2.5.6 The National
National Education Policy 201051
The NEP 2010 is a follow up and improved version of the Education Policy 2000.52 This policy
has brought some fundamental changes in restructuring the whole educational system: the first is
attending a one-year pre- primary school compulsory for the children of 5+ years and prohibited
the admission test in class 1. 53 The second major reform appears to be extending Primary
education to Class 8 instead of class 5 by 2018. 54 This is done in view of making it easier to
continue the education of children from the poor households.55 This Policy also puts a bar on any
individual or any NGO willing to run primary education institutions by making permission of the
respective authority necessary.56 The NEP makes it a vital point that all the Streams must study
some common compulsory subjects.57 It also brings important changes in respect of examination
system and public examination.
2.5.
2.5.6
5.6.1 The NEP in addressing the Diverse Streams:
In regards with re-integrating the diverse streams, the NEP attempts to make a very big change by
amalgamating the course curricula. Before the NEP 2010, the madrasa students had their own
separate curricula and the secular topics received very poor, if at all, importance. The books on
these subjects contained very information in comparison to the books prescribed by the Board,
and the question papers for the public examinations also varied to a great, creating different
standards for the same level students. Under the NEP, all the streams will be answering the same
questions.
2.6 Proposed Legal Framework under the Draft Education Act, 2013
Despite of certain limitation, The National Education Policy 2010 has vividly manifested the
concept of equality and non-discrimination for all streams of education and proposed unification
of the curriculum to set common standards for the pupil. Existence of particular framework
definitely set standards for the Government to ensure particular right. However, since policies
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GOB, ‘The National Education Policy’ (Ministry of Education 2010)
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