Karnataka govt forms 15-member commission to craft State Education Policy
The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced formation of a 15-member commission tasked with crafting a new education policy for state.
The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced formation of a 15-member commission tasked with crafting a new education policy for state.
India's third proper education policy since Independence, the New National Education Policy saw the light of day on 29 July 2020 with the commitment of major changes in the education system of the country. When the policy was announced in the midst of the pandemic to aim at bringing about much needed transformational changes in the country's education system with a global perspective, skillbased learning seemed to have been prioritised with the use of modern technology.
Speaking at the inauguration of a three-day Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam, Modi said, “The basic premise of the National Education Policy is to take education out of narrow thinking and connect it with the modern ideas of the 21st century.”
"The Union government, like many other aspects, are trying to force the NEP on the different state governments. However, we are not agreeable to that and hence we have decided to formulate the state's own education policy,"
He said the broadband networking would be made available in every village for which he sought the assistance of technocrats and academics.
One of the most wonderful aspects of the new policy is its flexibility ~ there is no reason why a Physics Honours undergraduate cannot take up Music or literature as a subsidiary subject. Similarly, the student can make a lateral shift from physics to literature as the main subject.
It is a unique move by the government to bridge the gap between the hills and the plains, and connect every nook and corner of the state, especially areas where the Internet is not easily accessible.
'This education policy is going to modify the way we are implementing our education systems', said R Subrahmanyam, Ministry of Human Resource Development Secretary (Higher Education).
While Tamil parties protested against the draft policy, former HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said that the Centre has no intention of imposing Hindi or any language on anyone.
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