Choice-based credit system in govt universities set to became a reality

The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry will initiate steps to frame a new national education policy next month by holding consultations with states and also taking into account the views of different stakeholders.
HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said a workshop to discuss the new education policy with states will be held in February. “In the coming months, we will go to the states to listen to them. States should help us to hold deliberations right from the village educational council to the block and state level,” she said. She was addressing a conference of state education ministers to discuss adoption of ‘choice-based credit transfer system’ and ‘credit framework for skills’. See more...