NEP will help in nation building, assures Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal
India TodayUnion 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 vice-chancellors, principals of 50,000-degree colleges, from Gram Pradhan to Prime Minister, from village to Parliament. Pokhriyal further said for the National Research Foundation Rs 50,000 crore has been allocated towards patent, research and development over the next five years and added it will come up before the Union Cabinet soon. Speaking at another event in the evening, Pokhriyal said many progressive people in foreign countries see the world as a market, while India sees the world as one family.