Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Sept 4: Union Minister Dr JitendraSingh said here today that introduction of the “National Education Policy 2020” was a landmark step by the Modi Government and seeks to correct several past anomalies prevailing in the education system of India, which include the nomenclature of the Ministry which has been rightly changed to the Ministry of Education.
Addressing a National Webinar on “National Education Policy-2020” organised by Shri Vishwakarma Skill University(SVSU), Haryana in association with Indira Gandhi National Open university (IGNOU) , Dr. Jitendra Singh said that it was the strong political will of the Modi Government to take “out of the box” decision of introducing the National Education Policy-2020 which focuses more on skill and vocational education. The Minister said that the National Education Policy-2020 is an aptitude based rather than score based policy. He said that this Policy will rectify all the previous anomalies prevailing in the system.
Dr Jitendra Singh said that major reforms were introduced in higher education including a target of 50% gross enrolment ratio by 2035 and provision for multiple entry and exit in the National Education Policy 2020.
While speaking on the Health Education perspective, the Minister said that the COVID pandemic has taught us how to consider the importance of integrated health education. He further said that integrity in health education should make every citizen a health worker.
He said that as human life is at stake in health education, the changes in its curriculum should be an evolving process according to needs. Mentioning about the problem of the uneducated medical practitioners in the country, they are giving tough time to the legitimate medical practitioners and they should get their due.
Union Minister said, the Government’s decision to set up the National Recruitment Agency (NRA) is also a game-changer in the recruitment sector. He said that it is not only a governance reform but also a socioeconomic reform and brings recruitment to the villages and towns.
While mentioning about the passage of Mission Karmayogi-a National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) by the Union Cabinet, Dr Jitendra Singh said that it will go a long way in creating a new futuristic civil service for New India. It is an endeavour to incarnate civil services into a real Karmayogi who is Creative, Constructive, Proactive and Technically Empowered to face the future challenge and this is also aimed at ending the culture of working in silos and to overcome the multiplicity of training modules, the Minister added.
Those who took part and addressed the webinar included Prof. Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, Shri Raj Nehru, Vice Chancellor, SVSU, Haryana, Prof. Amit Benerjee, Pro Vice Chancellor, SOA University, Bhubaneshwar, Prof. RajendraPrasad Das, Pro Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, Dr. R. Salhan and Prof. RS Rathore, Registrar and Dean SVSU, Haryana.
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