Committee to prepare the final draft of National Education Policy

Government constitutes a committee to prepare the final draft of National Education Policy

Question: The central government has recently constituted a committee to prepare the final draft of the National Education Policy under the chairmanship of …
(a) Dr. T V Kattimani
(b) Dr. K. Kasturirangan
(c) Dr. Manjul Bhargava
(d) Dr. Vasudha Kamat
Answer- (b)
Related facts:

  • On June 26th, 2017, the Central Government constituted a committee for preparation of final draft of National Education Policy under the Chairmanship of eminent Scientist Dr K. Kasturirangan (Former president of ISRO).
  • Other members of the committee are Dr. Vasudha Kamat Shri K.J. Alphonse Dr. Manjul Bhargava, Dr Ram Shankar Kureel, Dr. T.V.Kattimani, Shri Krishna Mohan Tripathy, Dr. Mazhar Asif and Dr. M.K.Shridhar.
  • The council will start its work from immediate effect.
  • In an exhaustive democratic exercise carried for last 30 months the HRD ministry has received thousands of suggestions from, educationists, teachers, experts, students and other stakeholders from across the country.
  • Apart from this aforesaid suggestion TSR Subramaniam committee has also given its detailed input.
  • All these suggestions and inputs will be considered by the committee.

Reference:
http://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/nep/Inputs_Draft_NEP_2016.pdf
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=166900