Government Set to Form Education Advisory Council for National Education Policy
Share
The council will have members with experience across crucial areas of education.

In a significant development from New Delhi, the Ministry of Education declared that it had finally established the Education Advisory Council as part of the mechanisms that would drive the all-rounded implementation of the National Education Policy, 2020, across all levels of learning in India. This council, as detailed in the official communication, is formed around this very logic so as to provide advice that could be most effective for the government, one taking into consideration the complex interrelationship and interaction in the field of educational reform.
Formation Of The EdAC Seeks To Respond To The Imperative Need To Address The Spread Of Challenges That Are Multifaceted And Offer Opportunities Available In India’s Education System. The Members Of The Team Are Experts And Distinguished Practitioners From The Domes Of Early Childhood Education, Foundational Literacy And Numeracy, School Education, Higher Education, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning, Innovative Pedagogy, Disruptive Technologies Like Artificial Intelligence, Skills, And Vocational Development, And Research, Etc.
The notification from ministry also highlights that EdAC will manage to bridge gaps with other bodies and institutions composed for education, hence they call for collective working in pursuit of realizing the ambitious objectives under NEP 2020. The collective wisdom and the domain knowledge holdings of the members are visualized as working in unison to build a singular strategy that underlines equity in quality education access, improved learning outcomes, and the empowerment of learners with relevant 21st-century workforce skills.
Here again, the move for formation of the EdAC veers on the very proactive stance that is taken by the Ministry towards the incorporation of global best practices and contemporary trends in education towards making a recommitment to the Indian educational framework. This move promises to redefine the educational governance experience by bringing in supportive conditions for innovation, research, and continuous improvement in educational methods and practices.
The EdAC, starting with the onset of deliberations, is going to witness stakeholders from across academia, industry, and civil society, along with other government bodies, mobilize collaborative dialogues and action towards realizing the transformation potential of NEP 2020. The council offers an advisory role in steering policy towards decisions that are inclusive, excellent, and sustainable for education, while levying a robust foundation for a future knowledge-driven economy in India.
In short, formation of the EdAC will be the very important landmark of the education scenario in India, which will show the coordinated efforts of the government towards making an effective, dynamic, responsive, and forward-looking system of education that meets the varied needs of learners to efficiently empower them with the capacity to compete in the challenging emerging global scenario.

