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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicNational Education Policy

Topic: National Education Policy

NEP plans to integrate AYUSH & modern medicine, allopaths say it’ll produce ‘official quacks’

While AYUSH practitioners have welcomed the plan and said it will benefit allopaths too, health experts say plan must be based on scientific evidence.

NEP progressive, but not free of pressures of old traditions, says Manish Sisodia

The Delhi Deputy CM said NEP's highly-regulated and poorly-funded model is the Modi govt's attempt to escape the responsibility of providing quality education.

NEP 2020 is a good document but its real job will be to weed civil servants out of academia

The education policies of 1968 and 1986 were also excellent and visionary, but could not be implemented due to political and bureaucratic resistance.

A second shot at boards, no MPhil, a blow to rote-learning — what Modi govt’s NEP brings

The new National Education Policy aims to make Indian education system more holistic and skill-oriented, and addresses a long-cited complaint that it encourages rote-learning.

HRD to be renamed Ministry of Education as new National Education Policy is approved

The new National Education Policy has been drafted by a committee headed by former ISRO chief Kasturirangan, and replaces the one formulated in 1986.

Govt plans ‘tech-savvy’ additions to National Education Policy to adapt it to Covid reality

The NEP is set to include more online and e-learning options at both school and college levels to make it more technology-oriented. 

Make ‘swadeshi’ uniforms and food items a must in schools, RSS affiliate tells Modi govt

Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas also suggests changes to National Education Policy for a post-pandemic world, calls for India to become 'powerful exporter'.

Modi govt’s NEP could have mandatory counselling of parents to help students fight stress

According to HRD ministry data, nearly 10,000 students have committed suicide between 2016 and 2018 every year, with the highest number registered in Maharashtra.

Modi govt’s much-awaited National Education Policy could finally be out in March

HRD Secretary Amit Khare says final draft of NEP will be sent for Cabinet approval in mid-February. After Cabinet approval, the policy will be made public.

Modi govt dumps ‘liberal’ in favour of ‘holistic’ in its new draft of education policy

The draft NEP 2019 had a section titled ‘Towards a More Liberal Education’. The latest version has replaced the word ‘liberal’ with ‘holistic’.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.