Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called for a comprehensive reform of the Indian education system, emphasising the need for it to reflect the country’s diversity and to ensure that learning does not remain a privilege of a few. He also said that it was not nice to know that the idea of free thinking was under attack in India under the present dispensation, and that his fight was to defend it.
Speaking during an interaction with students at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and the University of Chile, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha highlighted challenges facing education, social inclusivity, and independent thinking in India.
"Education must begin with curiosity and the freedom to think openly and ask questions without fear or constraint—political or social. It must not b