New Delhi: The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will construct robust foundations for an Atmanirbhar Bharat, mentioned Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal `Nishank` on Wednesday.
He replied to the dialogue on the demand for Grants of the Ministry of Education for the 12 months 2021-22 in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. According to a press assertion, Pokhriyal mentioned NEP will construct robust foundations for an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ and assist India declare its standing as a `Vishwaguru`.
Pokhriyal emphasised that the NEP was formulated after holding broad-base and wider consultations with each stakeholders, together with lecturers, college students, academicians, dad and mom and college students amongst others.
The Minister mentioned that the NEP relies on agency foundations of fairness, high quality and accessibility. He spoke about options of NEP 2020, which incorporates imparting vocational schooling from class 6 onwards, progress card instead of report card, 5+3+3+4 construction, multidisciplinary schooling with simple entry/exit choices and educational financial institution of credit score.
Pokhriyal additionally added that a number of nations have acknowledged the NEP as the most important reform of the world. Speaking on the funds allocation for schooling for the 12 months 2021-22, Pokhriyal mentioned that for the Department of School Education and literacy, the full funds allocation in 2021-22 is Rs 54873.66 crore, which is a rise of Rs 2,684.59 crore as in comparison with that of final 12 months.
For the Department of Higher Education, the full funds allocation in 2021-22 is Rs 38350.65 crore, which is a rise of Rs 5450.65 crore as in comparison with final 12 months’s funds.Speaking in regards to the authorities’s impetus to spice up analysis and innovation, the Minister talked about about National Research Foundation. He additionally mentioned that there’s a shift from bundle tradition to the patent tradition amongst college students now.
Enumerating initiative and efforts taken by the federal government to make sure continuity of schooling throughout difficult instances of COVID, Pokhriyal mentioned schooling was offered through on-line and digital mediums via Swayam, SwayamPrabha, E Pathshala, DIKSHA. He additionally talked about that Manodarpan Portal was launched to supply 24*7 counselling providers to the scholars.
Board Exams and aggressive exams (JEE and NEET) had been performed efficiently, he added. He additionally highlighted that within the 12 months 2019-20, 8.19 lakh college students had been being offered schooling via IGNOU, whereas the determine was 3.98 lakh college students within the 12 months 2013-14. The variety of analysis students in greater schooling within the 12 months 2019-20 stood at 2.02 lakhs whereas it was 1.07 lakh within the 12 months 2013-14, he added.Â
