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Education ecosystem fully equipped to make youth future-ready: Pradhan

Most of the jobs in coming years will lie in the domain of new technologies and India's education and skill ecosystems are fully oriented to make the country's youth future-ready to dominate the world of jobs, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here on Thursday. India is set to lead the world in terms of the working age population in the next 25-30 years and the eyes of the entire world are set on the Indian youth, said the Union minister of education, skill development and entrepreneurship while addressing a seminar at the 10th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. The government, in line with the National Education Policy (NEP), is diligently working on fostering greater synergy between education and skill. There are no two views that the country needs to foster and develop a proficient and skilled workforce capable of fostering the nation's advancement and prosperity, he said. Mastery of digital skills is now more .

NEP a template for emerging economies to transform human capital: Pradhan

India's New Education Policy (NEP) can act as a template for emerging economies towards developing strategies and policies for transforming human capital into well-rounded global citizens, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday. Pradhan, who also holds the skill development and entrepreneurship portfolio, made the comments while addressing the second edition of the India-hosted Voice of Global South Summit. "NEP as a philosophical document can act as a template for emerging economies towards developing comprehensive strategies and agile policies for transforming human capital into well-rounded global citizens with values of compassion and humility," he said. "NEP has catalysed transformation in our education and skill ecosystem and we are eager to share our experience with partner countries," he said. Pradhan said that no country can solve any problem or achieve goals on its own. "We must act on shared aspirations, devise common strategies, built on the twin pi

UGC proposal allows postgraduate students flexibility in selecting courses

Higher education regulator proposes that students have the option to pursue two courses simultaneously and get credits for work experience

NEP will address challenges in teaching-learning English: Jitendra Singh

The Technology & Bharatiya Bhasha summit aimed to facilitate a smooth transition from the current education system to one rooted in 'Bharatiya' languages, to better align with the vision of NEP 2020

Commercialisation of education, health never in interest of society: V-P

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has said commercialisation of education and health can never be in the interest of society. He expressed hope that the current situation will change with the implementation of the new National Education Policy. Dhankhar was addressing the 11th foundation day ceremony of Sri Karan Narendra Agriculture University in Jobner here on Thursday. He said that earlier in India, education and health were not considered business but now the situation has changed. He stressed that commercialisation of education and health can never be in the interest of society. In this context, the vice president said the National Education Policy, prepared after extensive brainstorming, will bring about a change in the situation. The vice president said that today India's voice is being heard all over the world. There was a time when the country barely had foreign currency reserves for 15 days of imports, but today the reserves are above USD 600 billion. According to an offi

NEP's stress buster: Board exams twice a year, suggest education ministry

Education minister releases National Curriculum framework recommending provision for students to retain best score from either of their attempts

Mental slavery: BJP's CT Ravi hits out at K'taka govt for scrapping NEP

The BJP leader asked the Government why is it scrapping National Education Policy, asking if the government had thoroughly studied the NEP

K'taka to set up committee to formulate education policy after scraping NEP

The Karnataka government on Monday decided to set up a committee to formulate education policy for the state -- while continuing the old education system for now -- as it has already made its view public that it will scrap the National Education Policy (NEP) mooted by the BJP-led union government. The previous BJP government in Karnataka had introduced the new NEP in Karnataka but with the Congress government taking over, it decided to do away with the policy. On Monday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah chaired a meeting on the subject with Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, Higher Education Minister Dr M C Sudhakar, Primary Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa, well-known author Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa and senior government officials present. Later a statement was issued by the CMO denouncing the NEP. Since it is a state subject, the central government cannot formulate education policy. The National Education Policy has been formulated without taking the state governments into .

NEP 2020 flexible, not imposed on states by Centre: FM Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday asserted that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is flexible and is not imposed on states by the Centre. States can adopt the policy according to their requirements, she said at the launch event for Desia' and Kuwi' (tribal languages) primer books in Bhubaneswar, along with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. NEP is a flexible policy. It is not something that the Centre decides and imposes on all the states. It is a broad framework and the states can adopt it according to their requirements, Sitharaman said. She said the NEP is a result of different people putting their minds together after extensive consultation. Sitharaman also said that when one learns, speaks and thinks in one's mother tongue, there's clarity of thought. That is why learning in the mother tongue is important. The central government is making all-out efforts for the education of tribal children. Speaking on the occasion, Pradhan said there are

HC questions DU's decision of admission to law courses through CLAT

The Delhi High Court on Thursday questioned the Delhi University's decision to admit students to the five-year integrated law course solely on the basis of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT-UG), 2023. The high court said when other central universities were taking admissions for the course on the basis of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) UG 2023 introduced by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Delhi University was not special. Under the National Education Policy, once the decision is taken by the Government of India, Ministry of Education that admissions are to be done in central universities only on the basis of CUET, then you are not special. Very sorry, a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula said. The high court was hearing a petition challenging the decision of DU to grant admissions to the five-year integrated law course solely on the basis of CLAT-UG, 2023. The bench granted time to the counsel for DU to seek further instructions i

