NEP, New Education Policy - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   Government appointed committee headed by ex Cabinet secretary TSR Subramaniam has submitted the report for the evolution of which policy?

a. New Education Policy
b. Higher Education Policy
c. Digital Education Policy
d. Financial Education Policy
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: New Education Policy

Explanation:
Government appointed committee headed by former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramaniam submitted the report on the evolution of a New Education Policy

  • Committee has submitted the report containing the recommendations to the HRD Ministry
  • HRD Ministry has attempted to frame the New Education policy and the process includes online, grassroots and thematic national level deliberations on 33 topics
  • Apart from Subramaniam, the former chief secretary of Delhi government Shailaja Chandra, former Home Secretary of Delhi government Sevaram Sharma and former Chief Secretary of Gujarat Sudhir Mankad and former NCERT director JS Rajput were panel members
  • Thematic consultations were conducted by the ministry and by institutions like UGC, NCERT, NCTE and AICTE as well as several universities and autonomous bodies.
2)   Who headed the committee appointed by HRD ministry for formulating New Education Policy (NEP)?

a. T.S.R. Subramanian
b. Ajit Seth
c. Bibek Debroy
d. V K Saraswat
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: T.S.R. Subramanian

Explanation:
- Former Cabinet secretary T.S.R. Subramanian has been appointed chairperson of a committee set up by the Human Resource Development Ministry to draft the new education policy.
- The committee has been mandated to submit the draft of the new policy no later than December 31, 2015.
- The other members include Shailaja Chandra, former Chief Secretary, NCT of Delhi; Sewaram Sharma, former Home Secretary, NCT of Delhi; Sudhir Mankad, former Chief Secretary of Gujarat, and J.S. Rajput, former Director, NCERT.

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