Lok Sabha Question No. 187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-03
Subject: New Education Policy
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Jual Oram, Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2020

## New Education Policy

## † 187.  SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL: SHRI JUAL ORAM: DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to introduce a new National Education Policy and if so, the salient features thereof ;
- (b)  whether  the  draft  Policy  has  been  finalised  and  if  so,  the  expected  time  of  the introduction of the said policy along with the steps taken in this regard;
- (c) the deliberations received over the said Policy, State/UT-wise;
- (d) the details of the significant changes proposed in the draft document including the three language formula;
- (e)  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  tackle  the  challenges  in implementation of the said Policy; and
- (f) whether it is a fact that 100 days action plan was formulated by the Government after its formation in May, 2019 including the said policy and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (e): The Government is in the process of formulating a new National Education Policy for meeting the changing dynamics of the population's requirement with regard to quality education, innovation and research, aiming to make India a knowledge superpower. For this purpose, wide ranging consultations were undertaken at multiple levels of online, expert / thematic and grassroots from village to State, Zonal levels and the National level. Initially, a Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy was constituted, which submitted its report  in  May,  2016  which  was  followed  by  the  Ministry's  ' Some  Inputs  for  the  Draft National  Education  Policy,  2016' ,  both  of  which  are  considered  as  inputs  for  policy formulation. Thereafter, a Committee  for  the  Draft National Education  Policy  was constituted in June 2017 under the Chairmanship of eminent scientist Dr. K Kasturirangan, which has submitted the Draft National Education Policy 2019(DNEP 2019) to the Ministry on  31 st May  2019.  The  Draft  NEP  2019  has  been  uploaded  on  MHRD's  website  at https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/Draft\_NEP\_2019\_EN\_Revised.pdf and also  at  https://innovate.mygov.in/list-nep/  to  elicit  comments  and  suggestions  from  the various stakeholders. Further, letters were written to States/UTs Governments and Government of  India  Ministries  inviting  their  views  and  comments  on  DNEP  2019.    An Education  Dialogue  with  Hon'ble  MPs  of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Telangana,  Tamil  Nadu, Puducherry,  Kerala,  Karnataka  &  Odisha  on  three  consecutive  days  i.e  on  31.07.2019, 01.08.2019  &  02.08.2019.  Two  meetings  with  State  Education  Secretaries  of  School Education and another with State Secretaries of Higher & Technical Education was held on 09.07.2019 and 08.08.2019 respectively. Around 2 lakh suggestions on the Draft National Education  Policy  received  from  various  stakeholders.  A  special  meeting  of  CABE  on National  Education  Policy  was  held  on  21.09.2019,  to  discuss  the  National  Education Policy.  The  Draft  NEP  recommends  equal  development  and  promotion  of  all  Indian languages. Currently, process of finalising the National Education Policy is ongoing.

(f):  It  is  submitted  that  100  days  action  plan  was  formulated by  this Ministry  and among other  various  programmes  such  as  National  Initiative  for  School  Heads  and  Teachers Holistic Advancements (NISHTHA), Annual Refresher Programme In Teaching (ARPIT), Inauguration of central schools, Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' cadre) Act 2019, Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019, Declaration of Institution of Eminence, Pradhan Mantri Innovative Learning Programme "DHRUV". One of the agenda was New Education Policy, which is still under finalisation.

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