को निरंतर भेजती रहती है। यह… pic.twitter.com/ZvHWAyP50d
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) July 29, 2024
“Some states similar to Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Manipur have their very own laws,” Pradhan mentioned. “Contemplating this, the federal government in January 2024 despatched an advisory to states. That’s already in public. Had the state governments adopted it, this unlucky incident wouldn’t have occurred.”
Pradhan criticised the state governments for shirking their tasks, emphasising the necessity for correct implementation of those advisories. He additionally addressed issues raised by some Rajya Sabha members in regards to the nation’s schooling system, attributing them to “pseudo-intellectualism.”
The three IAS aspirants who misplaced their lives within the incident had been recognized as Shreya Yadav (25) of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Tanya Soni (25) from Telangana, and Nevin Delvin (24) from Ernakulam, Kerala.
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