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NEW DELHI: A government-appointed committee on National Policy on Education is likely to make radical recommendations to restructure education from school to the university level to a more flexible and semester-based system, set up an overarching education authority and bring in a strong Indian component in the curricula and the way it is taught. The focus of the long-awaited policy is likely to be on a holistic and liberalised overview of education that allows students to opt for varied subjects and move across courses and institutes with greater flexibility. The nine-member committee headed by scientist K Kasturirangan was set up under the Modi government in its previous term to recommend a new national policy on education. Its near 500-page report will be formally submitted to the human resource development ministry this week. As per the ministry’s 100-day plan under the new Modi government, this policy will be taken to the Cabinet for approval in July after public inputs on it are received.An apex national-level overarching education authority with eminent people on board may be set up to help take a holistic view on education. ET gathers that the committee is likely to recommend a more consolidated overview of education — right from school to the university — instead of the current approach of seeing early childhood education, primary and secondary education and higher education as separate and compartmentalised entities. As recommended by previous committees, a pitch is likely to be made to include pre-primary or early childhood education in the larger school education umbrella.For higher education, a single regulator is likely to be proposed to replace multiple agencies like the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The idea is to separate grant giving, accreditation and standard-setting functions and free up academic institutes. In fact, various committees and governments have recommended a single regulator for higher education and consideration of it is part of the HRD ministry’s 100-day plan. The policy may recommend a similar single regulator for school education as well.It is gathered that a strong focus is likely to be proposed in the curricula and teaching-learning on Indian knowledge systems and India’s contribution to various discipline