HRD Ministry renamed as Education Ministry, cabinet approves NEP – education

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday accepted the brand new Nationwide Education Coverage (NEP) and renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry, officers mentioned.

A panel led by former Indian Area Analysis Organisation (ISRO) chief Okay Kasturirangan had submitted the draft of the brand new NEP to Union Human Useful resource Improvement Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ when he took cost final yr.

The draft was then put in public area to hunt suggestions from numerous stakeholders and over two lakh strategies had been acquired by the HRD Ministry about the identical.

“The coverage draft has been accepted. The Ministry has been renamed as Education Ministry,” a senior HRD Ministry official mentioned.

The prevailing NEP was framed in 1986 and revised in 1992. A brand new education coverage was a part of the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s manifesto forward of the 2014 normal election.

The drafting specialists additionally took under consideration the report of a panel headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramanian and fashioned by the HRD Ministry when it was being headed by Union Minister Smriti Irani.