In order to come up with a new education policy for the country, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has taken a call to replace a committee constituted by the former HRD Minister Smriti Irani with a new committee which will be headed by an educationist. However, the HRD Ministry declared that the head of the committee for drafting new education policy would be announced after November 10.
In order to discuss the formulation of new education policy, a workshop has been scheduled for November 10. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has invited Members of Parliament (MP) to get their expert views regarding the education policy.
The new committee will take into account suggestions given by state governments and concerned ministries while deciding the policy.
Although the committee formed by Smriti Irani, under TSR Subramanian would be replaced, the new committee will view the report of TSR Subramanian committee and all the suggestions of state governments before finalising the draft.
For a while now, educationists and ministers alike have been rooting for scrapping of ‘no-detention policy ‘and the current government is in favour of this decision.
Although the TSR Subramanian committee has suggested continuing with the no-detention policy, the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) feels that the policy needs revision. This is also one of the prime agendas of the New Education Policy. Prakash Javadekar, the HRD Minister, has revealed that the new education policy will be implemented next year.
The 64th CABE meeting was held on Tuesday and Mr. Prakash Javadekar presided over it. At the meeting, Mr. Javadekar emphasised that ‘no-detention policy ‘ should be completely scrapped and schemes for the formulation of new education policy were also discussed. CABE and various other experts who were attending the meeting were of the opinion that ‘no-detention policy ‘ has adversely affected the quality of education.