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Govt outlines vision for national education policy

 

The Union Government has outlined its vision for the education sector by releasing the themes of a new national education policy in the works.

The broad contours of this policy, under 33 themes, were uploaded on mygov.in, the official website that crowd-sources ideas and suggestions on important policies from the public. Though this is not the final draft of the policy, it sets the ball rolling on efforts to create a new national education policy, India's first in 29 years.

In a posting on the website, the government said it "would like to bring out a national education policy to meet the changing dynamics of the population's requirement, with regard to quality education, innovation and research, aiming to make India a knowledge superpower by equipping its students with the necessary skills and knowledge and to eliminate shortage of manpower in science, technology, academics and industry".

The new policy, the upload on mygov.in suggests, will also evaluate public-private partnerships (PPPs) to finance education, seek ways of upping India's spend on higher education to 1.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) from less than 1% now, and emphasize on research and development (R&D).

The government also sought suggestions on ways to rework the examination system for better assessment of students, restructure education regulators such as the University Grants Commission and the All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE) as "present regulatory systems tend to stymie quality and growth of our institutions".

Higher education cannot sustain only through public funding. While PPPs in higher education have been pursued as a strategy, not many have shown successful results. Hence, the PPP models need to be revisited so as to allow more meaningful collaborations. A critical analysis of PPP in HE (higher education), the existing legal provisions and which viable models are possible need to carried out, the upload on mygov.in said, reported Live Mint.

 


Quelle: India Education Review, indiaeducationreview.com, 27.01.2015