Pune-based research scholar Nawaj Shaikh, whose design won the logo contest for the new national education policy, wants the government to draw up an "all inclusive" strategy which reflects the aspirations of students, teachers and also parents.
"The policy could help India transform from a developing country to a developed one and create the right environment to impart the best education to students from all sections of society," Shaikh said during an interaction with reporters here.
He was introduced by HRD Minister Smriti Irani as the winner of the national logo design competition, which carried a cash prize of Rs 10,000.
The 33-year-old is the son of a daily-wage labourer and studied at a zilla parishad school in a village in Solapur district of Maharashtra.
Shaikh is now pursuing a Ph.D and is engaged as a technical officer at the National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) in Pune.
"He fought a war with illiteracy to make his life," Irani said, adding that, for the first time, the logo has been designed by a common man and not by any advertising agency or corporate house.
The exhaustive deliberations among all stakeholders on the proposed new policy began on Republic Day this year. Feedback is being sought from the village, district and state level.
The draft of the policy is expected to be in place by December of this year.