Meet in Delhi later this month on successful implementation of NEP'20: MoS

Union Minister of State for Education Rajkumar Ranjan Singh on Saturday said to observe the "successful implementation" of National Education Policy 2020, a meet will be held on July 29-30 in Delhi which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Participants ranging from schools to the highest level of research institutes will participate in the meet where usage of green hydrogen and presenting driverless car will be among the highlights along with other innovations, he told PTI on the sidelines of a meet on education organised by ASSOCHAM. "We will show how certain innovations can be linked up with industry," he said. National Education Policy envisages linking industry with research and innovation, to transform and strengthen our education system as the NEP wishes to all focus on developing essential skills, the union minister said. "We wish to internationalise our education system. NEP aims at harnessing the creative potential of each individual, enabling the creative

NEP 2020 being implemented in foundation stage of school education: Goa CM

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is being implemented in the foundation stage (one) of school education in Goa from the academic year 2023-24, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said. The NEP for higher education is being implemented in a phased manner as per directives of the Ministry of Education, UGC, NITI Aayog and recommendations of the Chief Secretaries' Conference held in Dharamshala, Sawant said in a written reply in the Goa assembly on Tuesday. He was responding to a question tabled by the opposition members on the implementation of NEP 2020. In a written reply tabled in the assembly, Sawant, who also holds education portfolio, said the new NEP 2020 academic structure has been implemented starting from the first year (2023 onwards) at the under graduate (UG) level in all non-technical colleges in Goa. The monsoon session of Goa legislative assembly began on Tuesday.

DU played vital role in National Education Policy's implementation: Pradhan

Delhi University is not only associated with Delhi but with the whole nation and was the first university that raised voice against the Emergency, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Friday, Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Delhi University's centenary celebrations, he said the University has witnessed the fight of Independence. DU is not only associated with Delhi but the whole nation. DU was the first education institute to raise voice against the Emergency in 1975. It has played a vital role in the implementation of the National Education Policy, he said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the chief guest at the event. He laid the foundation stone of three buildings and also launched two coffee table books on the University. Speaking at the event, Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh announced that Delhi University has recruited about 2,200 faculty members this year. "Delhi University has recruited about 2,200 faculty members this year and this was possible only because o

105 universities to start 4-year undergraduate programme from this session

The Four-Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommendations

Setting sights on intl students, IITs, IIMs make plans for foreign campuses

IIT Madras is in active discussions to set up a campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and IIM Nagpur is planning to set up a campus in Singapore

144 institutions in Maharashtra to start NEP implementation this yr: Patil

At least 144 autonomous educational institutions in Maharashtra will start implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) from the current academic year, state minister Chandrakant Patil said on Friday. Addressing a news conference here, the higher education minister said the NEP 2020 will be implemented in phases. In the first phase, 87 general and 57 professional autonomous educational institutes in the state will implement the policy in this academic year, Patil said. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has given approval to 36 educational institutes to operate as autonomous bodies, he said. "These (autonomous) institutes should start the courses according to the new National Education Policy using their autonomy," Patil said. The move will provide at least 3,500 colleges in the state a framework or model for implementation of the new policy, he said. The minister said by September 30, all universities will have to declare a plan for the implementation of the NEP, an

Assam govt launches NEP for higher educational institutes in state

The Assam government has formally launched the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in higher educational institutions in the state on Saturday

Smriti Irani launches 'Poshan Bhi, Padhai Bhi' scheme to strengthen EECE

The Mnistry's event was attended by over 800 Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) functionaries from different states and was chaired by Smriti Irani

PM Modi slams Congress for proposing to scrap National Education Policy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flayed the Congress for allegedly "hindering" the future of children by proposing to scrap the National Education Policy (NEP), which enables a child to pursue his or her studies in one's mother tongue. Addressing an election rally here, the Prime Minister said NEP has been formulated to ensure that the lack of knowledge of English should not stop an economically weaker child from rural areas from becoming a doctor or an engineer. However, the Congress has said in its election manifesto to scrap NEP and introduce Karnataka Education Policy which, he alleged, will spoil the future of a child. Amidst the best efforts of the BJP government, the Congress has become an "enemy of rural children", according to him. The Congress, in its manifesto released earlier this week, said it will reject the National Education Policy 2020 and form a 'State Education Policy'. "The BJP government has distorted the textbooks by insulting the great souls of Karnata

Class 10, 12 boards results may take marks of previous class into account

Board exams in two terms might be back for class 12 and the final result for classes 10 and 12 will take into account the marks of previous class, according to the draft National Curriculum Framework (NCF). The NCF, which is being drafted according to the new National Education Policy (NEP), also proposes doing away with the current practice of dividing streams into science, arts or humanities and commerce for classes 11 and 12. The NCF was last revised in 2005. However, this is not the first attempt at reforming board exams. The Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) was introduced for class 10 in 2009 but was revoked in 2017 and the board reverted to the old model of year-end exams. The board exams for classes 10 and 12 were also split into two terms during the pandemic as a one-time measure but the old format of year-end examination was resumed for the crucial exams this year. While the draft NCF proposes two term exams for classes 11 and 12 calling it "modular board exa