Education policy should focus on equity, accountability: HRD Minister Javadekar
HRD minister Prakash Javadekar said that the new education policy should include and focus on equity and accountability and stated there would not be any tinkering with constitutional provisions. In an interaction with students of Government High School at Musheerabad, Javadekar said, “The new education policy will be raised on the foundations of quantity, quality, equity, accountability and research and innovation”.
Stressing that the new policy would focus on quality education for all, the minister said inputs and comments have been invited on its draft for which the deadline has been extended till September 15. Meanwhile, during a chat session with students, Javadekar recalled that his family was so poor in his early days that they could not afford to buy newspapers, and he used to visit neighbourhood houses to read them.
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