National Education Policy: Javadekar says need views from all ideologies

“I was invited here, so I came. If others invite me I will also go there,” he said. “Education is not a BJP-Congress-Communist thing.”

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“We need views from all ideologies. We need each and every suggestion because I believe education is a national mission to take the country ahead,” he said at the event organised to discuss the new national education policy being drafted by the government. He also stressed on innovation, accessibility, affordability, quality and accountability of education.

The HRD Ministry had made the draft policy document public last month and has sought feedback until July 31.

The event was also attended by former NCERT chairman J S Rajput, Mukul Kanitkar of BSM and BJP general secretary Muralidhar Rao.

Rajput, who was also a member of the committee that was tasked by the HRD Ministry to draft inputs for the new national education policy, made a strong pitch for reviving Sanskrit and Indianising education. Rao called Rajput a “freedom fighter” for trying to free the Indian education system from its colonial mindset as the NCERT chairman under the NDA 1 government.

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