Yogi Adityanath calls for immediate NAAC grading of UP’s eligible higher education institutions

NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today reviewed the implementation of the National Education Policy, NEP 2020 in the state. With the implementation of this policy, students will not be limited to bookish knowledge, but their practical and technical knowledge will also be enriched, the CM said. Adityanath asked for immediate National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) grading of all eligible higher education institutions in the state.

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During the review meeting, the CM praised the private educational institutions and said that the motto of Indian culture 'Aa no bhadraah kratavo yantu visvata' should be embraced and their best practices should be implemented in government institutions.

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“The National Education Policy has been made effective in all the universities of the state at the graduation level from the current session. Now it should be implemented at the post graduate level from the next session,” Adityanath said.

77.7% of the population of Uttar Pradesh resides in rural areas. Therefore, under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan scheme, educational institutions should be connected with rural areas and special emphasis should be laid on courses related to rural development, Adityanath added.

School education

Talking about schools, the CM stated that inter-departmental convergence programmes 'Operation Kayakalp' and 'School Chalo Abhiyan' have been successfully implemented in 1.33 lakh schools. The state government has invested Rs 6,200 crore for the development of infrastructure facilities in schools. “It should be ensured that along with the admission of children in the council school, their uniform and text material are available. Funds are being sent directly to the parent's bank account for children's uniforms, sweaters, school bags,” Adityanath said.

The CM said that attendance of teachers in schools is mandatory and proxy teachers will not be accepted. He asked to arrange smart classes and book banks in every council school.

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Coming to Anganwadi centres, Adityanath said that the development of Anganwadi centers as pre-primary is yielding good results. He asked to promote technology in schools. 'Project Alankar' should be successfully implemented for the development of infrastructure facilities in the schools of the Board of Secondary Education, he said. The CM asked to constitute the State School Standards Authority as soon as possible in these schools for “efficient resource and effective governance”.

Experiment-based educational system

Moreover, the Chief Minister asked to develop a hybrid system of online and offline teaching to protect school going children from excessive exposure to technology. He also suggested encouraging private investment in school education.

Adityanath asked stakeholders to prepare separate web portals for all 27,907 secondary schools which should include all the information related to the school from the bio-data of the teachers working on the portal to the number of students, availability of subjects, examination results, history, social contribution.

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He suggested establishment of 5,000 'Abhyudaya Composite' schools in the next four years with a target of 5 to 6 schools in each development block and at least one model composite school in every district.

Adityanath called for an experiment based educational system in secondary classes. He asked to start smart classes in all government schools. The work of training of basic and secondary teachers should be continued in collaboration with reputed institutions, the CM said.

“In the secondary classes, we should include the current technical knowledge topics in the curriculum. Basic knowledge of topics like Disaster Management, Secure Digital Banking, Data Security, Traffic Management, Fire Safety should also be given,” Yogi Adityanath further stated.