AAP government playing with future of children: Ajay Maken

The AAP government’s decision to map students as part of its “arbitrary” Chunauti project would lead to labelling of students as weak and bright “harming” them in the long run, Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken said on Monday.

In a press conference here, Mr Maken lambasted the recent reforms in the education sector announced by the government, alleging the policy making process was “opaque”, done “without consultation” with experts, and “arbitrarily” implemented. “The government has brought in new reforms like the Chunauti policy, parent-teacher-meetings. After consulting experts, we have found that the policy is divisive and will bring down the morale of the students. If a girl child from a poor family is put into the bottom category, her parents won’t send her to school, they will rather get her married or make her do housework,” Maken said.