Lok Sabha Question No. 108 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Conducting Board Examinations Twice a Year
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## Conducting Board Examinations Twice a Year

| † *108.                                                                                                                                                          | SHRI RAKESH SINGH:                                                                                                                                               |
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| Will the Minister ofHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:                                                                                              | Will the Minister ofHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:                                                                                              |
| (a) whether the Government proposes to bring improvement in the assessment process under the New Education Policy in the country and if so, the details thereof; | (a) whether the Government proposes to bring improvement in the assessment process under the New Education Policy in the country and if so, the details thereof; |
| (b) whether the NCERT proposes to conduct board examinations twice a year for this purpose and if so, the details thereof;                                       | (b) whether the NCERT proposes to conduct board examinations twice a year for this purpose and if so, the details thereof;                                       |
| (c) whether the outcome of the new process of assessment is advantageous to the students; and                                                                    | (c) whether the outcome of the new process of assessment is advantageous to the students; and                                                                    |
| (d) if so, the details thereof?                                                                                                                                  | (d) if so, the details thereof?                                                                                                                                  |
| ANSWER                                                                                                                                                           | ANSWER                                                                                                                                                           |
| MINISTER OF HUMANRESOURCE DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                            | MINISTER OF HUMANRESOURCE DEVELOPMENT                                                                                                                            |
| (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')                                                                                                                                | (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')                                                                                                                                |
| (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.                                                                                                       | (a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.                                                                                                       |

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  108  FOR  REPLY  ON  25.11.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI RAKESH SINGH REGARDING CONDUCTING BOARD EXAMINATIONS TWICE A YEAR

(a)  to  (d):  The  Government  is  currently  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. In respect of School Education, 110623 at village level, 3250 at Block level, 725 at ULB level,  340  District  level  and  21  at  State  level  consultations  were  undertaken.  In  respect  of Higher Education, 2741 at Block level, 962 at ULB level, 406 at District level and 20 at State level  consultations  were  undertaken.  A  number  of  in-person  consultations  were  held  with stakeholder Ministries in the Government of India (GoI) and also with the State Governments on  NEP.  The  Government  also  conducted  thematic  consultations  through  University  Grants Commission,  All  India  Council  for  Technical  Education,  National  Council  for  Teacher Education  and  several  centrally  funded  universities  and  institutions,  autonomous  bodies, attached  offices  having  domain  expertise  on  the  individual  themes  by  inviting  all  relevant stakeholders including experts, academics, industry representatives, civil society etc. in JulyOctober,  2015.  Six  Zonal  Meetings  were  held  by  the  then  Minister  of  Human  Resource Development  in  Eastern,  Central,  North-Eastern,  Western,  Southern  and  Northern  Zones covering  all  States  and  UTs  in  September-October  2015  which  was  attended  by  Education Ministers and officials of the respective States/UTs.  The CABE Meeting held on 19th August, 2015 discussed the progress/status of active involvement of State Governments in expediting the process of grass root consultation.  Discussions on main concerns to be addressed in New Education Policy (NEP) were taken up in the 64th Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education  (CABE)  held  on  25th  October,  2016.  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.  The  Report  of  the  Committee  for Evolution  of  the  New  Education  Policy  and  Some  Inputs  for  the  Draft  National  Education Policy, 2016 were laid in both houses of the Parliament on 8th August, 2016 and 4th August, 2016  respectively.    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  2019  contains recommendations for providing equitable access to quality education. However, at this stage no final  view  has  been  taken  as  the  process  of  finalizing  the  National  Education  Policy  is  still ongoing.

It  is  further  stated  that  NCERT's  role  is  inter-alia  to  develop  National  Curriculum Framework (NCF 2005), syllabi, and textbooks; teaching-learning materials and kits; training models and strategies; audio, video, and ICT materials.

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