National Education Policy doesn’t belong to one government but the country: PM Modi

The Prime Minister said that the new NEP should be implemented successfully irrespective of the government in power. He further said that NEP 2020 should have less involvement from the government.

The new National Education Policy (NEP) adopted recently belongs to the country and not to one government and it should be implemented in letter and spirit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during the virtual address of the Governors' Conference on the NEP. The Prime Minister said that the new NEP should be implemented successfully irrespective of the government in power. He further said that NEP 2020 should have less involvement from the government.

The conference ‘Role of NEP 2020 in Transforming Higher Education’ was being organised by the Ministry of education.

The Prime Minister further said the awareness amongst students, teachers and parents about the NEP should be as comprehensive as the stakeholder consultation that led to the drafting of the policy itself. The key to NEP’s success, he said, lies in stakeholder involvement. NEP 2020, with its “one-size-fits-all” approach, will develop skillful youth. It focuses on learning instead of study; critical thinking instead of curriculum; passion, practicality, and performance instead of focus, PM Modi said.

“It is equally important that our awareness (about the NEP and its provisions) should be as deep and wide-ranging as the consultation process. It’s important to discuss all the provisions and nitty-gritty of this document. It can only be implemented once all doubts and questions in people’s minds are addressed,” he said.

“When we move towards change, it’s natural for doubts and questions to arise in people’s minds. Parents may wonder how the move to dissolve subject streams would affect their child’s future. Teachers may want to know how the curriculum for such studies will be designed. Stakeholders could have questions about the availability of adequate resources to meet the objectives of the NEP,” he said.

He further urged all the Governors present at the conference to conduct the virtual events until September 25 in their respective state to help all the stakeholders understand the policy better.

“To make India atmanirbhar, it’s important for our youth to be skilled. Vocational exposure at a young age and practical learning will help them become employable and this will also increase our share in the global job market,” he said. “The new National Education Policy also talks about tackling brain drain. If the world’s best universities come to India then students will not want to study abroad. Also, our universities will become more competitive with the entry of foreign universities,” he added.

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