Lok Sabha Question No. 2359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-08
Subject: New Education Policy
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2359 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.07.2019

## New Education Policy

## 2359.  SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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

- (a) whether the Government is working on the new draft education policy which is expected to focus on complete restructuring of education, promotion of R&D and the RTE Act;
- (b) if so, some of the salient features of the draft policy;
- (c)  whether  the  draft  policy  proposes  to  incorporate  boosting  of  education  in  rural  areas especially with regard to hygiene  and  sanitation to drop  outs, quality of teachers, infrastructure and mapping skills and employability to education; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (d) : The Committee for the Draft National Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan has submitted its report to the Ministry on 31 st May 2019. The Draft NEP 2019 proposes many recommendations for improving the quality of school education as  well  as  higher  education.  The  curricular  and  pedagogical  structure  of  the  school education will be reconfigured to make them responsive and relevant to the developmental needs and interests of learners at different stages of their development, corresponding to the age range of 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18, respectively. The curricular framework for school education  is  proposed  to  be  guided  by  a  5+3+3+4  design  vis-à-vis  5  years  of  the Foundational  Stage:  3  years  of  pre-primary  school  and  Grades  1,2  ;  3  years  of  the Preparatory  (or  Latter  Primary)  Stage:  Grades  3,4,5;  3  years  of  the  Middle  (or  Upper Primary)  Stage:  Grades  6,7,8;  and  4  years  of  the  High  (or  Secondary)  Stage:  Grades 9,10,11,12.

In higher education, the Draft NEP 2019 proposes three types of institutions namely, -Type  1  which  focus  on  world-class  research  and  high  quality teaching across all disciplines; Type 2 which focus on high quality teaching across disciplines with significant contribution to research and Type 3 which focus on high quality teaching across disciplines focused on undergraduate education. A broad-based liberal arts education at the undergraduate level for integrated, rigorous exposure to science, arts, humanities, mathematics and professional fields is suggested. This is proposed to have imaginative and flexible  curricular  structures,  creative  combinations  of  study,  integration  of  vocational education  and  multiple  entry/exit.  For  encouraging  and  promoting  research,  it  proposes creation of a National Research Foundation.

The Draft NEP 2019 report inter-alia proposes the extension of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, downwards to include up to three years of early childhood education prior to Grade 1, and upwards to include Grades 11 and 12. Further, it also proposes to incorporate boosting of education in rural areas especially with regard to hygiene and sanitation to drop outs, quality of teachers,  infrastructure  and  mapping  skills and employability to education.

At this stage, Draft NEP 2019 has been uploaded on MHRD's website and also at innovate.mygov.in platform to elicit suggestions/comments from all stakeholders including the public, Government of India Ministries and State Governments.  The Government will finalize  the  National  Education  Policy  only  after  considering  the  inputs/suggestions  and comments of all stakeholders.

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