NEP 2020 Will Remove Marksheet Pressure Says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday addressed the '21st-century schooling' conference under National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 through video conferencing. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement, the Ministry of Education is organizing a two-day conference, which started as an education festival from Thursday.
He said, “The New education policy will sow the seeds for starting a new era, and will give a new direction to 21st century India”.The prime minister added that the focus needs to be on the implementation of the policy. “Our work has just begun; National Education Policy has to be implemented equally effectively,” he said.
Within the past one week, the Education Ministry has received over 15 lakh suggestions on its implementation, said PM while addressing the conclave on ‘School Education in 21st Century’ organized by the Ministry of Education as a part of Shiksha Parv (festival of education). The Prime Minister had earlier talked about the higher education part of the NEP during a conclave on ‘transformational reforms in higher education’.
The Shiksha Parv is being celebrated from September 8-25. Several webinars and conferences are taking place to discuss the action plan of the NEP 2020.
The PM said, “We have to pursue our students with 21st-century skills. What will these 21st-century skills be? These will be Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, Curiosity, and Communication. The NEP has been designed in a way to reduce the syllabus and focus on fundamental things. A National Curriculum Framework will be developed to make learning integrated and interdisciplinary, fun-based, and complete experience.
There are so many professions that require deep skills, but we neglect them. When children will be aware of such professions it is likely that there will be a kind of emotional connection, they will respect them. It may be that many of these children grow up to join such industries, and pursue them. Every region across the country has its own specialty, some traditional art, workmanship, products are famous everywhere. Visit the students in those looms, handlooms, see how these clothes are made? Overall skills and personality of students will develop from this education policy.