HRD plans to come up with new education policy by December

The Human Resource Development Minist er Smriti Irani after meeting the Central Advisory Committee on Wednesday announced that the ministry will be out with its first draft report on the New Education Policy (NEP) by December this year.

For the minister to bring out its first draft, it will require suggestions from stake holders. However two months, since the consultation process has began, it is mostly the BJP ruled states that have stated the meetings and have sent an update to the HRD ministry.

The ministry plans to hold meetings with states in the month of September and October, but with most of the states still unprepared, it has an uphill task ahead. An all-India consultation on NEP is expected to take place in November at Delhi.

In the status report received by the ministry so far, only a handful of states have held these consultations so far. BJP ruled states including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Goa and Haryana have apprised the ministry about various rounds of consultations they have organised.

“Reports received from Goa and Gujarat suggest that they have completed the district level consultations and will be holding state level talks by the end of this month,” informed an officer of the ministry.

Most of the non BJP states are yet to provide the information to the ministry. Poll-bound Bihar and Assam has apprised the ministry that the exercise will began soon.