AISF plans rally against education policy

hyderabad: the all india students federation (aisf) has appealed to its members and students take part in the 'chalo hyderabad' rally being organised on september 14 in the city. in a statement issued here, the aisf state unit general secretary g eswaraiah said the education policies being pursued by the state and central governments centre have made education a commodity.on the one hand the state government was trying to privatise education, and the centre was trying to saffronise it on the other. the union proposes to take out rallies in the state on september 11 demanding the government release scholarships immediately and waive fee for students in the drought-hit areas of the state. the aisf said it is organising a 'national students festival' from september 14 to 16 to commemorate its completion of 65 years. on september 14, a massive rally will be taken out by students from indira park. former prime minister v p singh will inaugurate the festival at tagore auditorium on the osmania university campus on september 15. seminars on the 'impact of neo-liberal globalisation of indian education' and on 'introduction of astrology in education' will be held. student leaders and academicians will discuss the attempts being made by the government to change the composition and character of apex research and education institutions such as ugc, ncert,and ichr. educationist prof g k govinda rao of bangalore university, prof sudarshan of madras university, dr raghavan of the indian institute of chemical technology, k ramachandra murthy, editor of vaarta will take part in the festival.