New Delhi: The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has extended, another two weeks, the period to submit comments and suggestions on the draft National Education Policy. The deadline, which was Wednesday (July 31), has been extended till August 15, due to demand from various stake-holders, sources said.
This is the second time that the ministry has extended the period for submitting suggestions and feedback on the draft policy. Initially, the last date to provide feedback was till June 30, which was extended for a month to July 31.
“Comments and suggestions are invited till 15th August, 2019 on nep.edu@nic.in,” a message on the Ministry website said.
Around one lakh suggestions and feedback letters have been received on the draft policy, according to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.
“Several parliamentarians had requested the minister to extend the deadline to submit feedback on education policy. The minister had also announced during the national conference on draft national education policy, organised by Prajapati Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwavidyalaya, that the deadline to provide feedback and suggestions will be further extended for two weeks,” an official said.
The ministry is in the process of screening the suggestions received on the draft policy. Once the process is completed, the policy will be fine tuned accordingly.
The HRD Minister will also meet all the state Education Ministers to build a consensus on the draft policy.
-IANS