TNN | Sep 7, 2012, 06.21AM IST
MADURAI: It is
unfortunate that difference of opinion between two governments on the Tamil
issue in Sri Lanka was affecting the relationship of the people in the two
countries, CPM general secretary, Prakash Karat has said.He was answering a question at the 14th All India Conference of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) in Madurai on Thursday. Karat said, "There may be difference of opinion over the issue between the two countries, but that should not hinder the people-to-people relationship in India and Sri Lanka."
Addressing the conference, Karat said that there were two types of education in India, one meant for the rich with better quality and the other for the poor. He said that everybody including farmers and labourers should come forward to fight for the right to quality education for all.
He recalled the contributions of comrades Bhaskaran, Subash Chakraborthy and others to the growth of the SFI, which had emerged as an influential organisation. The SFI is fighting for a better educational system and also against privatisation and commercialisation of the same.
A resolution opposing foreign educational institutions regulations of entry and operations (maintenance of quality and prevention of commercialization bill, 2010) was passed at the conference. The resolution said that foreign education would not benefit the student fraternity in India.
The resolution also demanded the government to initiate the formation of students' federations in all educational institutions and that it should not interfere with the functioning of institutes of higher education.
The meeting also condoled the death of workers in the fire accident at a fireworks unit in Sivakasi on Wednesday.
CPM leader Sitaram Yechury among others were present during the conference.
