"The cabinet has not cleared any policy draft on New Education Policy. It is in the making. There were inputs that were published. Some people and organisations thought that is the New Education Policy and started protesting in Tamil Nadu and Kerala," Javadekar said.
"Minority education, they thought that it will be taken off. Let me clarify, we don't want to tinker with the constitutional provision on education. Let me be very clear and emphatic," he said.
"Sometimes perceptions make a very different scenario," he said about the controversy surrounding the NEP.
Later, speaking to reporters, he reiterated that only some "inputs" of NEP had been published and that "no draft has been finalised."
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"We have received thousands of suggestions. We will take all of their support and prepare a complete new draft which will go to the cabinet," he said, adding, various stakeholders will be taken along on this matter.
"More than 100 MPs said they are coming because this is the national consensus. This is the agenda which we want to take ahead," he added.
On seeking suggestions on the NEP, "thousands and thousands" of good suggestions have been received, he said.
"It is a meaningful dialogue (which is) already on and after taking those suggestions on board we will make a final draft which will be put before the people," Javadekar said.
improving the quality of education in the country and laid focus on innovation, saying countries like Singapore and South Korea were forging ahead because of innovation.
He also called for an education system allowing children to be inquisitive, where teachers can listen to them, as it would enable them to innovate in the future.
Further, the Central government was keen in ensuring that the best practices in education sector were spread all over the country and wanted to involve various stakeholders in this process, he said.
"Government's power is power of multiplication. I can't innovate. And the government system doesn't innovate much. Innovation is somewhere else. We can adopt and spread the innovation of one school to millions of others. That is the power of multiplication of power. And we want all good ideas to be taken on board in ways acceptable to all," he said.
But the libraries and institutions were destroyed by the invaders but "now nobody can make invasion in India," he said.
"No way. We are strong," he added.