National Conference on ‘Draft New Education Policy 2019’ to be held at PU

Conference aims to bring together various stakeholders and prepare compendium of recommendations on DNEP 2019 Chandigarh: A two day national conference titled ‘Draft New Education Policy 2019: A Way Ahead’ will be held at Panjab University on July 16-17. The conference is being organized by Centre for Academic Leadership and Education Management (CALEM) and Department of Education, PU, under the aegis of PMMMNMTT, Ministry of Human Resource Development, GOI. The two day event will have experts deliberate on the draft of the New Education Policy 2019 with special focus on reforms in Governance and Governance Structures. The conference will have sessions on School Education and Teacher Education, Higher Education and its challenges, Professional and Technical Education; and Governance and administration of Education and Research. The two day conference assumes significance as it is an effort in contributing towards country’s first education policy of the 21st century. “The aim of this conference is to bring together various stakeholders and prepare a compendium of recommendations on DNEP 2019.The registration for the conference is open for administrators of educational institutes, teacher educators and teachers from schools as well as higher education institutes”, said Prof. Nandita Singh and Prof. Latika Sharma, Program Coordinator for the conference.