On Saturday, Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said that to ease the burden of the students, the government has decided to reduce the NCERT syllabus by half because it is cramped.
He further said that the proposed amendment to the Right to Education (RTE) Act such empowering the state government to conduct the exams for classes 5 to 8 students and reviews on the no-detention policy, will be tabled in July before the Parliament.
A new draft of the New Education Policy will also be tabled before the Union Cabinet by the end of this month.
Apart from the education, a child needs to have physical education, life skills and value education as education is not merely remembering few points and writing them on the answer sheets said Javadekar in a press conference.
"Education is comprehensive, to put to use one's cognitive and analytical abilities. That is true education ... The NCERT syllabus is so cramped. Hence we have decided to reduce the syllabus by half," the minister said.
He also said that ministry has received around 37,000 suggestions from the stakeholders on classes, lessons and subjects and we are working on it. This will bring in the change in the education system as students will get time for various activities.
He also said based on the changes each centrally-aided school will also get sports equipment. Primary schools, Upper primary schools and SSC and HSC level schools will get equipment worth INR 5000, 10,000 and 25,000 respectively.
"The Congress did not allow Parliament to function earlier and hence the draft could not be taken up so far. I am now hopeful it will come up before Parliament in the July session as all parties have supported the freedom given to respective states (to decide on detention issue)," he said.
"While 25 states, including West Bengal, want the exams which I welcome ... those who don't want I also respect their freedom. I hope any change in no-detention policy will be a reality by August and it will be left for the respective state," he said.
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