Last updated: January 23, 2023, 1:34 PM IST
Although education is on the concurrent list of the states, the center expects Tamil Nadu to accept NEP. (Representative image)
The National Education Policy (NEP) is not a single page document but contains many new features for the benefit of students, Education and Skills Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here Saturday.
The National Education Policy (NEP) is not a single page document but contains many new features for the benefit of students, Education and Skills Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here Saturday.
Though education is on the states’ contemporaneous list, the center expects Tamil Nadu to accept NEP, he said.
The Union government is open to ideas and new methods when it comes to NEP, Pradhan said at the 34th meeting of the city’s Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphatically said that everyone should learn the mother tongue and that the NEP will help in learning, reading and writing in the mother tongue in the early years. ) to publish books in all Indian languages from this academic year.
The holistic development of the children will be better if they study in the mother tongue and education in India focuses on employability, empowerment and enlightenment, he said.
The Union minister stated that technology was a new disruptor and said millions of people use mobile phones. “Internet and smartphones are basic necessities and we depended on foreign technologies such as Android or iOS. However, IIT Madras developed technology for the indigenous 5G a few days ago,” he stressed.
Referring to COVID-19 vaccines, Pradhan said, “Indians took the vaccine, but no one in the world got a certificate like our country within seconds of taking it. It’s the kind of technology we’re developing in India.’ The Union Minister emphasized the empowerment of women: ‘Tamil Nadu is much more ahead of the rest of the country and the state has the highest number of employed women in the country. the mother of democracy and Tamil Nadu the epicenter.” During India’s G20 presidency this year, “I expect there will be discussion and deliberation at the university about it,” he said.
Later, in response to a question about a reduced budget allocation for NEP, the Union minister said it was misinformation. “The government and the finance ministry gave their full support to the new education policy and more resources will be allocated in the next budget,” he said.
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