Odisha forms panel to develop curriculum under NEP

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government constituted a 16-member committee on Thursday under the chairmanship of Prof Nityananda Pradhan to develop State curriculum framework in alignment with the National curriculum framework. Prof Pradhan is a retired principal of Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal.

School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond said, “We are going to implement NEP 2020, which is a big achievement. It will lay emphasis on digital education. We are working on how to prevent dropouts.”

The State government on Wednesday had issued a notification for the implementation of the NEP 2020 in all schools in Odisha. The State government had in November last year announced the implementation of the NEP in all State-run universities and affiliated colleges from the current academic year.