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Smriti Irani, HRD minister asks everyone to be prepared for the new education policy
On 16 May, Modi government completed two years in power and SmritiIrani announced that the new education policy is all set to come out on or before May 26
On May 16 2016, the Modi government completed two years in power. There have been, and still are, many more goals to achieve, many expectations to stand upon and many new developments to come. And the much awaited change in the education policy is all set to come out.
On May 26 or a day before, the new education policy is going to be announced by the HRD minister, Smriti Irani.
"Under the new education policy, NCERT will address all those challenges facing the education system," she said, adding, "it needs to address many issues as even students say they know more about Renaissance than about Maharana Pratap."
She brought into light the need to spread technical education and told us about 'Unnat Bharat Abhiyaan' in which IITs, IIMs and central universities have undertaken 5 villages in 90 districts across the country to promote the technical know-how and other aspects of education.
On the No-Detention Policy, she said;
"No-Detention Policy has led to students being unable to cope in class 9. The state governments want it scrapped."
She also said that an endeavour 'Swayam' has started with the help of IITs, IIMs, central universities, NITs and some private universities. This willprovide free online education to children for classes 9 to 12, including Board examinations.
"It will provide quality education online through a portal and mobile app in ten Indian languages for classes 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th, including Board exams. It will start in the next two months and Indian students enrolled through it can get free education online and only money will be paid for giving exams," she said.
She also appealed to private institutes to follow the government's initiative.
"This is a very big step in school education for the poor," she said.