Sibal to introduce 100-day HRD plan early next week
BS Reporter / New Delhi Jun 21, 2009, 00:39 IST
Union Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal today said he will annouce a 100-day agenda for the Ministry of HRD early next week. He made this announcement on the sidelines of a ministry conference to launch an anti-ragging helpline.
The 100-day agenda is expected to focus on expansion, inclusion and excellence in education by making quality education accessible to all. Sibal had said that no policies made by the previous government will be cancelled implying that pending bills like Right to Education, Foreign Educational Institutions (Regulation of Entry and Operations, Maintenance of Quality and Prevention of Commercialisation) and the Distance Education Council (DEC) Bill would be part of the agenda.
The 100 day agenda may also include the issue of the public-private partnership (model) referring to both private and public investments in education. The HRD ministry is in favour of the PPP model and is all set to formulate a broad framework to attract private agencies for collaboration in expanding educational facilities in the country and has has decided to set up 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), 600 polytechnics and 3,500 Model Schools in the PPP mode.
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