NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the HRD ministry as education ministry.
Addressing a press conference, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said it is important as for 34 years there were no changes in the education policy of the country.
Following the new education policy and reforms, we will achieve 50% Gross Enrollment Ratio by 2035, Amit Khare, higher education secretary said.
Here are the key points:
The ministry announced that there will be holistic and multidisciplinary education in terms of flexiblity of subjects.
MPhil courses to be discontinued under new National Education Policy, and all the courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD level will be interdisciplinary.
All higher education institutions, except legal and medical colleges, will be governed by a single regulator
Common norms will be in place for private and public higher education institutions unde