CABE meeting: States flag funding issues over New Education Policy's implementation

Various states have flagged the funding issues regarding the proposed New Education Policy (NEP) by the Union HRD Ministry, saying the draft has some good proposals but no "financial plan of action for implementation."

The issue was raised by Education Ministers or representatives from certain states in the recent meeting of the HRD Ministry's Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), according to the minutes of the meeting.

"Finance is very important to implement this policy and the draft policy has not spoken much about the financial plan of action for implementation. The extension of Right to Education (RTE) act will further burden states in terms of funds and the centre should bear the brunt for it," KN Prasad Verma, Bihar's Education Minister, said in the meeting.

Karnataka's Education Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, said "finance is important in proper implementation of schemes and programmes but most of the revenue goes into the recurring grants".

Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister .