Democratic Students' Organisation protests against anti-education bills

The Democratic Students' Organisation (DSO) staged a protest at Income Tax circle against the anti-education bills being presented in  Parliament's winter session starting from Tuesday. The protest, attended mainly by students from different pockets of state, said that education would not only go beyond the reach of middle class students but corruption would prevail if the proposed  bills are passed.

The secretary of the Gujarat chapter of the DSO, Bhavik Raja, said that if bills like Foreign Education Providers Bill, National Commission for Higher Education and Research (NCHER) Bill and Education Tribunal Bill are passed, it will snatch away transparency in the education system. 

"We protest against these bills formed on the guidelines of National Knowledge Commission. Sanctioning of these bills will allow foreign investment in education that will eventually make education expensive. In Educational Tribunal Bill, the plan is to recruit an IAS officer in place of retired judge and the NCHER committee will not get representation. This would encourage corruption," he said. The dharna in Ahmedabad was part of DSO's protest across India, he added.