National Education Policy

One the very first day of the second leg of the Parliament Budget Session, there was yet another confrontation between the Opposition and the government over the alleged ‘Hindi’ language imposition through the National Education Policy (NEP). DMK MP's accused the Centre of withholding education funds, questioning whether using school funds as a tool for political retaliation against a state government was justified. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan responded to the attack and accused the protesting members of misleading the country on NEP. Watch

Dignity of labour needs advocacy to help our youth bridge gaps between aspirations and abilities

Projects launched today include Academic Bank of Credits, translation of first-year engineering curriculum in 11 regional languages, National Digital Education Architecture and more

According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office (CMO), the Chief Minister also announced that the second phase of the Naadu-Nedu programme would also be launched on August 16

Committed to ensuring time-bound implementation of new education policy: Dharmendra Pradhan

There is a healthy debate around the policy and it is crucial, said PM Narendra Modi in his address to governors’ conference on NEP

The official said work is on to implement the reforms smoothlySince the education sector is largely under the jurisdiction of states and the institution structures differ from state to state, the implementation will need to be gradual

NEP brings in a well-defined assessment architecture that can prove transformative

Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has urged the PM to consider the Bengali language in the list of classical languages in New Education Policy of IndiaHe, in a letter, has sought to know the qualifications for language to be included in the list and also to determine the languages

Some parties have questioned National Education Policy’s three-language policy