Timelines formulation of NEP
| S. No. | Milestone | Date of occurrence | Comments |
| 1 | An online competition was held through the MyGov platform for suggesting the Logo, Slogan and Tagline for the NEP | from 09.01.2015 to 20.01.2015 | More than 3000 entries were received, out of which 3 entries were selected by a Screening Committee. Based on the selected entries, winners were announced in each category with an award money of Rs. 10,000/-. The following are the names of the winners for each category:
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| 2 | Process of online consultation on NEP | Launched on 26.01.2015 Ended on 31st Oct.2015 | Suggestions on 33 themes (13 themes on School Education and 20 themes on Higher Education) at www.MyGov.in. 29,218 suggestions received. |
| 3 | Letter to Education Ministers of States/UTs from HRM | Letter dated 27.01.2015 | The letter sought active participation in the policy formulation exercise of NEP. |
| 4 | High Level meeting taken by Hon’ble HRM with other GOI Ministries and Departments | Held on 14.02.2015 at Vigyan Bhawan | To discuss the consultative process for formulation of NEP and invite suggestions of other Ministries and Departments to devise curriculum from their perspective. |
| 5 | A multi stakeholder Task Force at the national level set up [New Education Policy Task Force (NEPTF)] | Constituted on 27.02.2015 | The Task Force will monitor the progress of the consultation process from time to time and will submit the report through Secretary (SE&L) and Secretary (HE) to Hon’ble Minister. |
| 6 | Letter from HRM to State Education Ministers | Letter dated 09.03.2015 | Letter requested the State Education Ministers to attend the meeting on 21.03.2015. |
| 7 | Letter from Secretary (HE) and (SEL) to State Education Secretaries | Letter dated 12.03.2015 | Letter requesting State Secretaries to attend the meeting on 21.03.2015. |
| 8 | Letter from JS(P) to Director General, NIC | Letter dated 16.03.2015 | Letter requested the DG, NIC to request State SIOs of NIC of all States/UTs to attend the meeting on 21.03.2015. |
| 9 | Hon’ble Minister for HRD held a meeting with State/UT Education Ministers | Held on 21.03.2015 at Vigyan Bhawan | Meeting was attended by 22 State/UT Education Ministers along with Education Secretaries and other senior officers including State Information Officers (SIOs). |
| 10 | Airing of video spot on NEP | March, 2015 | Airing of video spot on NEP done on major TV channels all over the country. |
| 11 | Letter to Director/DS level officers of MHRD for coordination on NEP | March, 2015 & modified in May 2015 | All Director/DS level officers were requested to coordinate with the State/UT Governments indicated against their names during consultation process of NEP. |
| 12 | Consultative Committee Meeting on NEP | 6th April,2015 | --- |
| 13 | Preparation of manual for grassroots consultation | April,2015 | Circulated to all State/ UT governments and Dir/DS level Nodal officers |
| 14 | Letter to State School Education and Higher Education Secretaries | Letter dated 25.04.2015 | Letter for commencement of grass root level consultation process in States/UTs by identification of State Nodal Officers. |
| 15 | Youth Survey on NEP by MGIEP, UNESCO Category I Institute | Commenced from May 2015 | Conducted three focus groups in Delhi. Now doing groups in Coimbatore, Pollachi (in rural Tamilnadu), Bangalore, Kolkata, Shillong, Mumbai, Pune, and Kashmir. speaking with students from a variety of backgrounds, courses, and institutions. Some of the interesting groups include students with learning disabilities, migrant students from the NorthEast, and evening college students. Reached 5000 responses on the survey. |
| 16 | Translation of question templates grassroots consultation | May- June, 2015. | Both SE & HE Question templates translated with the help NCERT in 12 languages- Assamese, Bengali, Gujarathi, Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Circulated to States and uploaded on NEP corner, MHRD |
| 17 | Letter from JS(P) to Bureau Heads | Letter dated 12.05.2015 | Reminder Letter from JS(P) to Bureau Heads requesting identification of experts for thematic discussions on NEP. |
| 18 | E-Mail by MyGov team to State Information Officers (SIOs) and State Nodal Officers (SNOs) | E-Mail sent in June, 2015 | The e-mail from MyGov to SIOs and SNOs informed them the use of grass roots consultation manual/software and other related information. |
| 19 | Letter to Chief Ministers from HRM | Letter dated 19.06.2015 | The letter requests state administration to expedite the process of scheduling the consultation meetings of NEP. |
| 20 | Live Chats on NEP | From 01.06.2015 to 25.06.2015 | Live Chats have been held on MyGov on 6 themes of NEP. |
| 21 | Airing of radio spot on NEP | June, 2015 | Airing of radio spot on NEP done on major FM and AIR radio channels all over the country. |
| 22 | UN Solution Exchange | July 2015 | For sharing views from stakeholder groups on the 33 themes. |
| 23 | Letter from JS(P) was sent to Heads of various Universities, Institutions etc. | Letter dated 02.07.2015 | To hold thematic on the identified themes. |
| 24 | D.O. letter from HRM to all Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs | Letter issued in Aug. | Requesting their considered views on ongoing New Education Policy. |
| 25 | Culling and consolidating online suggestions | Ongoing activity since April 2015 | Interns under MHRD undertook this activity. |
| 26 | Consolidating views of other GOI Ministries/depts. | Ongoing activity since March 2015. | Interns and consultants under MHRD have undertaken this activity. |
| 27 | Grass roots consultation from villages upwards | Held between July,2015 – October,2015 |
