Polytechnic students urge government to withdraw GO 97
Students in India are protesting against government order GO 97, fearing it will negatively impact the quality and identity of diploma polytechnic education. They are calling for official safeguards to prevent the restructuring or merging of their technical education pathway with other systems.
Why it matters
Educational policy changes can significantly affect the career prospects and professional standards of thousands of technical students.
Diploma and Polytechnic students from across the State on Friday urged the government to immediately withdraw GO 97, expressing concern that proposed changes could affect their identity, academic standards and affordability of diploma education.
In a representation submitted to Minister Vivek Venkatswamy, the aggrieved students called for written and official safeguards covering diploma polytechnic education and sought intervention from the authorities.
They argued that diploma education is a distinct technical-education pathway involving specialised curricula, theory and practical training, laboratory work, examinations, certification and professional progression. They demanded that provisions under the Shakti scheme that could replace, merge, or restructure the existing diploma polytechnic system be removed from its application to Diploma education.
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