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its report to the government. However, this report was junked as the

government found it a ‘mere compilation’ of some older reports. Later, a

committee was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan,

erstwhile ISRO chief. Th e committee went through another round of

discussions and consultations and submitted its report to the government

in December, 2018.

In Dr Kasturirangan’s words: “Much has changed in the country and the

world on social, economic, development and political fronts, and the

knowledge base on which we work today is very diff erent as an ecosystem

compared to what we had 25 years ago. Th e new policy recommends radical

changes that are aimed at addressing these issues.”

the draft

Th e former ISRO head is right in some ways. Th e draft NEP indeed consists

some of the much-needed reforms to uplift our ailing education system.

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the first attempt towards
nep was the tsr subramanian
report, which was junked for
political reasons

the issue of school
dropouts comprises just
seven out of 500 pages in
the new report

the new draft is by former
isro head kasturirangan,
but carefully skirts
similar issues

it completely ignores the
integration of social and
emotional learning (sel)
into our education system

roBiN kesHaw

Robin Keshaw is a development sector

professional with rich experience

in the domain of education, social-

emotional learning and governance.

He’s currently working with a non-

pro t organization. He’s a computer

science graduate from BITS Pilani and

has previously worked as a fellow with

Teach For India and as a consultant

with Chief Minister’s o ce in Haryana

many of you mighT rememBer sunaina

rawaT, a 14 year-old girl from

mohanlalganj in uTTar pradesh. sunaina

walked wiTh prannoy roy and Team

Through her kachcha house and Barren

fields and Took The audience Through her

snapshots dreams, sTruggles and hopes

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