Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 5: Former Minister and UT BJP vice president, Sham Sharma today said that the New Education Policy (NEP) is a unique endeavor of the Government led by PM Narendra Modi to educate, encourage and enlighten the next generation in a systematic way.
The BJP leader was speaking during the annual prize distribution function at Bishno High School Jad in Akhnoor. He also honored the students who excelled in different activities.
District Development Council Member of Bhalwal Brahmin, Bhushan Baral, SSP Mohan Lal, Engineer (retd) Ashok Singh Chaudhary, Principal Bishno High School, Madan Singh Chaudhary and other dignitaries were present.
The former Minister said that the launch of NEP in 2023 was aimed at developing 21st century skills in the students of the country and for sure the change in the policy will lead to drastic changes in the mindset of the society because earlier the education set up in India was colonial and inclined more towards western world.
“The amendments in NEP from the previous education policy strive for research, innovation, and quality,” Sham Lal said, adding that the main objective of NEP is to achieve 100 percent youth and adult literacy and all the reforms made in the previous policy for education tend to achieve the aforesaid target.
He said that the Modi Government has envisaged the NEP to bring the people closer to the culture and vividness of the country, which was missing in the earlier educational policies which were imposed on India under mounting pressure of the people living in foreign lands especially the British.
Sham also emphasized the significance of instilling values in youngsters in order to help them develop into decent citizens. “I say everywhere that value education should be added in our curriculum, our system, our syllabus,” he asserted.
He claimed that if value education is given from the start, it would aid in the emergence of a good society.
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