PARLIAMENT Q/A.–CABE Meetings for Union–State Synergy in Education
A special session of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) was held on 21.09.2019 to deliberate on the Draft National Education Policy (NEP). NEP 2020 inter-alia envisages that its successful implementation requires a long-term vision, sustained expertise and coordinated efforts at the National, State, institutional and individual levels. Accordingly, the Policy recommends strengthening and empowering the CABE with an expanded mandate to serve as a platform for consultation and to develop, articulate, evaluate and review the vision of education, besides reviewing the institutional framework for achieving the objectives of NEP 2020.
In order to advise the Ministry of Education on critical aspects of implementation of NEP 2020 and also to facilitate the comprehensive, holistic, synergetic, and systematic implementation of the policy across school and higher education, the Ministry of Education has constituted an Education Advisory Council (EdAC) comprising eminent experts from diverse fields of education. The Council is to advise the Ministry on critical aspects of NEP implementation, facilitate its comprehensive, holistic and synergetic implementation across school and higher education, develop an overarching roadmap, review interventions for course correction, and recommend measures for strengthening the CABE.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Dr. Sukanta Majumdar, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today. (UPDATED ON 29TH JULY 2026)