Cancellation of NEP 2020: CM held a meeting with Chancellors, senior officials of Higher Education Department

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a meeting with the chancellors of universities under the jurisdiction of the state government and senior officials of the higher education department today at 11 am and discussed the higher education sector.

As per sources, the cancellation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the formation of a committee to frame the guidelines of the state education policy were discussed in this meeting.

Last week, he announced that the state government will scrap NEP in higher education institutions in the coming academic year.

Higher Education Minister Dr. M. C. Sudhakar, Minister of School Education and Literacy Department Madhu Bangarappa, Deputy Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Dr. Rajneesh Goyal, Deputy Chief Secretary, Department of Higher Education S.R. Umashankar, Deputy Secretary of Finance Department LK Ateeq and other senior officials, chancellors of various universities were present.