Yes dear Frederick it is. Working in the Education sector I had noticed these types of press releases before, but as is usual among the middle-class, I had many other things to do and hence just got on with what was urgent rather than what was important.
Let me tell you my apprehensions. The current RSS - influenced BJP government is out to shut the mouths of the intelligentsia and all teachers whether at KG Primary, Middle School, High School, Higher Secondary, College, University and so on and so forth, are all part of the intelligentsia though a small percentage of them may be intellectuals. What happens when the intelligentsia is shut up is whatever happened during the Emergency circa 1975-77. Once this is done, then their path is free to promote their Brahminical version of Dictatorship aka Ramrajya. This being the case I think that this document needs to be looked at with a great deal of suspicion. Many of the themes are politically loaded even though the questions for discussion on one of the 33 themes for discussion look innocuous. Take for instance the Linking Higher Education to Society questions: In what ways, India should prioritize higher education agenda to enhance local engagement by the universities? What efforts should be made to promote R&D activities in higher education, which helps regional manufacturing sectors? In what ways, existing educational institutions should be revitalized to play vital role in solving the skill requirements to meet the regional and local labor markets? Please share some working examples of community engagement by institutions of higher learning? While pursuing their education, how can students can contribute to their community, village ? What do students feel that while doing their studies, they can contribute ? After being employed – how do they contribute (Their idea) Teachers should be assessed by Community Students Parents By all of them What is corrective action for them? 1) Remove 2) Retrain 3) Do not lift probation 4) Deny promotion 5) 1,2&3 together 6) 2 ,3 & 4 together 7) 1,2,3,4 together Is not community welfare an essential part of higher education, especially in rural areas? Be wary I say Augusto On 25-Aug-2015 1:38 pm, "Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا" <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this the same? > > Govt outlines vision for education sector > > Policy to evaluate ways to finance education, raise India’s spending on > higher education and focus on R&D > 115 > 43 > 15 > 1 > <http://www.livemint.com/Politics/1l6e7o3nGVOLDeqoTzHpzM/Govt-outlines-vision-for-education-sector.html#disqus_thread> > ------------------------------ > *Prashant K. Nanda > <http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Prashant%20K.%20Nanda>* > [image: The government also sought ideas on improving the ranking of > Indian colleges, an issue of some concern to policymakers, academia, and > even students. Photo: Mint] > The government also sought ideas on improving the ranking of Indian > colleges, an issue of some concern to policymakers, academia, and even > students. Photo: Mint > > *New Delhi:* The new government has outlined its vision for the education > sector by releasing the themes of a new national education policy in the > works. > > The broad contours of this policy, under 33 themes, were uploaded on > *www.mygov.in > <http://www.mygov.in>*, the official website that crowdsources ideas and > suggestions on important policies from the public. > > Though this is not the final draft of the policy, it sets the ball rolling > on efforts to create a new national education policy, India’s first in 29 > years. > > In a posting on the website, the government said it “would like to bring > out a national education policy to meet the changing dynamics of the > population’s requirement, with regard to quality education, innovation and > research, aiming to make India a knowledge superpower by equipping its > students with the necessary skills and knowledge and to eliminate shortage > of manpower in science, technology, academics and industry”. > > The new policy, the upload on *www.mygov.in <http://www.mygov.in>* > suggests, will also evaluate public-private partnerships (PPPs) to finance > education, seek ways of upping India’s spend on higher education to 1.5% of > gross domestic product (GDP) from less than 1% now, and emphasize on > research and development (R&D). > > The government also sought suggestions on ways to rework the examination > system for better assessment of students, restructure education regulators > such as the University Grants Commission and the All Indian Council for > Technical Education (AICTE) as “present regulatory systems tend to stymie > quality and growth of our institutions”. > > An official of the human resource development (HRD) ministry said it > expects feedback from both India and abroad, from academia and industry, > and from administrators and common people. > > “PPPs in education have not shaped up well over the years but we > understand these will be key to education financing,” added this person who > asked not to be identified. > > “Higher education cannot sustain only through public funding. While PPPs > in higher education have been pursued as a strategy, not many have shown > successful results. Hence, the PPP models need to be revisited so as to > allow more meaningful collaborations. A critical analysis of PPP in HE > (higher education), the