Category
Schools, universities, exams, curriculum and skilling.
| Party | Points per year | Total points | Range (total) | Actions scored |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | +0.95 | +14.4 | +13.3 to +15.4 | 3 |
| INC | +0.54 | +28.0 | +24.8 to +31.2 | 3 |
Parties with under 2 years in power are left out because a per-year figure over so short a time swings widely; their entries are listed below.
Low data: fewer than 2 scored actions credited to the party in this category.
Entries in this category by the party that led the government responsible. Zero is shown so gaps are visible.
No dossiers are published in this category yet. Dossiers are unscored fact files; they carry no party points.
Policy approved by the Union Cabinet on 29 July 2020, replacing the 1986 policy with a 5+3+3+4 school structure, a proposed single higher-education regulator and a 50% higher-education GER target for 2035.
Evidence points +3.5 (range +3.0 to +4.0)
Act giving children aged 6-14 a legal entitlement to free and compulsory elementary education, with a 25% entry-level quota for disadvantaged children in non-minority private unaided schools.
Evidence points +12.5 (range +11.0 to +14.0)
The Centrally sponsored Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, begun around January 2001, aimed to bring all children aged 6 to 14 into elementary education by 2010 and later became the vehicle for the Right to Education Act.
Evidence points +12.5 (range +12.0 to +13.0)
The Rajiv Gandhi government's 1986 education policy emphasised equalising opportunity, launched Operation Blackboard and Navodaya Vidyalayas, and was modified in 1992 with a Programme of Action.
Evidence points +6.0 (range +5.0 to +7.0)
Parliament declared the Indian Institutes of Technology institutions of national importance with degree-granting powers in 1961, building on IIT Kharagpur, founded in 1950-51.
Evidence points +12.0 (range +11.0 to +13.0)