GA-EDUCATION-SISODIA

Sisodia rues education system not being run by educationists
    Panaji, Sep 19 (PTI) Delhis Deputy Chief Minister
Manish Sisodia on Thursday bemoaned that the education system
in the country is not being managed by academicians and said
anyone from the ruling party gets to handle the key ministry.
    He said people who have never worked in the education
sector become secretary or director in the department just
because they have cleared UPSC examinations long back.
    Sisodia handles a host of portfolios in the AAP-led
city-state government, including education.
    "The pain that the country's education system is
having right now is that the education system is not driven by
educationists.
    "It's being planned, driven and executed by those
people who are not supposed to know E of education, Sisodia
said, speaking after launching his book Shiksha here.
    He said someone is educationministerbecause he is a
member of the political party that has won elections and
formed its government.
    "No one is bothered to know whether he can handle
education. Anyone becomes education minister," he said.
    Speaking further, he said the education secretary or
director is a person who cleared UPSC examinations 15 years
back and is hence entitled for the post.
    "They have never worked in the education sector but
they are there just because they have cleared UPSC
examinations and are empowered to take crucial decisions," the
AAP minister said. PTI RPS
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