Panel submits report on NEP to CM BS Yediyurappa

Bengaluru: The Task Force headed by former Chief Secretary S.V.Ranganath on implementation of National Educational Policy (NEP), submitted its report to Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa.

The Chief Minister suggested Dr. C.N.Ashwath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister and Higher Education Minister , S.Suresh Kumar , Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, to present the report in the next Cabinet meeting for discussion.

Prof. M.K.Sridhar, Member,Task Force and NEP Formation Committee, said that the Union government for the first time formulated education policy.

"The Karnataka government has held an important role in the narration of the policy. The policy desires that the government and the society should give impetus to the education system," he said.

Arun Shahpur , MLC and member, Task Force, Vasudeva Athre , Prof.Anurag Behar and senior officers from Primary and Secondary Education and Higher Education Department were present. 

Some of the recommendations of the Task Force 

♦ KSSEC and Standard-setting & Accreditation of Private Schools (SSSA) to ensure regulation and separate operations of schools.

♦ Reformation of Department of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT)

♦ To attract grants under CSR for gender and disability funds.

♦ Establishment of Special Education zones across the State.

♦ Single platform to be created for all types of scholarships.

Higher Education

♦ New Karnataka State Universities Act to be implemented.

♦ Calls for Act to establish Karnataka Higher Education Commission.

♦ Identify and establish special education zones.

♦ All scholarships applicable to economically and socially disadvantaged groups to be brought under one platform.

♦ To initiate the process of empowering affiliated educational bodies and autonomous colleges.