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Prakash Javadekar denies report claiming New Education Policy draft proposes to make Hindi compulsory till Class 8

According to a report, the nine-member K Kasturirangan committee has recommended to make Hindi mandatory till Class 8 across the country.

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Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday denied media reports claiming that the draft report on the New Education Policy (NEP) has recommended making Hindi mandatory till Class 8 across the country. 

"The Committee on New Education Policy in its draft report has not recommended making any language compulsory. This clarification is necessitated in the wake of mischievous and misleading report in a section of the media," Javadekar said in a tweet. 

According to a report in the Indian Express, the nine-member K Kasturirangan committee handed over its draft report to the HRD Ministry last month before its tenure ended on December 31, 2018. In its report, the committee recommended adhering strictly to the three-language formula while making Hindi mandatory till Class 8 across the country

The report, which aims to implement an “India-centric” and “scientific” system of learning in schools, has recommended a uniform syllabus nationwide for Science and Maths, develop a script in Devanagari for tribal dialects, and promote education based on skills.

The proposed policy also advocates developing a syllabus for up to Class 5 in local dialects, such as Awadhi, Bhojpuri, Maithili, etc., in areas where they are spoken.

Citing sources, the report said that the government was yet to decide the next step for the policy, including placing it in the public domain for further suggestions and feedback.

The Central government had constituted K Kasturirangan committee to prepare draft for the new NEP 2017. Javadekar had last month said that the draft NEP was ready and his ministry will frame a schedule for accepting and implementing the policy. 

"This will give a new feeling and a new direction to our education system. We have a long way to go", he said. 

The NEP is aimed at promoting education amongst the common people of the country. 

The policy covers elementary to college education in both rural and urban India. 

The first NEP was promulgated in 1968 by the government of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and the second by then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1986.

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