Lok Sabha Question No. 93 (STARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: New Education Policy
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PINAKI MISRA, SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 93 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## New Education Policy

## *93. SHRI PINAKI MISRA: COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the 9 members Committee headed by Dr. K. Kasturirangan has submitted the draft of the New Education Policy to the Government and if so, the details along with the status thereof;
- (b) the initial deadline set for submission of the report by the Kasturirangan Committee along with the reasons for giving several extensions to the Committee;
- (c) whether the Subramanian Committee report on the New Education Policy was submitted to the Government in May, 2016 and if so, the details including the status thereof along with the main recommendations made by the said Committee;
- (d) whether the curriculum in the new policy is being prepared to make it job-oriented, facilitate research  work  and  regional  language  differentiation,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons  therefor  along  with  the  plans  of  the  Government  to  bring  changes  in  the  National Curriculum Framework; and
- (e)  whether  the  Government  is  prepared  to  implement  the  New  Education  Policy,  if  so,  the details  thereof  along  with  the  time  by  which  it  will  be  enacted/  implemented  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  to  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  93  FOR  REPLY  ON  17.12.2018  ASKED  BY  SHRI  PINAKI MISRA AND COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY REGARDING NEW EDUCATION POLICY

(a) No, Madam.

(b)  The Committee  to  Draft National Education  Policy under the Chairmanship  of  Dr.  K Kasturirangan was constituted on 24 th June 2017, with its term initially indicated as 31 st December, 2017. Due to the elaborate process of policy formulation, which involves wide ranging consultations with various stakeholders and cross-sections of the society, subsequent extensions were granted.

(c)  The  Ministry  had  earlier  constituted  a  Committee  for  Evolution  of  the  New  Education Policy  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Late  Shri  T.S.R.  Subramanian  on  31 st October  2015,  which submitted its report on 27 th May, 2016, which can be accessed at http://www.nuepa.org/New/download/NEP2016/ReportNEP.pdf. The Ministry also formulated 'Some  Inputs for the Draft National Education Policy, 2016', which can be accessed at http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/nep/Inputs\_Draft\_NEP\_2016.pdf. Both these documents namely 'Report of the Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy' and 'Some Inputs for the Draft National Education Policy, 2016' were laid on the table of both the Houses of Parliament,  which  was  followed  by  a  Short  Duration  Discussion  under  Rule  176  on  the  Draft National Education Policy on 10 th August, 2016 in the Rajya Sabha.

(d) and (e) The Committee held several discussions with the concerned on various relevant issues and matters relating to the education sector. However, the report of the Committee is still awaited.

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