Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on Monday said that there is no plan to revise the existing reservation norms under the new National Education Policy (NEP). “There is no question of revising the reservation policy,” Nishank said.
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The education minister made the statement in response to a written question in the Lok Sabha about whether the government plans to revise the existing reservation norms under the NEP.
About NEP:
The Union Cabinet approved the NEP 2020 on July 29. This is the first education policy of the 21st century and replaces the thirty-four-year-old National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986.
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The new policy aims for universalisation of education from pre-school to secondary level with 100 per cent Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) in school education by 2030 and aims to raise GER in higher education to 50 per cent by 2025.
Courtesy: India Today
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