Lok Sabha Question No. 1242 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: One Nation One Education Board
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1242

ANSWERED ON - 08/12/2025

## One Nation One Education Board

†1242. Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to introduce One Nation-One Education Board and Uniform National Curriculum throughout the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any survey, expert deliberation, seminar and workshop has been conducted or study report has been prepared by the Government on the said subject to assess its need, feasibility and potential benefits and if so, the details of the main findings of such survey discussions; and
- (c) the names of States/UTs evincing positive approach or support towards this proposal?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to (c) Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution. Matters related to the management of schools that are not owned/funded by the Central Government are regulated in accordance with the Rules and Instructions of the respective State Government concerned. Moreover, the preparation of curricula and textbooks for schools under State Boards lies within the  jurisdiction  of  the  respective  State  Governments. As  such  there  is  no  proposal  under consideration  to  introduce  a  One  Nation-One  Education  Board  or  a  Uniform  National Curriculum.

In  pursuance  of  the  recommendation  of  the  NEP  2020,  the  National  Assessment  Centre, PARAKH  (Performance  Assessment,  Review,  and  Analysis  of  Knowledge  for  Holistic Development), was established on 8th February, 2023 by the Ministry of Education under the National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT).  It  acts  as  the  National standard-setting  body  for  school  assessments  and  guides  Boards  on  assessment  reforms, supports State Achievement Surveys and conducts the National Achievement Survey (now the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan) to benchmark learning outcomes nationally.

With a view to promote student mobility and parity in academic performance across the nation while respecting State's requirements and priorities, an extensive study into 'Equivalence of Boards' was undertaken by the National Assessment Centre- PARAKH, NCERT in 2023-24 to harmonise  standards  in  five  key  domains  of  education  viz;  Administration,  Curriculum, Assessment, Infrastructure, and Inclusiveness, for all recognized school boards in India. Key findings and policy recommendations from the exercise, based on in depth consultation with School Education Boards, can be accessed at https://ncert.nic.in/parakh/pdf/Equivalence\_of\_Boards\_Report.pdf.

Major insights of the report were deliberated during the 'Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2024'  and  'National  Conference  on  Curricular  and  Assessment  Equivalence  of  Boards' conducted  on  2 nd July,  2025  by  the  Ministry  of  Education  which  saw  participation  from Secretaries  and  senior  officials  of  Education  Departments,  School  Boards  and  SCERTs  of States/UTs. Besides this, a series of workshops have been conducted by PARAKH, NCERT with  State  Education  Boards  to  promote  standardization  of  question  paper  templates  and adoption of best practices in assessment.

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