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Starting a #NewEducationPolicy reading thread. @PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India ECCE to be included under the RTE Act.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @HRDMinistry to have oversight of ECCE. Task force to be set up and decide modalities by end 2019.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @HRDMinistry @ncert to develop Curriculum and Pedagogical Framework for ECE. To include 0-3 and 3-8 (including Grades 1-2).

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @HRDMinistry To be delivered through strengthening&expansion of the AW system2include robust education component (but not mentioning 2nd AWW), co-locating AWCs with primary schools, co-locating pre-schools with primary schools where possible (supported by H&N packages) & standalone preschools

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @HRDMinistry

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @HRDMinistry @ncert Strengthen regulatory system for ECE

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Midday meal to be expanded to include breakfast

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Remedial Instructional Aides Programme (RIAP) for 10 yrs to draw volunteers (particularly women) to help academically lagging students. Hold remediation classes. To be 12th pass and given some training on teaching of foundational skills.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Social Workers and Counsellors to be hired in school complexes.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India School consolidation cum closure makes it into policy as expected. Norms to be "developed for each region/state/district based on local realities". 1, 3 etc km norm at risk.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @armanaly But will make transport available, walking groups, escorts OR transport allowance available. Cycle rickshaws to local community members eg. parents to hired2provide safe transport to 2-4 students. Anyone know of any evaluations of transportation or transportation under SSA/SMSA?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India RTE quality norms at risk. Mention of school choice and competition being promoted by the loosening of RTE norms. No idea why the abolition of minimum norms would improve quality overall. Non-profit nature of schools, however, reiterated.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India A biggie. RTE Act to include secondary education- including grades 9-12, ages 14-18. By 2030 all students to participate till Grade 12.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Another real biggie. 5+3+3+4 structure of school education.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Another potential positive.

No hard separation of content into curricular/extra-curricular/co-curricular or arts/sciences and "vocational"/academic.

Premature streaming of poor students into vocational stream has been a huge concern. Interesting to see how this pans out

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Home language/mother tongue as medium of instruction at least until Grade 5, but preferably Grade 8. But "wherever possible" System should make full efforts to make adequate number of schools for linguistic minorities available. Teachers to be encouraged to use bilingual approach

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly NCF to be revised by 2020. There was some concern that there would be a much greater rush to do so.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly NCERT curriculum to shrink and textbooks to be revised to first contain the essential core materials of the subject. Based on this SCERTs of each state to develop textbooks containing

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Talking assessment. Yes, formative will be supported with developmental assessment at least once a month. However,

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Starting the chapter on Equity and Inclusion. Geographies with high percentage of Underrepresented groups (URGs- who thought of that acronym?) to be declared Special Educational Zones. Specific focus on women and girls.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India More on the Special Education Zones to #FightInequality in the Indian education system.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India New "Gender Inclusion Fund" for girls' education.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Lot of stuff on tribal children. Another intriguing idea.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Nitpicking. Why are gurukuls and pathshalas addressed under minorities?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Education of transgender children gets a whole section. A first.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Home based and open schooling for children with disability remains unequestioned.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India OK. Chapter 8. Regulation and Accreditation of School Education.

National Education Commission to be the apex body with the role for monitoring and policymaking. Service provision and regulation to be done by other bodies. Directorate of School education will implement.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India State School Regulatory Authority (SSRA) which will undertake regulation through accreditation and audit.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India OK. This is a problem. How will enforcement of regulation of private provision happen? Self-regulation rarely, if ever, works.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Oh dear god. Has this worked ANYWHERE? PARENTS as school regulators?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @saubryhr @DavidArcherAA @maxlawsontin @AGavrielatos

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Skipping the Higher Education chapter for the time being on the grounds of it being 1 AM! If someone is awake and reading it, be my guest!

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Teacher Education Under tertiary.

Non-performing teacher education institutions to close. Quarterly reviews of institutions to happen.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Additional Focus Areas. Technology in Education. It will provide evidence-based advice on technology-based interventions, build capacities, articulate new directions of research and work.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India More potential institutional support to research in education.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Will be resourced. Have subject committees of 10 members. Some info on the eligibility of receiving funding. Other bodies concerned will continue funding research with this being the nodal body.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Returning to teacher education. Need assessment for teachers to be undertaken to understand the needs of additional teacher ed colleges/seats.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Online learning for in-service teachers and mentoring of new teachers.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @gurukasi

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @gurukasi

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @gurukasi And how it would be covered in the curriculum:

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @gurukasi

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Entering the last lap of the first reading. Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog or National Education Commission to be constituted to be headed by the PM and meet atleast once a year.

MHRD to be renamed as Ministry of Education.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Appointment to this by an Appointment Committee consisting of the PM, CJI, Speaker of the LS, Leader of opposition and UME.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India The RSA will have an Executive Council to address day-to-day work.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India It will also have an Advisory Council with 20-30 people.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India RSA and MHRD roles to be reviewed.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Will also have a secretariat.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Will also have a secretariat.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India A SAC hopefully with some teeth?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India The Most Important Bit! Addendum 1. Financing!

