The Himachal Pradesh Education Code

Abstract

New Education Code is an improvement upon the previous codes as new vistas have been opened up in the field of learning recently. With the coming into force of the New Education Code, which has been approved by the Government vide letter No. Shiksha-II-Chha(5)-16/96 Dated 26-07-2001, the provisions of old code published in 1985, will stand repealed. New disciplines of studies have been incorporated in curriculum, ,and the Department of Education has made tremendous progress in building and strengthening infrastructure, adopting of new technology and development of human resources. In recent times, to improve the status of education the State Govt, and the Department of Education has taken various policy decisions and framed rules and regulations for the betterment of educational setup both in quality and quantity. New developmental plans have been initiated for scholarships to meritorious students, new fees structure has been formulated and a host of other updates has been made particularly a chapter on value education has been added for the guidance and benefit of teaching community in particular and the students in general.