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The National Education Policy draft is path breaking in the changes it suggests to reform Indian education. But implementation and funding could be huge challenges

Space scientist K. Kasturirangan points out that sky is the limit and there is enough room to drive growth in the Indian education sector. Anyone who has read the 400 page draft of the National Education Policy 2019 (NEP), authored by the nine member team headed by him, will not only agree with him but also find that the draft is an excellent text on what needs to be done for education in India, with clearly stated objectives to be achieved by 2030.

"This is a document with vision and futuristic thought and there are many aspects within higher education that are

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