Congratulations for your well crafted Editorial (Light of Truth 1-15 September 2020) on the recently published National Education Policy. This is one of the most important policy pronouncements by the Narendra Modi government. It is part of a grand design to saffronise the whole spectrum of education in the country. It is unfortunate that in Kerala it did not receive the kind of attention it deserved.
I was expecting to see a statement from the recently held Syro-Malabar Church Synod. Unless I missed it, I did not see one. This is a subject of such vital importance to all Christian Churches in Kerala, I do not understand how or why the bishops decided to remain silent. Was it because they were afraid of questioning the governments, both at the Centre and the State. Or was it because there were not many leaders who had the foresight about the gravity of the issue at stake.
Even now, the Synod should not sit quiet. They should set up a committee of ten people, including one or two bishops, all of whom must be familiar with the socio-political environment of Kerala and the importance of education in the context of the evangelisation mission of the Church in Kerala. If the issue is not considered seriously and action taken, I can only say that the Church has missed a great opportunity to carry on with the mission entrusted to it by its Founder.

P.T. Kuriakose