New Education Policy 2020: Here's what prominent educationalists have to say
4 years, 5 months ago

New Education Policy 2020: Here's what prominent educationalists have to say

India Today  

On Wednesday, India received a New Education Policy which was approved by the Union Cabinet. Expert’s opinion on the New Education Policy India Today got some experts talking about the New Education Policy and this is what they have to say. The Principal of Springdales School, Amita Wattal is also convinced with the New Education Policy. Former DUTA president Aditya Narayan Mishra was critical about the New Education Policy and feels like the new policy is a failure. Read: India gets New Education Policy after 34 years: Bag-less Day, new board exam pattern among other changes

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Government to reduce coaching, boost holistic education: Dharmendra Pradhan
1 month ago

Government to reduce coaching, boost holistic education: Dharmendra Pradhan

India Today  

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted the government's aim to reduce students' dependency on coaching centres and adopt a holistic approach to school education. “We aim to eradicate coaching dependency by introducing AI-driven learning systems, like the one at IIT Kanpur, to help students prepare for exams with interactive methods," says the education minister. "We are aiming to make Indian …

An education policy that could make a difference
1 month, 3 weeks ago

An education policy that could make a difference

China Daily  

Kids' educational test scores are a major cause for concern across the world. Indonesia embraced all these popular policies at once: it doubled education spending to achieve one of the lowest class sizes in the world while doubling teachers pay — yet another landmark randomized controlled study showed "no improvement in student learning". When my think tank, Copenhagen Consensus Center, …

National Education Day 2024: ‘Padhega India!’, educationists, CEOs & founders share valuable insights
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2 months ago

National Education Day 2024: ‘Padhega India!’, educationists, CEOs & founders share valuable insights

Hindustan Times  

It was on January 16, 1948, when India’s first Minister of Education Maulana Abul Kalam Azad said, “We must not for a moment forget, it is a birthright of every individual to receive at least the basic education without which he cannot fully discharge his duties as a citizen.” This impactful statement ultimately became the foundation of a uniform national …

New National Education Policy shows progress: President Murmu
5 months ago

New National Education Policy shows progress: President Murmu

The Hindu  

“Cultivating young minds and creating a new mindset that takes the best of traditions and contemporary knowledge is priority, and the new National Education Policy has already started showing results in this regard,” President Droupadi Murmu said on Wednesday. Addressing the Nation on the evening of the 78th Independence Day, President Murmu said the Amrit Kaal, which is the ongoing …

From Pandemic Necessity to Future Revolution: Why Online Education is Here to Stay
1 year, 9 months ago

From Pandemic Necessity to Future Revolution: Why Online Education is Here to Stay

News 18  

Even before the advent and unfortunate spread of Covid-19, online education was slowly spreading roots in India. The sheer scale and speed of the spread has helped to speed up its implementation across the country, and we are left with the question: Is online education the new norm going forward? Online education is already the norm in several countries across …

New Education Policy will be implemented soon: Amit Shah in Gujarat
1 year, 9 months ago

New Education Policy will be implemented soon: Amit Shah in Gujarat

Live Mint  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said here on Sunday that the New Education Policy, which is intended to make youth global citizens, will be implemented soon. If I say in simple terms, the purpose of the new education policy is to make the new generation global citizens," Shah said. Laying thrust on the NEP 2020, he said, "no one has …

Education through digital format for Intermediate students in AP
1 year, 11 months ago

Education through digital format for Intermediate students in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has advised officials to finalise plans for introduction of the digital format education for Intermediate students on the lines of the digital studies in schools in the state. The Chief Minister asked the officials to submit proposals on arranging digital learning methods for Intermediate students, similar to the way IFP display panels are …

For New India, new system and modern processes are critical, says PM Modi in Varanasi
2 years, 6 months ago

For New India, new system and modern processes are critical, says PM Modi in Varanasi

Firstpost  

The prime minister who inaugurated the three-day meet on implementation of the National Education Policy, said ‘we should not only prepare degree holder youth but give our education system to the country, whatever human resources are needed for the country to move forward New Delhi: For creating a New India, a new system and modern processes are critical, said Prime …

PM Modi reviews implementation of National Education Policy 2020
2 years, 8 months ago

PM Modi reviews implementation of National Education Policy 2020

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 on Saturday. In school education, initiatives like quality ECCE in Balavatika, NIPUN Bharat, Vidya Pravesh, examination reforms and innovative pedagogies like Art-Integrated Education, toy-based pedagogy are being adopted for better learning outcomes and holistic development of children. Multidisciplinarity in higher education The PM was also informed that …

