New education policy to be rolled out this year: Dhanda

Haryana Education Minister Mahipal Dhanda has said the Education Department is working at a fast pace to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) this year.

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Dhanda said to invite suggestions from universities, colleges and schools of the state as well as educationists and other stakeholders, a portal would be launched at Kurukshetra University on Vivekananda Jayanti (January 12).

He said he had chaired a meeting in Panchkula a few days ago, in which it was decided that a meeting should be held with divisional-level colleges regarding the implementation and objectives of the policy, and in this series, a meeting was organised at Government Girls College, Gurugram, today. Principals of 74 government colleges of Gurugram division and 33 colleges of Faridabad division participated.

He said instructions had been issued to install suggestion boxes in universities and colleges to connect students with the new policy. On the basis of the suggestions, a framework would be prepared to improve the policy.

The minister said every student was connected with digital technology, so a portal had been created for online suggestions so that students could offer suggestions sitting at home.

A plan was being prepared on the basis of suggestions from people associated with the education sector so that students did not have to face any difficulty in the upcoming academic session, he said, adding that a national-level round table conference would be organised on the policy in February.