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PM Modi to address event on education policy on July 29
- 28,Jul 2021
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an event on July 29 to mark one year of the new National Education Policy (NEP), according to sources. The new education policy was passed for implementation in July 2020.
“The prime minister will address the event on completion of one year of the NEP. He is likely to talk about the progress made so far on implementation of the policy and will also share a roadmap for projects in the pipeline and their timelines,” a source said.
The NEP approved by the Union Cabinet last year at a meeting presided by Prime Minister Modi, replaced the National Policy on Education framed in 1986. It is aimed at paving the way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems to make India a global knowledge superpower.
Features of National Education Policy 2020
The National Education Policy 2020 was approved last year, with the idea of revamping the school and higher education system in India. It was the first educational policy to be passed in the country in the past 34 years, as per reports.
Some of the provisions of NEP 2020 in school education include infrastructure support, innovative education centres to bring back dropouts into the mainstream, tracking of students and their learning levels, facilitating multiple pathways to learning involving both formal and non-formal education modes, and association of counselors or well-trained social workers with schools.
When it comes to higher education, the NEP 2020 also aims to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education including vocational education from 26.3 percent (2018) to 50 percent by 2035. At least 3.5 crore new seats will be added to higher education institutions.
The National Research Foundation will be created as an apex body for fostering a strong research culture and building research capacity across higher education, according to the education policy.
