New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said the new National Education Policy (NEP) is the “policy of the country and not of the government”, adding that his government had involved all stakeholders in formulating it.
The remarks were part of his inaugural address at the governors’ conference to discuss the NEP. The virtual conference organised to discuss the effective implementation of the policy, released in July, was also attended by President Ram Nath Kovind, Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and education ministers and governors of various states.
“The education policy is more of the parents, teachers and students and less of the government…”, Modi said. “This policy is not the policy of the government, it is the policy of the country… just like a foreign policy is a country’s policy and defence policy is a country’s policy, the education policy is also the country’s policy.”
He said the policy aims to address the social and economic imperatives of 21st century India, and will shape the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat.Modi also pressed for the effective implementation of the policy. The Prime Minister has asked all universities and colleges to organise virtual conferences before 25 September to understand the policy better and discuss its effective implementation.
He had earlier spoken about the need for effective implementation of the policy during his address to over 1,000 vice-chancellors at a conclave organised in the first week of August.
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