The draft National Education Policy submitted by an expert committee to the new human resource development minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal “Nishank”, carried a message from his predecessor Prakash Javadekar. According to a media release issued by the Press Information Bureau on Friday, the policy was submitted to Nishank who has taken charge as HRD minister in the new government. The message from Javadekar said: “I am honoured to present to the children and youth of my country the National Education Policy 2018 built on the foundational pillars of access, equity, quality, affordability and accountability.”An academic said printing the message of the previous minister was inappropriate. Since it was ready, the minister then had included a message. “The policy was ready since December 2018.

Source: The Telegraph June 01, 2019 20:48 UTC