Education policy will lead to nation-building: Pokhriyal

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, October 1

The National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 would be the base for a self-reliant India, said Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Minister of Education, during an online event to inaugurate the Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) building of Panjab University today.

The minister said: “As the society and social environment is changing by the day due to technology, we have to make the education system dynamic as well. Teachers must be at the centre of fundamental changes being made to the education system. The new policy will help teachers at every level to re-position themselves as the most honourable and indispensable members of society,”

Pokhriyal said the NEP2020 had been accepted across the country and several countries contacted the Centre for implementing the India’s NEP in their countries. “With the New Education Policy, the nation will emerge as an education power centre and the Ministry has been working for promoting the countries’ heritage to attract students from across the world. The NEP2020 will lead to increase in scientific research, future growth, capacity-building and nation-building,” said Pokhriyal.

He appreciated the educationists/teachers for working like warriors during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prof Raj Kumar, PU Vice-Chancellor, address expressed gratitude to Pokhriyal. He said the HRDC was one of the 50 centres set up by the UGC to provide in-service training to college and university teachers.

Prof RK Singla, Dean of University Instructions, PU, introduced the content of two books that were released by the Education Minister today. The first book is titled ‘Social Initiatives of PU’ and the second one is ‘Lockdown Samay Mein Bhartiya Shiksha Ki Stithi aur Disha’. He later gave details of various state-of-art facilities at the HRDC.