Breaking News: August 15 New Deadline to submit suggestions on Draft NEP 2019

MHRD has extended the last date for second time. According to the

The last date for submitting comments and suggestions to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India on the Draft NEP 2019 has been the second time extended to 15th August 2019.

Initially, the deadline for submitting suggestions and comments on the Draft NEP 2019 was 30 June which, after demands from various stakeholders, was extended till today, July 31, 2019. The information on the extension of the last date has been displayed on the MHRD's website (https://mhrd.gov.in/).

So far, the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has received more than 77,000 comments and letters on the draft National Education Policy (NEP), according to HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

"About 5% of the feedback received so far is useful, and will be taken into account," said a senior HRD Ministry official. The Centre has been sifting through the recommendations and will take the next few weeks to make changes to the draft before it is submitted for Cabinet approval.

According to Ministry sources, the largest number of letters received so far — about a quarter of the total — came from a campaign opposing the draft NEP's proposal to change school teacher recruitment norms.

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