Hyderabad, Sept. 28 -- Fatima Hasan

In its six years of rule, the BJP-led government at the Center has been criticized and also appreciated for its various policies, schemes and "bold steps" such as demonetization, GST roll out and scrapping of Article 370 among others. Likewise, the recently released New Education Policy 2020 has received mixed reactions. Few have liked the policy as it provides for instruction in native languages, while others have said that the use of native languages is detrimental for higher education.

Moreover, the National Education Policy was released without any discussion in the Parliament and so it was criticized for being decided on and issued unilaterally. However, there is more to it. When we look at the e...