Education has high rates of return on investment. Disclaimer in the text, use of the term doesnt mean profit. Education must remain not-for-profit activity and enterprise in society.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Quotable quote:

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Mention of the 6% GDP and commitment to gradually increase the budget to 20% over 10 yrs.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Encourage "not-for-profit, public-spirited private funding in education" Here is a definition for @AnjaliMody1 's question of what this means.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Budget to be increased gradually eg. 1% pa. THink its possible since India's economy is growing. State and Centre both must pick up the burden.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Must also count and encourage complementary funding eg. CSR,philanthropy.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Another big one. Doubling of central expenditure on education (based on assumptions of continued rising tax collections). @CBGAIndia does this look realistic?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia States to increase spending. Should atleast spend 20% on education

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Not just increase funding, but spend it on the right things.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Funds to flow on time, as per institutional development plans, will be disbursed without delay and transparently. Will be spent completely and on-time. Stakeholders to be involved in the process of ensuring genuine utilization of funds.

How will this miracle be achieved?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Systematically encourage "philanthropic" support to education.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Interesting. Gatekeepers, champions or recognition of status quo?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Encourage setting up new institutions.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Prioritize private funding for existing institutions. 4 thrust areas: scholarships, infra, faculty recruitment and development of technical & other tertiary ed and professional development and organizational funding in school education.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia National and IFI financing for infrastructure. Doesn't mention the nature of funding- loans (more likely) or grants?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia PPPs for teacher professional development and ICT. motivate trusts to deploy funds in line with priorities.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Funding to them for research.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia CSR funding to be particularly leveraged for education.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Involvement of religious institutions in national education activities.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia And this is the fund estimate. 21% of the budget is necessary for combining centre and states including 10.9% additional revenue.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia Breakup for ECE is as follows. Excuse me, where is the budget for the 0-3 yr supposed to come from? Did I miss it or did they miss it? @SumitraMishra

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia @SumitraMishra Budget for foundational learning.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia @SumitraMishra

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia @SumitraMishra MDM budget

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia @SumitraMishra Teachers,

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia @SumitraMishra Research

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia @SumitraMishra Additional one time expenditure (including some stuff for schools and ECE centres) @SumitraMishra

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Way Forward Chapter 2. What steps will be taken to ensure implementation given the following.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India MHRD will do the following and this would be the timeline:

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India RSA will do the following in 2020.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India RSA and State Governments will do the following in 2020.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India State GOvernments will in 2020 and 2022

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India MHRD/MoE and State departments will between 2020 and 2030

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India State departments will

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India NCERT will

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India NCERT and SCERTs

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India National and State Boards.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India And relevant central bodies.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Some targets will need to be rescheduled but expect to finish everything by 2030 at which time the policy will be reviewed. In 2030-40 the policy will be fully operational. Another review at the end of that decade.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India THE END OF THE FIRST READING.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Have someone scheduled to visit ... oh 2 minutes back. Would return to this calendar of deliverables when I can. In the meantime, would be super useful if someone looks at the feasibility and internal coherence of this schedule.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @CBGAIndia @SumitraMishra Ok. Doing a second reading of the budget and plans before doubling back to cover the rest. Where is the budget for the school complexes? Includes capacity building and the actual infrastructure etc?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India RTE Act Amendments scheduled for 2020 @amb1857

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Integration of PSE governance with school education 2020. @SumitraMishra

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Restructuring of the stages of education in 2022 along with the curriculum etc.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Education SEZs by 2025. Interestingly equity concerns picked forward into the next term?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India School regulatory mechanisms to be overhauled by 2020. This is urgent. @saubryhr

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India School Complexes to be formed and teacher recruitment and management mechanisms to be overhauled in 2023.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India the regulatory authority will be formed in 2020, but will actually develop the framework by 2023. Turbulence in the interim?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India NCF in 2020.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India State Curriculum Frameworks a year after the NCF in 2021 and the assessment paradigm a year after that.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India Board exams in 10 th and 12th to be eleminated to be replaced by modular assessments from Grade 8. 2023.

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly @subirshukla @kaushikedu Any thoughts on the provisions related to quality in the #NewEducationPolicy ?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly @subirshukla @kaushikedu In the interim, this seems to be the first big storm based on the NEP. Tamil vs Hindi debate raises its head again.

newstodaynet.com/index.php/2019…

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly @subirshukla @kaushikedu Had also skipped the bits related to Sanskrit.

news18.com/news/india/dra…

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly @subirshukla @kaushikedu And also this about classical languages more broadly. Seriously, how many languages is a kid supposed to learn? Mother tongue, state language, Hindi, English, a classical language, a foreign language. Has someone been counting?

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India @odishaRTE @anilpradhan2009 @ASTHA_INDIA @armanaly @subirshukla @kaushikedu mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_f…

The Revised NEP is up. This is the new URL

@PrachiSrivas @amb1857 @AnjaliMody1 @ShreyaR_C @MartinHaus93 @RTEForum_India So. out of curiosity, has anyone figured it out - for the purpose of the #NationalEducationPolicy is a Government Aided school a government or a private school?

Are they part of the complex? #nep2019