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| 28 | Six Zonal Meetings | Held in Sept.-Oct 2015 |
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| 29 | Institutional Meetings on various themes | Held between July-Nov.2015 | As per schedule |
| 30 | MHRD driven Thematic discussions | November,2015 | As per schedule |
| 31 | Committee constituted for Evolution of New Education Policy | 31st Oct.2015 and revised order dated 24th Nov 2015 | --- |
| 32 | Committee under Late Shri T.S.R. Subramanian submitted its report to Ministry | 27 May 2016 | --- |
| 33 | Ministry prepared Some Inputs for Draft National Education Policy 2016 | June 2016 | --- |
| 34 | Some Inputs for Draft National Education Policy 2016 were laid in both the Houses of Parliament | 04.08.2016 | --- |
| 35 | Report of the Committee For Evolution of New Education Policy was laid in both the Houses of Parliament | 08.08.2016 | --- |
| 36 | Short Duration Discussion Under Rule 176 in Rajya Sabha on National Education Policy | 10.08.2016 | Around 15-16 MPs presented. |
| 37 | Education Dialogue with Hon’ble MPs | 10.11.2016 | Around 42 MPs were presented. |
| 38 | Constitution of Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 24.06.2017 | --- |
| 39 | First Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 11.07.2017 | --- |
| 40 | Second Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 16th & 17th August, 2017 | --- |
| 41 | Third Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 21st & 22nd September, 2017 | --- |
| 42 | Meeting with GoI Ministries, NITI Aayog & Industry Associations and Fourth Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 10th to 12th October 2017 | --- |
| 43 | Meeting on Early Childhood Education & Teacher Education with Dr. Vinita Kaul & Shri Sanjay Awasthi, NCTE | 26th October 2017 | --- |
| 44 | Fifth Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 14th & 15th November 2017 | --- |
| 45 | Sixth Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 30th November & 1st December, 2017 | --- |
| 46 | Meeting with Organisations / Bodies | 4th December, 2017 | --- |
| 47 | Seventh Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 22nd & 23rd December, 2017 | --- |
| 48 | First Order of Extension | 27th December 2017 | Extension was granted upto 31st March 2018 |
| 49 | Internal Review Committee Meeting & Consultation Meeting of Minority Institutions/Bodies & Associations | 18th & 19th January 2018 | --- |
| 50 | Eighth Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 30th & 31st January 2018 | --- |
| 51 | Tenth Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 26th March 2018 | --- |
| 52 | Second Order of Extension | 6th April 2018 | Extension was granted upto 30th June 2018 |
| 53 | Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy | 29th May 2018 | --- |
| 54 | Eleventh Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy under the Chairmanship of Dr K Kasturirangan | 4th June 2018 | --- |
| 55 | Meeting with HRM at his house | 15th June 2018 | --- |
| 56 | Third Order of Extension | 20th June 2018 | Extension was granted upto 31st August 2018 |
| 57 | Briefing Meeting of the Committee | 17th August, 2018 | --- |
| 58 | Fourth Order of Extension | 28th August, 2018 | Extension was granted upto 31st October, 2018 |
| 59 | Meeting at HRM’s residence with few State Education Ministers | 7th October 2018 | --- |
| 60 | Informal Meeting of the Committee for the Draft Education Policy | 20th October 2018 | --- |
| 61 | Fifth Order of Extension | 31th October, 2018 | Extension was granted upto 15th December, 2018 |
| 62 | Farewell Meet | 12th April 2019 | --- |
| 63 | Committee submitted its report to Ministry | 31.05.2019 | --- |
| 64 | Draft NEP 2019 uploaded on MHRD Website and also at MyGov innovate portal to elicit suggestions from stakeholders | --- | Suggestions sought upto 15.08.2019 |
| 65 | Summary of the Draft National Education Policy 2019 was translated into 21 languages | --- | --- |
| 66 | Meeting with State Education Secretaries of School Department held | 9th July 2019 | --- |
| 67 | Education Dialogue with Hon’ble MPs | 31th July 2019, 1st Aug, 2019, 2nd Aug 2019 | Education Dialogue held. 29 MPs from Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, 34 MPs from Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and 37 MPs from Kerala, Karnataka & Odisha were present. |
| 68 | Meeting with State Education Secretaries of Higher & Technical Department to be held | 8th Aug 2019 | Meeting held and 45 representatives were present. |
| 69 | Special meeting of CABE on National Education Policy. | 21th Sept 2019 | 26 Education Ministers of various States and UTs, representatives of States and Union Territories, Members of CABE, Heads of Autonomous Organisations, Vice Chancellors of Universities, attended the meeting along with senior officials of the Central and State Governments. |
| 70 | Two Committees, one for School Education and another for Higher Education were constituted to examine suggestions received on Draft NEP | 03.10.2019 and 04.10.2019 | To examine suggestions received on the Draft National Education Policy |
| 71 | Meeting of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development on Draft NEP 2019. | 07.11.2019 | --- |
| 72 | Circulation of Draft Cabinet Note on National Education Policy 2020 for Inter-Ministerial Consultation Subsequently reminders sent for comments | 24.03.2020, 09.04.2020 and 27.04.2020 | Draft Cabinet note was circulated among concerned 30 Ministries/ Departments. |
| 73 | Copy of Cabinet Note along with NEP 2020 was forwarded to Principal Secretary to PMO for comment/advice | 10.07.2020 | According to Para 87 of Handbook on writing Cabinet Notes |
| 74 | Finalisation of National Education Policy 2020 | 29.07.2020 | Approved by Union Cabinet on 29.07.2020 |
