This Article is From Mar 30, 2015

New National Education Policy by December, Says Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani

New National Education Policy by December, Says Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani

File Photo: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani

Jalandhar, Punjab:

Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani has said that her ministry was working on a new National Education Policy (NEP) which would be formed by December this year.

"The Central government is guided by 'education for all' policy. We are working in this direction and NEP would be formed by December this year," Ms Irani said on the sidelines of a convocation ceremony at a girls college in Jalandhar.

She said suggestions in this regard have been invited from the education ministers of all the states.

"They have been asked to send their suggestions by November so that a universal education policy could be made for the whole country," she said.

Meanwhile, she rejected the speculation that she was dropped from BJP's national executive executive because of her differences with party chief Amit Shah.

"No. I have no differences with him. He is like an elder brother to me. And the government has already entrusted me with with a big responsibility," she said.
 

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