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education
2 years, 11 months ago

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education

News 18  

The Budget announcement every year by the Finance Minister is a big event typically followed by praise, criticism, expression of opinions by experts and conversation among people in general. Besides the usual provisions, a Digital University has been proposed to give access to world-class quality education to all students with personalised learning experience at their doorstep. The Budget also focuses …

Our National Education Policy could yet rescue school students
3 years, 1 month ago

Our National Education Policy could yet rescue school students

Live Mint  

The National Education Policy 2020 is truly transformative. One parallel is the first National Education Policy that emerged from the Kothari Commission in 1968. Our school education faces an unprecedented crisis, one of enormous learning losses for about 220 million children because schools were shut for over 18 months. Combined with the policy’s large commitment to transforming the care and …

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
3 years, 2 months ago

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System

News 18  

Education remains the solitary ray of hope for many to break the vicious circle of poverty. However, the data released by the Unified District Information System for Education for the academic session 2019-20 shows that 78 per cent of schools in India don’t have internet facilities and more than 61 per cent do not even have computers. Approximately 12 crore …

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas
3 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday stressed on bridging the digital gap in the present era of information and communication technology so everyone can get practical benefit of online education. In order to make quality education accessible to everyone from urban to rural areas, special emphasis has been laid on online and digital education in the new education policy, Mishra …

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas
3 years, 2 months ago

Rajasthan governor stresses on bridging digital gap for students in rural areas

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra on Monday stressed on bridging the digital gap in the present era of information and communication technology so everyone can get practical benefit of online education. Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra stresses on bridging the digital gap so that everyone can get practical benefit of online education. In order to make quality education accessible to everyone from …

New Education Policy 2020 to help provide affordable, quality education to students: Dharmendra Pradhan
3 years, 3 months ago

New Education Policy 2020 to help provide affordable, quality education to students: Dharmendra Pradhan

India Today  

On Thursday, the Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, said that several provisions are outlined in the new New Education Policy which aims at internationalism in education and helping in providing students with an affordable and quality education. The new National Education Policy has provisions which focus on internationalisation of education and multidisciplinary education," Pradhan said in his address during the …

Virtual Schools to Alternative Academic Calendar: Education Minister Launches Key Initiatives of NEP 2020
3 years, 4 months ago

Virtual Schools to Alternative Academic Calendar: Education Minister Launches Key Initiatives of NEP 2020

News 18  

The makeshift mode of taking offline learning online has been mainstreamed and now will be offered in form of a structured virtual school. This has been created by the National Institute of Open School and launched by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today. Pradhan launched five key initiatives under the National Education Policy 2020 today including a booklet on one-year …

NEP 2020 now being accepted worldwide, says former Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
3 years, 5 months ago

NEP 2020 now being accepted worldwide, says former Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

India TV News  

NEP 2020: As National Education Policy will complete a year on July 29, the former Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, the man behind NEP said that the "country's education policy is now being accepted worldwide." "Almost everyone applaud the National Education Policy and embraced it.," the former education minister said. Jyoti Arora, Principal, Mount Abu Public School- "One year of National …

Committed to ensuring time-bound implementation of new education policy: Pradhan
3 years, 6 months ago

Committed to ensuring time-bound implementation of new education policy: Pradhan

Live Mint  

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said his focus will be on achieving the objectives of the new National Education Policy in a time-bound manner. Pradhan, along with three newly appointed Ministers of State for Education Annapurna Devi, Subhas Sarkar and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, reviewed the progress in implementation of NEP. The NEP approved by the Union Cabinet last …

Pokhriyal to Meet Education Secretaries, Discussion on Upcoming Academic Session Likely
3 years, 7 months ago

Pokhriyal to Meet Education Secretaries, Discussion on Upcoming Academic Session Likely

News 18  

Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will meet education secretaries from all the states today. A discussion on school reopening, mode of education for the upcoming academic session is likely to take place. Union minister will assess promotion of online education, implementation of the New Education policy, and preparation made by states. For the new academic sessions, while the AICTE …

NEP will help in nation building, assures Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
3 years, 10 months ago

NEP will help in nation building, assures Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

India Today  

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Tuesday said that the National Education Policy 2020 will transform India and once again make the country a 'Vishwa Guru'. Pokhriyal said the NEP saw elaborate consultations and deliberations which did not happen till date in the world with direct consultations with 33 crore students and their parents, 1.1 crore teachers and professors, 1,000 …

The blank pages in India’s online learning experience
3 years, 10 months ago

The blank pages in India’s online learning experience

The Hindu  

The world is presently grappling with the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the social, economic and political spheres. This is crucial as studies conducted on government-run schools in various States indicate poor performance — a majority of children, especially girl students, have missed out much on the various e-mail platforms offered. The long closure of schools has also …

NEP 2020: How can India become center for public policy education in next five years?
3 years, 11 months ago

NEP 2020: How can India become center for public policy education in next five years?

