The country's new national education policy announced ...
The country's new national education policy announced ... The country's new national education policy has been announced and a number of radical changes have been made. The meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the new education policy. Most importantly, there has been no educational change in the last 34 years. The new education policy has downplayed the importance of the Tenth and Twelfth Boards. Also, mother tongue will be taught till class V and regional language has been made compulsory till class VIII. E-courses will be developed in eight major languages of the country. The M.Phil degree will be permanently discontinued. The same rules and conditions will be applied to private and public higher education institutions. Board exams will be canceled and knowledge will be given priority over repetition. The real purpose behind this decision is not to give importance only to recitation in the board exams but also to impar...