NEP 2020 envisions skill and education as one: Pradhan
The Education Minister spoke on leveraging skills to boost employability, reap demographic dividend and make Indian skills ecosystem more vibrant.
Education and skills have to play an important role in converting our demographic dividend into a transformative powerhouse, said Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. He added that India is blessed with a demographic dividend.
Pradhan while speaking during the 13th FICCI Global Skills Summit spoke on leveraging skills to boost employability, reap demographic dividend and make Indian skills ecosystem more vibrant.
“For our economy to be more productive and robust, we must make our workforce more educated & skilled. Simplification of labour codes and apprenticeship act has added more vibrancy to our workforce. We are bringing in more reforms to make our workforce more productive,” said Dharmendra Pradhan.
Education Minister said that NEP 2020 envisions skill and education as one. Pradhan said: “We are coming up with #DigitalUniversity with multiple entry & exit frameworks and academic bank of credit to facilitate our workforce. Our industry has to adopt these policy reforms and flexible frameworks”.
He also called for building a stronger academia-industry-policymaker connect and work with a collective approach to drive further transformation in the education and skills sector as well as boost employability of Indian talented workforce and new generations.
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