Former ISRO Chairman and Chairperson, New Education Policy Draft Committee, 2019 Dr. K Kasturirangan on Saturday said there will be common education policy across the country. He expressed his views during an interactive session organised by Tata Steel Education Excellence Programme (TEEP) at Kudy Mahanty Auditorium in Jusco School Kadma. Through a power point presentation Dr. Kasturirangan gave important information regarding the new education policy. Principals of various schools of Jamshedpur attended the session.
The Committee led by the Chairman Dr. Kasturirangan submitted the Draft National Educational Policy to the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal in May 2019 in New Delhi.
In his new education policy the school's current basic facilities, increase in fees, all round development of the students, burden of studies on the students along with suggestions and proposals on various subjects have been submitted in the form of draft to the central Government.
He underlined education for children under four categories. As part of the new education policy Dr. Kasturirangan has suggested the teachers to be more creative so that they can provide in-depth information to kids about different subjects. He also suggested in making arrangements for regular studies for the teachers.
"We aim to reduce the burden of students carrying heavy bags and decrease study pressure from their minds. We want to make the new education policy in such a way that when a kid faces competition in a global scale he is able to compete with his/her counterpart in a superior way. The new policy must also pave way for employment generation," added Dr. Kasturirangan who is also the former member of Planning Commission.
He further said, "Currently five crore people in the country are illiterate and if the new education policy is not implemented at the earliest the figures might touch ten crore."
Indian space scientist also sought support of intellectuals, corporate houses, trusts, institutions as part of the new education policy.