The Human Resource Department (HRD) Minister, Kapil Sibal weeks after announcing for a single school board system across states, has now said that the ministry had no intentions of destroying diversity through a uniform school board. In fact, he has suggested that state education boards should offer a 'uniformity of excellence' and base curriculum on the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005.
The HRD Minister also focuses on the need for retaining children in school, ensuring quality education, recruiting good teachers and helping develop a successful education programme. He also asked the states to not wait for the five-year window period of Right to Education Bill's provision, but to implement them with a year or so.
