The Kasturirangan committee has revised the Draft New National Education Policy and effected some changes in the three-language formula. <br />''<br />''The committee yesterday informed the government that there had been an inadvertent error in the draft submitted for public feedback.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''The committee said the revised draft has now been uploaded for feedback from states and public for a period of 30 days.&nbsp;<br />''<br />''The government has clarified that the draft was recommendatory and has been revised to say the students be given flexibility over choice of language under the three-language model in the schools. In the revised draft thee choice of available languages has been left to the state boards.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' HRD Secretary R Subrahmanyam has reiterated that the draft is not government policy but recommendations of the committee.External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had also said that the all stakeholders – general public and state governments – will be consulted before taking a final call on the three-language norm.</span><br />
News On AIR | June 4, 2019 7:59 AM
Draft National Education Policy revised; choice of available languages left to state boards