Increasing Public Participation to Ensure Holistic View in Educational Policies/Action Plans
| Published date | 01 September 2023 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/00195561231177039 |
| Author | Rashi Sharma,Rajnish Kumar |
| Date | 01 September 2023 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Increasing Public
Participation to
Ensure Holistic View
in Educational
Policies/Action Plans
Rashi Sharma1 and Rajnish Kumar1
Abstract
The transition from government to governance demands that numerous stake-
holders participate in the policymaking and call for a strategy that could effectively
help the process. Stakeholders’ engagement is extensively used in all types of public
organisations, giving different stakeholders the chance to have a say in how deci-
sions are made. The public policy process has also accepted and embraced this
principle as a method, both formal and informal, for policy formation, monitoring
and evaluation, owing to the interconnected interests of the two domains and the
stakeholders’ expanding involvement in the process. This has enabled better align-
ment of public policy with the needs and aspirations of society.
Stakeholders’ participation has also become an important phenomenon in
recent years in India. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the conceptualisa-
tion of Students’ and Teachers’ Holistic Advancement through Quality Education
(SARTHAQ) and the National Curriculum Framework are the results of massive
stakeholders’ participation and a bottom-up approach. Involving stakeholders in the
formulation of educational policies increases the quality of the educational system.
This kind of wide and intensive consultation process and development of policies
through a bottom-up approach ensures that diverse views are taken into considera-
tion and citizens are significant contributors in the entire process. This essentially
shows that collaboration and responsibility-sharing among stakeholders are key to
achieving educational goals.
Keywords
Stakeholders’ participation/engagement, NEP 2020, SARTHAQ, National
Curriculum Framework, public surveys
Article
Indian Journal of Public
Administration
69(3) 597–608, 2023
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1 D/o School Education & Literacy, New Delhi, India.
Corresponding author:
Rashi Sharma, D/o School Education & Literacy, New Delhi, 110001 India.
E-mail: rashi.edu@gov.in
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