After a number of missed deadlines, the Sukhdev Thorat-led Karnataka state training coverage committee is about to submit its remaining report within the second week of June. Constituted in October 2023 as a part of the Congress authorities’s pre-poll promise to switch the Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP), the committee was initially anticipated to submit its report by February 2024.
The deadline was then pushed to Might 2024, with an interim report submitted within the meantime. The panel later sought a six-month extension, and the ultimate deadline was prolonged to Might 31, 2025. Increased Schooling Minister M C Sudhakar on Monday confirmed that the committee will submit the report back to the chief minister quickly. He was talking on the launch of a quarterly journal revealed by the Karnataka State Increased Schooling Council.
In October 2023, the Karnataka authorities, led by the Congress, established a 15-member State Schooling Coverage Fee underneath the chairmanship of Prof Sukhdev Thorat, former College Grants Fee (UGC) chairman, to draft a brand new training coverage to switch NEP 2020. The fee consists of distinguished educationists and consultants like Prof Yogendra Yadav, Sonam Wangchuk, and Dr Sudhir Krishnaswamy.
The Congress-led authorities introduced its intent to withdraw NEP 2020, citing issues over its hasty implementation, lack of state session, and infrastructural challenges. Karnataka, notably the primary state to undertake NEP 2020 in 2021 underneath the BJP authorities, determined to revert to a state-specific coverage to prioritise fairness, accessibility, and constitutional values.
Primarily based on the SEP Fee’s interim report, the Karnataka authorities scrapped the NEP’s four-year undergraduate diploma program and reverted to a three-year diploma construction for the 2024-25 educational yr.
This modification was pushed by issues over infrastructure, college shortages, and diminished entry to training for deprived teams because of the prolonged period.
In the meantime, Sudhakar additionally introduced that the federal government had secured approval to borrow Rs 2,600 crore from the Asian Improvement Financial institution to strengthen technical training within the state. A workforce from the financial institution is anticipated to go to Karnataka later this month to overview the proposal.