Karnataka CM attacks national education policy, says uniform system does not suit India

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah criticized the National Education Policy for being incompatible with federalism and containing anomalies that undermine democracy. In his budget speech, he announced that a new education policy would be formulated to meet the local social, cultural and economic requirement of the state, while also raising education standards. He also proposed mandatory registration of higher education students through the "Academic Bank of Credits".