According to Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan, the National Education Policy (NEP) is a lengthy document with many new features for the benefit of students.
The Centre was anticipating that Tamil Nadu would approve the NEP, despite the fact that education is on the concurrent list of the States, he stated.
Speaking at the 34th convocation of the city’s Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Pradhan stated that the union government is receptive to fresh concepts and approaches when it comes to the NEP.
The National Education Policy (NEP) will support learning, reading, and writing in the mother tongue during the foundational years, he said. He also said that the government had asked the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) to start publishing books in all Indian languages as of the current academic year.
According to Pradhan, if children learned in their mother tongue and India’s educational system emphasised employability, empowerment, and enlightenment, their overall development would be improved.
The union minister claimed that technology was a recent disruptor and that millions of people use cell phones.
“Internet and smartphones are basic requirements and we were dependent on foreign technologies like Android or iOS. However, IIT Madras has developed technology for the indigenous 5G a few days ago,” he pointed out.
Indians have taken the vaccine, but no one in the world got certificate within a few seconds after taking it like in our country. It is such type of technology we are developing in India.
Referring to Covid-19 vaccines, Pradhan said
Highlighting about women empowerment, the union minister said, “Tamil Nadu is much more ahead of the rest of the country and the state has the highest number of working women in the country. India is the mother of democracy and Tamil Nadu the epicenter.”
During India’s G20 Presidency this year, “I expect discussion and deliberation takes place about it in the university.”
Later, in response to a query regarding a reduced budget allocation for NEP, the union minister claimed that the information was incorrect.
“The government and the finance ministry were extending full support to the new education policy and in the next budget, more funds will be allocated,” he said.
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