(a) the details of present policy on education;
(b) whether the Government is taking initiatives to stop brain-drain, if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government proposes to make it mandatory that students leaving the country
after getting education in premier Government run institutions should have invariably served
in India at least for the immediate ten years; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)
(a): The extant National Policy on Education (NPE) provides for a National System of Education
which implies that, up to a given level, all students, irrespective of caste, creed, location or sex, have
access to education of a comparable quality. It includes a common educational structure, a national
curriculum framework and minimum levels of learning for each stage of education. Several schemes
are being implemented by the Ministry so as to enhance access to public funded education across all
levels ranging from elementary, secondary, higher and technical education. These include
implementing the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) which makes it
incumbent on Government to provide free and compulsory education to all children of 6-14 years of
age and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) for universalizing elementary education. The Mid Day Meal
Scheme is also being implemented in order to enhance enrolment and attendance to children studying
in elementary classes which supplements the efforts of SSA. The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha
Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme aims at making good quality education available, accessible and affordable
to all young persons in the age group of 14 to 18 years. In higher Education, under the Centrally
Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), state higher educational
institutions are being strengthened.
(b) to (d): There is no proposal to make it mandatory that students leaving the country after getting
education in premier Government run institutions should have invariably served in India at least
for the immediate ten years. However, the Government is committed not only to retain the students
passing out of the premier educational institutions in the country, but also attract the non-resident
Indians back to the Country. For attracting highly skilled researchers to pursue their R&D interests in
Indian Institutions, several initiatives have been launched such as: Faculty Recharge Programme, CV
Raman Post-Doctoral Fellowship Scheme by University Grants Commission (UGC), Ramanujan
Fellowship, JC Bose Fellowship, Swarnjayanti Fellowship, Young Scientist Project Award, Women
Scientist Scheme by Department of Science & Technology (DST), and Ramalinga Swami Re-entry
Fellowship by Department of Biotechnology. Ministry of Human Resource Development have
launched Global Initiative for Academic Network (GIAN) which seeks to tap the talent pool of
scientists and entrepreneurs from abroad, including those of Indian origin to augment the country’s
existing academic resources.
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