NEW DELHI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu asked why there was so much furore about saffronisation in the education sector. The Vice President was responding to allegations that the central government was saffronizing the country's education system.

According to the Vice President, the Indianisation of the education system was the aim of the new New Education Policy. He was speaking after inaugurating the South Asian Institute of Peace and Reconciliation at the Dev Sanskriti Vishwa Vidyalaya in Uttarakhand.

He said that "prolonged colonial rule deprived large sections, including women of education and only a small elite class had access to formal education. "It is necessary to provide quality education to all, only then can our education be inclusive and democratic."