NEP 2020: New National Education Policy will create jobs, entrepreneurs; says Union Education Minister

The new National Education Policy will benefir students and will help in creating jobs and entrepreneurs that will inturn help the country's education system meet the global standards, Union Education Minister said.

The new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will help in creating jobs and entrepreneurs and help the country's education system meet the global standards, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said while addressing the 22nd convocation of IIT Guwahati virtually. The New Education Policy 2020 will benefit students, he added.

“There was no change in the education policy for almost the last three decades. Everyone has welcomed it and the new policy has received an overwhelming response from all segments of the society. Before finalising, we had consulted teachers, students, parents and other sections,” Union education minister said. The NEP will help “the Indian education system align with the global standards” in the coming years, he said.

“As former President APJ Abdul Kalam had stated during an IIT-Guwahati convocation programme here that education should create jobs and entrepreneurs, the NEP is aimed at doing the same thing. It will help create jobs and entrepreneurs in our society,” Pokhriyal said.

The Union Cabinet approved the NEP, that replaces the 34 -year-old National Policy on Education framed in 1986 and is aimed at paving the way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems to make India a global knowledge superpower. A choice between three or four-year undergraduate courses, multiple entries and exit options in degree courses, adding 3.5 crore seats in higher education institutions, which will now have a single regulator, discontinuation of M.Phil programmes and fixation of fees are among the higher education reforms outlined in the NEP.

A total of 1,803 PhD, postgraduate and undergraduate students of IIT-Guwahati have been given their degrees during the convocation programme.

“The IIT-Guwahati has played an important role in innovation during COVID-19 times. It invented many products. Even the campus is being used as COVID Care Centre, which is a contribution towards the fight against novel coronavirus,” Pokhriyal said.

While speaking at the ceremony, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal lauded the institute for extending its support to the state government to combat the coronavirus pandemic. He appreciated research works of IIT-Guwahati for controlling the perennial flood and erosion problems in Assam.

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