existing legal provisions and which viable models > are possible need to carried out,” the upload on *www.mygov.in > <http://www.mygov.in>* said. > > A final policy could be ready as early as six months from now, the > official said. > > <http://www.livemint.com/r/LiveMint/Period1/2015/01/27/Photos/key-proposals.jpg> > Click here for enlarge > <http://www.livemint.com/r/LiveMint/Period1/2015/01/27/Photos/key-proposals.jpg> > > India got its first national policy on education in 1968 when Indira > Gandhi <http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Indira%20Gandhi> was > prime minister. The second policy came in 1986 under Rajiv Gandhi > <http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Rajiv%20Gandhi>’s > leadership. > > The 1968 document established the 10+2+3 education model, and the 1986 one > focused on access and equity. > > The year 1992, saw some minor tweaks, but no new policy was released. > > The government also sought ideas on improving the ranking of Indian > colleges, an issue of some concern to policymakers, academia, and even > students. > > “There has been a growing concern on the poor performance of our > universities in world ranking and global ratings. What changes could be > suggested in the accreditation systems of our country so that our higher > education institutions acquire better global rankings,” it said in the > upload. > > It also called for reducing regional disparity in access to higher > education, a point that perhaps drove the Modi government to announce > around 20 top higher educational institutes including 11 Indian Institutes > of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) within two > months of coming to power. > > Another key area the new policy will focus on is ensuring learning > outcomes in elementary schools. “Several studies have shown schoolchildren > do not seem to acquire age appropriate skills in reading, writing and > numeracy. There is a need to explore the various approaches to improve > teaching–learning at the elementary stage. The objective of this theme is > to understand the issues of low learning achievement levels in elementary > schooling, assess the system...and suggest ways and methods of improving > the learning outcomes,” the document on the website said. > > A recent Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) released by education > non-profit Pratham said over the last 10 years, although access to > schooling has improved significantly, learning outcome remains a challenge. > In one of the indicators, ASER found every second Class 5 student in rural > India can’t read texts of Class 2 level. > > Parth J. Shah > <http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Keyword/Parth%20J.%20Shah>, > president of think tank Centre for Civil Society, said though a new policy > is a good idea, the biggest challenge is the way “we think about education > and its regulation.” > > He said the government’s approach of standardizing the education sector so > as to achieve quality and equity has not done much good to the sector and > warned that unless this approach is changed, “standardization and > uniformity formula” could be the undoing of the new policy as well. > *Prashant K. Nanda > <http://www.livemint.com/Search/Link/Author/Prashant%20K.%20Nanda>* > > > http://www.livemint.com/Politics/1l6e7o3nGVOLDeqoTzHpzM/Govt-outlines-vision-for-education-sector.html > > > On 25 August 2015 at 11:13, augusto pinto <pinto...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Today I received a letter from the Panchayat requesting me to attend a >> New Education Policy Awareness Training Program on 28 August in Moira in >> the Panchayat hall. It is in reference to the letter from the Block >> Development Officer Mapusa. I assume that this is open to the people of the >> village although I noticed that many teachers were copied in. I assume that >> this process will be repeated all over Goa. >> >> Googling I found that the Ministry of Human Resources and Development has >> begun a consultation process wrt the New Education Policy 2015. >> >> My first impression was that on the one hand as usual the Govt. wants to >> increase State control on recruitments and now dismissal of faculty and on >> the other wishes to reduce state funding of education. >> >> Browsing quickly through the documents I got the impression that the >> Consultation process has been framed in such a way that people would be >> forced to support the Policy. >> >> The way in which a village level meeting regarding education is held on a >> week day when many of the stakeholders will be at work stinks. I think that >> people would be wise to look at the documents carefully and seriously, >> think over them and form an appropriate response. I intend to go for the >> meeting to - if nothing else - find out whether the process will be a >> transparent one or one where we will be dictated what response is required >> of us. >> >> Here is the website where the various documents related to the NEP 2015 >> and the consultation process can be found: http://mhrd.gov.in/nep-new >> Augusto >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Goa Book Club" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to goa-book-club+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > P +91-832-2409490 M 9822122436 Twitter: @fn Facebook: fredericknoronha > Goa,1556 Shared Content at archive.org https://archive.org/details/goa1556 >