New Delhi: Extending full assist within the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay mentioned that key ideas underneath NEP like strengthening administrative capacities, socio-emotional studying and environmental consciousness are “very crucial” for the development of college students.
On Thursday (March 25), Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal held a digital assembly with Azoulay in New Delhi and mentioned key points of mutual significance together with NEP, India’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the assembly, Azoulay appreciated the response of India in mitigating the challenges of COVID-19 and making certain continuity of training throughout the pandemic by offering training to the scholars via totally different mediums of TV, radio and on-line to the final scholar of the nation, in keeping with an official launch.
She remarked that India’s response to COVID-19 was exceptional in phrases of scale and variety. She additionally requested the Union Minister to share the experiences and finest practices referring to the training sector of India with member states of the UNESCO.
Pokhriyal talked about initiatives undertaken to make sure continuity of training for youngsters throughout the nation. “NEP aims to transform the educational ecosystem for over 340 million students of the country. It is based on the foundations of equality, equity, access, affordability and accountability. It seeks to fulfil our Prime Minister’s vision of making India a global superpower of knowledge` and his `mission to create a global citizen,” he mentioned.
He mentioned that as really useful in NEP, the federal government will quickly deliver out college textbooks with extra emphasis on environmental training.
Stressing that concerted efforts had been taken to make sure no loss of the precious educational 12 months, he talked about Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY), an initiative for differently-able youngsters. He additionally spoke about MANODARPAN, the federal government’s initiative to supply on-line psychosocial assist to college students, academics and households for their psychological well being and emotional wellbeing.
Highlighting the essential position performed by Indian academic establishments throughout the making an attempt occasions of pandemic, Pokhriyal mentioned these establishments remodeled the challenges posed by COVID into alternatives.
