New education policy foundation of 21st century ‘new India’: PM
The new National Education Policy (NEP) is the foundation of a ‘new India’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday, adding that the policy will help close the gap between education and research.
The Union Cabinet had recently cleared the NEP proposing sweeping changes in school and higher education. It is a comprehensive framework to guide the development of education in the country.
Addressing a conclave on transformational reforms in higher education under the National Education Policy’, Modi said, “The New Education Policy is the foundation of the 21st century ‘new India’. It will give youth the education and skills they need and will help close the gap between education and research.”
Emphasising on the need for critical thinking, Modi said that the current education system focuses on ‘what to think’ but the new policy will focus on ‘how to think’.
“There were no major changes in the education system in the past few years. It had caused a herd mentality in our society, instead of curiosity and imagination,” he pointed out.
The Prime Minister also said that there is a need to lay emphasis on “inquiry-based, discovery-based, and analysis-based ways” to help children learn better.