India Today  

India is a desirable destination in the Global Higher Education space. The present-day, low-trust, high-touch regulatory approach needs to be replaced with a trust-but-verify mode, giving the better performing institutions greater autonomy to develop long-term roadmaps for emerging areas like public policy. Different public policy courses: Public policy courses designed to keep Indian ethos with the western public policy frameworks …

Shashi Tharoor to inaugurate National Education Policy Conclave 2021
4 years ago

Shashi Tharoor to inaugurate National Education Policy Conclave 2021

India Today  

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor will inaugurate the National Education Policy Conclave 2021, organised by Clymbe, which will take place on January 12, from 4:00 pm. Clymbe will introduce teenagers in India to 250+ career options and provide early-skills training in 10+ sectors of the future - AgriTech, FinTech, ClimateTech, MediaTech, ConsumerTech, SpaceTech, CreativeTech, HealthTech, Build For Bharat and EdTech. Read: …

How to implement National Education Policy 2020
4 years ago

How to implement National Education Policy 2020

India Today  

A well-defined, well-planned and progressive education policy is a must for every country because education is the cornerstone of economic and social progress. Main highlights of NEP The new education policy aims at overhauling the India's existing education regime, making it more learner-centric. NEP 2020 has as its main tenets: flexibility, so that learners can choose their learning trajectories; equal …

The National Education Policy is Yet Another Dakshina from Ekalavyas of the Indian Republic
4 years, 1 month ago

The National Education Policy is Yet Another Dakshina from Ekalavyas of the Indian Republic

News 18  

“Brahmanism could taunt you with the mask of nationalism, flaunt itself as Ramana Maharshi, beseech you with its invocations of Saivism, implore your attention as Vaishnavism. But, the recently adopted National Education Policy 2020 has the audacity to not mention the Fundamental Rights or Directive Principles. The NEP 2020 begins with acknowledging one, that “education is fundamental for developing an …

NEP 2020: Ramesh Pokhriyal to answer students' questions on new education policy today
4 years, 3 months ago

NEP 2020: Ramesh Pokhriyal to answer students' questions on new education policy today

India Today  

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will address the queries of students regarding the National Education Policy 2020 through his official Twitter handle today i.e. Candidates who want to clear their doubts regarding the new education policy can tweet their questions using #NEPTransformingIndia and tag the education minister’s official Twitter handle. pic.twitter.com/jir7TC3KTf — Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank October 1, 2020 Queries …

New Education Policy 2020 will help create jobs, entrepreneurs: Pokhriyal
4 years, 3 months ago

New Education Policy 2020 will help create jobs, entrepreneurs: Pokhriyal

Live Mint  

Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Tuesday said the NEP will facilitate creating of jobs and entrepreneurs and help the country's education system meet the global standards. The New Education Policy 2020 will benefit students, he said addressing the 22nd convocation of IIT Guwahati through a video conference. "As former President APJ Abdul Kalam had stated during an IIT-Guwahati convocation programme …

New education policy aims to achieve twin objectives of inclusion, excellence: President Kovind
4 years, 3 months ago

New education policy aims to achieve twin objectives of inclusion, excellence: President Kovind

The Hindu  

The new National Education Policy aims to reorient the education system towards meeting the needs of the 21st century by achieving the twin objectives of inclusion and excellence, President Ram Nath Kovind said Saturday. Addressing the Visitors’ Conference on ‘Implementation of National Education Policy 2020 in Higher Education’, the President said the policy sets the vision of developing an equitable …

New Education Policy focuses on learning instead of studying, to help India become self reliant, says PM Modi
4 years, 4 months ago

New Education Policy focuses on learning instead of studying, to help India become self reliant, says PM Modi

Op India  

PM Modi today joined President Kovind through video conferencing to address the inaugural session of the Governor’s Conference. NEP will give a new direction to the social and economic life of 21st century India “The policy will give a new direction to the social and economic life of 21st century India,” PM Modi said while adding that the work on …

NEP 2020: New education policy to revamp the education system of 21st century
4 years, 5 months ago

NEP 2020: New education policy to revamp the education system of 21st century

India Today  

The National Education Policy 2020 which has recently been approved by the Union Cabinet has great potential to overhaul and revamp the education system in New India of the 21st Century. Autonomy for educational institutes Among several unique features of NEP 2020, one of the best provisions is to grant more autonomy to educational institutions, especially those that are providing …

