PROPOSAL ON NEW EDUCATION POLICY FOR INDIA
The Government has initiated the
consultation process of formulating a New Education Policy to meet the
changing dynamics of the population’s requirement with regard to quality
education, innovation and research, aiming to make India a knowledge
superpower by equipping its students with the necessary skills and
knowledge. A multiple level consultative process involving all
stakeholders, such as, educationists, teachers, and students across all
levels is being undertaken. The online consultation process is going on www.MyGov.in portal
and nearly 21,500 suggestions have been received on 33 identified
themes. A consultation meeting was held on 2ist March 2015 under the
Chairpersonship of Union Minister of Human Resource Development with the
State Education Ministers and State Education Secretaries to discuss
the consultative process on formulation of New Education Policy (NEP)
mainly focusing on the grass root consultative process which are to take
place from village and move upwards to the Block, District and State
levels. The summary record of the discussions can be accessed from
www.mhrd.gov.in. Presently, the State Governments have initiated action
for conducting the grassroots level consultations.
This information was given by Union
Minister of Human Resource Development Smt. Smriti Irani in a written
reply to the Rajya Sabha Question today.