Sarokaar - New Education Policy

The NDA government is preparing to bring out the new education policy. A committee under the Chairmanship of the T S R Subramanian has recently given its recommendation on the new education policy to the government. Among various other things, it is reported that the new policy looks to introduce value based education. It is also said that it suggests reinstating of detention of students beyond Class V.
The new policy will be formulated taking the various recommendation by the committee as well as the states. In this edition of Sarokaar we discuss the significance of the new education policy and how will it change the picture of education in India.

Guests: TSR Subramanian, Chairperson, New Education Policy Committee ; Ambarish Rai, National Convener of Right to Education Forum ; Prof. Janaki Rajan, Department of Teacher Training & Non-Formal Education ; Rakesh Sinha, RSS ideologue ; Yogendra Yadav, Convener, Swaraj Abhiyan.

Anchor: Amrita Rai