Jammu, March 12 -- CPI(M) leader and MLA Kulgam today urged the government to liberate education from consumerism and commodification. He was speaking in the Legislative Assembly on demands for grants.

He referred to the new national education policy, stating that free universal education had been available in J&K long ago. He alleged that under the new education policy, efforts were being made to distort history, which is not a positive sign.

Referring to the privatization of education, Tarigami expressed great concern over the heavy fees charged by private schools. He said that poor parents are unable to afford these fees and urged the state government to reorient the education system in J&K so that the poor also have the opportunity ...