(a) whether the Government proposes to implement a uniform education policy across the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
(c) the modalities being worked out in this regard; and
(d) the time by which this uniform policy is proposed to be
implemented?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT(SHRI KAPIL SIBAL)
(a) to(d): The Government is already following National
Policy on Education 1986, as modified in 1992, which provides for
National System of Education implying that up to a given level,
all students, irrespective of caste, creed, location or sex, have
access to education of a comparable quality. The National System
of Education envisages a common educational structure. The 10+2+3
structure has now been accepted in most parts of the country.
The National System of Education is based on a national
curriculum framework, which contains a common core along with
other components that are flexible. The common core includes the
history of freedom movement, the constitutional obligations and
other content essential to nurture national identity. These
elements cut across subject areas and are designed to promote
values such as India’s common cultural heritage, egalitarianism,
democracy and secularism, equality of the sexes, protection of the
environment, removal of social barriers, observance of the small
family norm and inculcation of the scientific temper.