National Education Policy will ensure quality and affordable education, says Prakash Javadekar
4 years, 5 months ago

National Education Policy will ensure quality and affordable education, says Prakash Javadekar

India Today  

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said that the new National Education Policy will ensure accessibility, equity, quality, affordability and accountability. Addressing at Webinar on "National Education Policy" organised by Vidyapeeth Vikas Manch, NYCS & Savitribai Phule, Pune University https://t.co/rFnOLnkjS2 — Prakash Javadekar August 13, 2020 Education for all Speaking at the webinar, Javadekar, who was the HRD minister from …

National education policy 2020: The devil lies in implementation
4 years, 5 months ago

National education policy 2020: The devil lies in implementation

Live Mint  

The recently announced new National Education Policy 2020 sets out a vision for 2040 with a plan for transforming school and higher education across India. The experience of earlier national education policies suggests that in a federal system, implementation and coordination form a complex process, which can take as long as two decades. The NEP proposes a “light but tight” …

Decoding the agenda of the new National Education Policy
4 years, 5 months ago

Decoding the agenda of the new National Education Policy

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet’s approval of N ational Education Policy 2020 on July 29, was preceded by significant moves by the Government of India, which revealed the ideological framework of the policy. Yet, the NEP proposes to over-centralise all key decision-making “from ECCE to higher education” through a spectrum of new central agencies and mechanisms to be constituted/instituted; for example, the …

Opinion | Our national education policy is high on goals but low on realism
4 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | Our national education policy is high on goals but low on realism

Live Mint  

The new National Education Policy is the third overhaul of India’s education system in the life of the Republic. Unfortunately, notwithstanding various policy measures, what we have is a shambles of an education system: one where students achieve perfect scores in history and literature at school, but PhD theses are, in a great many instances, embarrassing documents attached to unemployable …

In Delhi, remote learning during COVID-19 leaves less well-off grappling with digital divide and teachers ruing lack of training
4 years, 5 months ago

In Delhi, remote learning during COVID-19 leaves less well-off grappling with digital divide and teachers ruing lack of training

Firstpost  

The effectiveness of online classes has also become a sensitive issue for school managements caught between government instructions and parental expectations. Private school students like Vaishnavi, every morning wear their uniforms, pack their bags, reach ‘class’ on time and start with their “good morning madam” followed by marking of attendance. “True, some parents who were not plugged into technology and …

National Education Policy 2020 will bring revolution in Indian education system: Here's how
4 years, 5 months ago

National Education Policy 2020 will bring revolution in Indian education system: Here's how

India Today  

Leading education leaders including Dr Pradeep K Sinha, Director and Vice-Chancellor, IIIT Naya Raipur; Dr Narendra Shyamsukha, Founder and Chairman, ICA Edu Skills; Dr P.R. Sodani, Pro-President, IIHMR University, Jaipur and Dr RL Raina, Vice-Chancellor, JK Lakshmipat University have hailed Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi-led recently presented National Education Policy 2020, calling it a “revolution in the In the Indian …

10 Key things PM Modi said about the New Education Policy
4 years, 5 months ago

10 Key things PM Modi said about the New Education Policy

Business Standard  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed a conclave on the new National Education Policy. In his inaugural address on ‘Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy', Modi said that the new National Education policy will be the foundation of a new India. 10 Key things PM Modi said about the New Education Policy: 1. "For the past several …

New Education Policy 2020- An idea whose time had come
4 years, 5 months ago

New Education Policy 2020- An idea whose time had come

India TV News  

“Education is not filling the mind with a lot of facts. It is also required that these policies get updated from time to time so that new developments in society and technology do not make the education system out of sync. Village education committees across 2.5 lakh gram panchayats took part in the deliberations, along with parents, students, teachers, elected …

A policy with many a right intention
4 years, 5 months ago

A policy with many a right intention

The Hindu  

Thirty-four years after the last National Policy on Education was introduced, in 1986, the National Education Policy, 2020 has been announced. A majority of the path-breaking proposals submitted by the Dr. K. Kasturirangan Committee, in the 2019 draft National Education Policy, seem to have been approved. Editorial | A long road: On National Education Policy 2020 Missing in the final …

Multi-disciplinary Feature of New Edu Policy to Attract More Foreign Students: PM Aide PK Mishra
4 years, 5 months ago

Multi-disciplinary Feature of New Edu Policy to Attract More Foreign Students: PM Aide PK Mishra

