New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the National Education Policy was approved after extensive deliberations over 3-4 years and “brainstorming over lakhs of suggestions”. He said the National Education Policy aimed at making the youth Future Ready while focussing on the national values and national goals.
Delivering the inaugural address at the ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy’ organised by the Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission here, the Prime Minister said that for years the education system had remained unchanged leading to lopsided priorities where people were focussing on either becoming a doctor, an engineer or a lawyer. He said there was no mapping of the Interest, Ability and Demand.
He said that the policy lays the foundation of the New India, the 21st Century India, the education and skills needed for the youth to strengthen India, to advance it to new heights of development and to further empower the citizens of India to make them suitable for maximum opportunities. He said the new policy had provisions to encourage critical thinking and innovative thinking develop in the youth. he said it also reflected the ideals of Guru Rabindranath on Education, which aimed at bringing our lives in harmony with all the existence. He said, a Holistic Approach was needed, “which the National Education Policy has achieved successfully”.
He said the Policy was formulated keeping in mind two biggest questions: Whether our education system motivates our youth for Creative, Curiosity and Commitment Driven Life? And whether our education system empowers our youth, helps in building an Empowered Society in the country? On this he expressed satisfaction that National Education Policy takes care of these pertinent issues. He added that the new structure of a 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 curriculum was a step in this direction.”We have to ensure that our students become Global Citizens and also remain connected to their roots,” he reiterated.
He said the emphasis on inquiry-based, discovery-based, discussion based, and analysis based learning methods for children would enhance their urge to learn and participate in the classes and would also provide for a Credit Bank so that students could have the freedom to leave a course in between and utilise them later when they want to resume their courses. “We are moving towards an era where a person will have to constantly re-skill and up-skill himself,” he said, adding that the new policy aimed at developing many technology-based content and courses. He said that concepts like virtual labs were going to carry the dream of better education to millions of peers who could not read such subjects before, which required Lab Experiment. According to him the National Education Policy was also going to play an important role in ending the gap of research and education in our country.
dialogue and coordination with Universities, Colleges, School education boards, different states, different stakeholders is about to start from here. He urged to continue the webinar on National Education Policy and keep discussing it. He expressed confidence that in this Conclave, better suggestions, effective solutions will come out regarding Effective Implementation of National Education Policy.
– globalbihari bureau
