Tag: National Education Policy

Industry expertise for academic institutions

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has for the first time taken an initiative to bring the industry

May 25, 2023

Lakhs of teachers have contributed to making National Education Policy, education system is transforming: PM Modi

Addressing the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sangh Adhiveshan, PM said said his interactions with teachers has helped the government in formulating policies at the national level.

May 12, 2023

Education in Retreat

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 rightly aims to introduce vocational education at all levels by integrating vocational education into mainstream education, in all educational institutions, by 2030. NEP also proposes to remove the ‘hard separation‘ between the vocational and academic streams and overcome the stigma attached to vocational education. However, implementation of NEP 2020 seems to be running far behind schedule

April 11, 2023

Make education more accessible to children with disabilities: Prez

Droupadi Murmu was presenting the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for 2021 and 2022 in New Delhi on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

December 3, 2022

DMK announces agitation against Hindi imposition on October 15

The agitation will be organised in all districts at 9 am on Saturday, October 15, the announcement said, describing the National Education Policy as another ploy to impose Hindi as the only language of the country

October 13, 2022

Mission Admissions 2022: DU makes compulsory to enroll in ABC

The varsity administration has also been conducting awareness webinars in order to give students an understanding of the process of admissions.

September 29, 2022

US delegation in 5-day visit to India to collaborate, identify opportunities in education sector

The US Department of Commerce will lead an Education Trade Mission to three cities in India -- Mumbai, Bengaluru, and New Delhi.

September 12, 2022

Naidu hails NEP, exhorts students to take education to the poor

Naidu was addressing students and staff of the Lawrence School at Lovedale in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu during his visit to the school. He said “The NEP is set to revolutionise education in our country, making it more accessible and inclusive.”

May 18, 2022

Education needs stronger budgetary support

In new circumstances, the allocation for the National Scheme for Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education needed a boost. Instead, we saw BE of Rs. 110 crore for 2020-21 being cut to a revised estimate of just Re. 1 crore, and the BE for 2021-22 also being kept at this low amount of Re. 1 crore. These are the components of the union budget which have the most impact on poorer and more vulnerable students, and sadly these saw a significant decline.

January 26, 2022

B’ghat Left rally backs strike, seeks train service resumption

The rally here was organised by the Left Front and its trade unions, along with the Congress-backed trade union, INTUC.

November 25, 2020

NEP sets vision of developing equitable and vibrant knowledge society: President Kovind

Appreciating the efforts of the Education Ministry and Dr Kasturirangan and his team, who prepared the policy, the President mentioned that the Policy has been prepared after extensive consultation with 2.5 lakh gram panchayats, more than 12,500 local bodies and about 675 districts generating more than two lakh suggestions thereby reflecting a ground-level understanding.

September 19, 2020

NEP will sow seeds for starting new era, urge all stakeholders to join mission: PM Modi

PM Modi told that within the past week, the Education Ministry has received over 15 lakh suggestions on its implementation.

September 11, 2020

Govt intervention in educational policy should be ‘minimal’; NEP ‘belongs to everyone’: PM Modi

'The policy will give a new direction to social and economic life of 21st century India,' PM said.

September 7, 2020

Teachers’ Day: President Ram Nath Kovind virtually confers National Award to 47 teachers

He observed that about 40 percent of the winners of the National Awards were women and appreciated the role women have played as educators.

September 5, 2020

‘Proposal in new NEP to make board exams easy will not address issue of rote learning’: Manish Sisodia

'The policy fails to address the need of improving the public education system and focuses on private education.'

August 11, 2020

NEP 2020 will lay foundation for New India, says PM Modi, stresses policy focuses on ‘how to think’

The Union Cabinet on July 29 gave its approval to a new National Education Policy aimed to bring about several changes in the education system from the school to college level.

August 7, 2020

PM to deliver inaugural address at ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under NEP’ tomorrow

A number of dignitaries including the Chairman and Members, Committee for Draft NEP as well as eminent academicians/scientists will speak on different aspects of the National Education Policy.

August 6, 2020