News 18  

The multi-disciplinary feature of the new education policy will "certainly" attract more foreign students to come to India, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister PK Mishra said on Sunday. "It will certainly attract foreign students…With the new education policy, there will be a lot of liberalised regime, regulatory systems also will be much more liberalised, there will be more freedom. …

Three reasons why National Education Policy has rattled Communists and rigid Islamists
4 years, 5 months ago

Three reasons why National Education Policy has rattled Communists and rigid Islamists

Firstpost  

Two groups are not pleased with the new National Education Policy : The Communists and the Islamists. Left fears losing Fort Academia “Bypassing Parliament, ignoring opinion of state governments and rubbishing opinions of all stakeholders, Modi government is unilaterally destroying our education system,” CPM chief Sitaram Yechury tweeted. “The Indian education system produced great scholars such as Charaka, Susruta, Aryabhata, …

Education is not learning of facts, but training of mind. And NEP 2020 should achieve that | Opinion
4 years, 5 months ago

Education is not learning of facts, but training of mind. And NEP 2020 should achieve that | Opinion

Hindustan Times  

Recently, the New Education Policy was announced by the Union Government in a press conference, held by senior ministers. India got its first National Education Policy in 1968 after twenty-one years of independence as the country could not decide, for more than two decades, about the direction to take as regards educating its population. Finally, in the year 1986, the …

The Hindu Explains | What has the National Education Policy 2020 proposed?
4 years, 5 months ago

The Hindu Explains | What has the National Education Policy 2020 proposed?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union Cabinet approved a new National Education Policy on July 29, after a 34-year gap. The National Education Policy, 2020 is meant to provide an overarching vision and comprehensive framework for both school and higher education across the country. National Education Policy 2020 | KVs unlikely to change medium of instruction For higher education, a …

PM Modi Says New Education Policy Lays Stress on Developing 'Job Creators' Instead of 'Job Seekers'
4 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi Says New Education Policy Lays Stress on Developing 'Job Creators' Instead of 'Job Seekers'

News 18  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the new education policy announced by the government emphasises on making 'job creators' instead of 'job seekers' and is an attempt to transform the intent and the content of the country's education system. Addressing the finale of the Smart India Hackathon, he said the National Education Policy-2020 facilitates inter-disciplinary study which will ensure …

National Education Policy 2020: The prospect of research and innovation
4 years, 5 months ago

National Education Policy 2020: The prospect of research and innovation

Op India  

The government has announced the National Education Policy 2020. It is heartening to see that the Government has taken due cognizance and rose to the occasion by formulating the ‘New Education Policy.’ One of the most important features of the new NEP is its focus on widening the gamut, structure and quality of research in various fields. The new policy …

Sisodia calls National Education Policy confused, silent about how to achieve outlined reforms
4 years, 5 months ago

Sisodia calls National Education Policy confused, silent about how to achieve outlined reforms

India Today  

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday that the new National Education Policy recommended a highly-regulated” and “poorly-funded” education model, while it is either confused or silent on how the reforms outlined in it will be achieved. Certain prominent features in NEP 2020 Some of the features which were a part of the National Education Policy unveiled on …

A long road: The Hindu Editorial on National Education Policy 2020
4 years, 5 months ago

A long road: The Hindu Editorial on National Education Policy 2020

The Hindu  

The National Education Policy 2020 announced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development sets for itself the goal of transforming the system to meet the needs of 21st Century India. It is no secret that primary schools record shockingly poor literacy and numeracy outcomes, dropout levels in middle and secondary schools are significant, and the higher education system has generally …

Part 1: Do NEP Reforms Fix the Gaps in Current School Education?
4 years, 5 months ago

Part 1: Do NEP Reforms Fix the Gaps in Current School Education?

The Quint  

Along with renaming the Ministry of Human Resource Development as the Ministry of Education, the Union government unveiled the New Education Policy 2020 recently. The announcements are plenty – Mphil is scrapped, four year undergraduate programme is back, vocational training is mandated in schools, teaching in mother tongue or regional languages is advised at school levels, board exams played down, …

New Education Policy 2020: Push For Wider Reach Of Online Education; How It Seeks To Bridge Digital Divide
4 years, 5 months ago

New Education Policy 2020: Push For Wider Reach Of Online Education; How It Seeks To Bridge Digital Divide

ABP News  

The Centre on Monday approved the Draft National Education Policy which is set to change the face of the education system in India. During the pandemic, the sudden nationwide lockdown made educational institutes opt for online education to continue with classes and ensure that there is no break in students learning. But the shift also highlighted the digital divide in …

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