New Delhi, Nov 1: Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has undertaken an unprecedented collaborative, multi-stakeholder and multi-pronged consultation process for formulating the New Education Policy.
The three-pronged consultation process included online, grassroots and national level thematic deliberations.
The Ministry organized an online competition for a logo, slogan and tagline for the New Education Policy, for which over 3000 entries were received. The consultations were officially launched on MyGov portal on 26th January, 2015 on 33 themes across School and Higher Education. Over 26,500 suggestions have been received online.
Apex level institutions and regulators, such as, UGC, AICTE, NCTE, AIU, NCERT, CBSE, IIAS, NLMA, NAAC, NUEPA, IGNOU, IITs, IIMs and Central Universities have held detailed discussion on identified themes with participation of renowned academicians, experts, practitioners, NGOs, civil society, student & teacher representative bodies, industry associations, and stakeholder different Ministries of Government of India.
The grassroots consultations stem from the federal structure of the country in which states are equal partners in carrying forward the education agenda and have a critical voice in policy formulation. A meeting was held by the Minister of Human Resource Development on 21st March with Education Ministers, Secretaries and other senior officials of the State Governments in which the consultation process, including the process of uploading there commendations on MyGov, was explained in detail and suggestions of States on the process as well as the themes were also invited. All participants appreciated the consultation process.
