New Delhi. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said that ‘Echo of Students’, a nationwide movement of students demanding save education, save the future, accountability and fairness, is your education, your future, your fight. Rahul Gandhi said that I promise you that I will fight for you and help you fulfill your dreams. I want to listen to you. Tell us your thoughts.
He said that when education becomes a market, only the rich can study. The government has silently handed over its responsibility and your future to private companies that work for profit rather than purpose. Political appointments are being made to senior positions in India’s educational institutions. The curriculum is being changed not for education but to impose ideology. History is being erased. The scientific approach is being weakened. And students are paying the price for it.
India’s education budget has continuously decreased under the Modi government, today only 2.4% of the budget is allocated for education. Nearly 22 lakh NEET aspirants spend an estimated Rs 1.36 lakh crore on preparation and examination, almost equal to India’s annual central education budget. Almost every hour a government school is closing in India, because private schools are increasing and government education is ending.
Only 12 graduates get jobs
Rahul Gandhi said that out of every 1,000 students who enter the education system, only 12 are able to get a permanent job after graduation. When a single authority controls every examination, every seat and every result and is accountable to no one, the system not only fails students, it crushes them.
Paper leak, crores affected
More than 90 question paper leaks in the last 10 years have ruined years of hard work and expectations of crores of students and job aspirants across the country. He said that in the year 2023, 66,955 youth committed suicide. This is the price of a coercive system with no escape route and no accountability.
Curriculum is being changed not for education but to impose ideology
Political appointments are being made to senior positions in India’s educational institutions. The curriculum is being changed not for education but to impose ideology. History is being erased. The scientific approach is being weakened. And students are paying the price. Vice-Chancellors, UGC members and ICHR heads are being appointed on the basis of RSS affiliation rather than academic merit, thereby undermining the independence of India’s universities.
He said that if you have faced the pain of paper leak, exam rigging, or expensive fees. If this system has broken your dreams. If your family has invested their entire life’s earnings for your education. So listen: ‘Students’ Echo’ is your voice. This is not just a campaign, it is a means of conveying your demands to the government. Affordable education. Fair examination. Respectable employment. And joining takes just 30 seconds: your one signature will power the fight. The more names, the louder the echo.
