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After several weeks of consultations about the New Education Policy (NEP), bureaucrats of southern States put forth their views at the southern zone meeting on Thursday. 

The meeting was presided over by Union Minister for Human Resources Development Smriti Irani and was attended by the Education Ministers of three southern States, including Karnataka.

Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Kimmane Ratnakar said the clause on the no detention policy in the RTE Act that mandates that no child should be detained until the completion of elementary education. 

He also emphasised that an assessment test must be held in class seven so that the teacher and parents could gauge the learning levels of the child and take corrective measures.

Among other things, he said that the Right to Education Act should cover children aged three to 16 years. 

He suggested that each gram panchayat have physical educators so that children, particularly in upper primary and high school, get access to physical education.