Lok Sabha Question No. 1282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: New Education Policy
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Hema Malini, Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Asaduddin Owaisi, Shobha Karandlaje, (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1282 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.11.2019

## New Education Policy

## 1282.  SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI: SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI: KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA: SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  and  is  reviewing  the  draft  of  New  Education Policy from the Committee constituted under the Chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the Committee on New Education Policy  has made several recommendations for reforming school level education and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  decision  to  make  reforms  on  school  level education in accordance with the recommendations made by the Committee and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is a fact that some of country's key academians in the field of education have expressed concern over experts being left out of consultations for the proposed Policy and if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;
- (e) the details of the main inclusions in the new policy and exclusions from the old Policy;
- (f) whether all the States have agreed to implement the proposed Policy and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (g) the time by which the proposed Policy is likely to be made effective and the extent to which it is likely to ease the burden on students and job oriented education in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a)  to  (g):  The  extant  National  Policy  on  Education  (NPE)  of  1986/92  provides  for  a National  System  of  Education  which  implies  that,  up  to  a  given  level,  all  students,

irrespective  of  caste,  creed,  location  or  sex,  have  access  to  education  of  a  comparable quality. It includes a common educational structure, a national curriculum framework and minimum levels of learning for each stage of education.

Currently, the Government 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. Process of finalizing the National Education Policy is ongoing.

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