March 17, 2016 6:50 AM

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NITI Aayog bats for PPP to improve health services

NITI Aayog has favoured public private partnership (PPP) model to improve health services in the country. The Government's think tank has also suggested extension of the Right to Education (RTE) Act to the pre-primary levels. The Aayog recently made presentations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Health and Education sectors. <br/><br/>The Aayog has asked government to do pilot projects in Healthcare PPP against the back drop of poor performance of public hospitals at district level. It has also asked the Prime Minister for online tracking of hospital performance.<br/><br/>Stressing on significant scaling up of medical education capacity in the country, the body has also suggested reforms in Medical Council of India (MCI).<br/><br/>Aayog asked the government to launch a national screening campaign for cancer, hypertension and diabetes.<br/><br/>On the education front, NITI Aayog has called for preparing grade-wise minimum learning goals for class one to eight. The presentation said, there is a need to overhaul teacher training, coverage, curriculum and trainer quality.

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