PM Narendra Modi inaugurates 3-day seminar on NEP in Varanasi

VARANASI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated a three-day seminar in Varanasi with over 300 educationists as participants deliberating on the implementation of the National Education Policy. The Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam will provide a platform for leading Indian Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to discuss, deliberate and share insights on strategies, success stories and best practices in implementing the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020.

Addressing Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam in Varanasi. https://t.co/1SwbAU6HRE

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Modi pointed out that the NEP focuses on making children skilled based on their talents and choices. “Our youth should be skilled, confident, practical and calculative, education policy is preparing the ground for this”, he said. According to the prime minister, many new colleges, universities, IITs and IIMs are opening in India. He said that there was an increase in the number of medical colleges after 2014 by 55 percent. The CUET exam will bring ease and equality to university admissions, he further said. “The National Education Policy is now opening the way for studies in the mother tongue. In this sequence, ancient Indian languages like Sanskrit are also being carried forward”, he said.

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Organized by the ministry of education in association with the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), the seminar brings together over 300 vice-chancellors and Directors from public and private universities, educationists, policymakers, as also industry representatives to deliberate on how the implementation of NEP, 2020 can be taken further across the country after successful implementation of several initiatives in the last two years, according to a ministry statement. Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan were also present at the summit.

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