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EFFECT OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY ON DELHI SCHOOLS
About 2 years ago, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD),
Government of India, had released the outlines of the government’s Draft National
Education Policy, 2016. The 43-page document underlined the challenges in the
Indian education system and attempted to provide a framework for the development
of education over the coming few years.
The government document highlighted so many flaws in the existing education
ecosystem of India that it appears educational institutions are mere stone buildings
where no education is happening. After reading the government document which
underlines the poor quality of teachers and teaching methods at all levels, all wise
parents would wonder why they are sending their children to schools, colleges, and
universities.
RMN Foundation school team presenting the street play – चमेल क पढ़ाई – which reveals the problems
in the education ecosystem. The street play is being shown in the city as well as villages of Delhi.
The last National Education Policy was made in 1986 with some subsequent tweaks
in the early 1990s. So, this was the first major attempt by the Indian government in
the past three decades to make a new education framework to provide the right
education to the students in India. But the Modi government failed to make a final
policy. Here are some excerpts from the draft policy.
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