Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has said that the draft National Education Policy will be announced hopefully by December. Talking to media persons in Agartala Friday, she said, for the first time, a collaborative effort has been taken from the grass root level to formulate the national education policy. Mrs Irani said that the government is talking to teachers, students, district magistrates and other sections of the society in this regard.<br/><br/>Mrs Irani presided over the North East Zonal Consultative Meeting in Agartala with the Education Ministers and Education Secretaries and other officials of the region.<br/><br/>During her visit to National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala, earlier in the day, she said a special meeting of the NITs of the North East would be convened soon to discuss their problems and opportunities for improvements.