Adopt new education policy: V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar to states

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a game-changer and urged the states who have not yet adopted it to rethink.

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Mission 100% literacy

Time for us to be in mission mode with passion and commitment to ensure 100% literacy… This is achievable sooner than we think. Let each one make one literate, this will be a contribution to Viksit Bharat.

Jagdeep Dhankhar, vice-president

Addressing an event to celebrate the International Literacy Day here, he said, “The NEP empowers our youth to fully exploit their talent and energy, giving due importance to all languages.” Dhankhar called upon people to promote literacy. He remarked it was time for India to be in mission mode with commitment and passion to ensure 100 per cent literacy.

“When we make someone literate, we liberate them, we help that person discover themselves, we make them feel dignity, we cut down dependence, we generate independence and interdependence. It is a supreme facet of handholding,” he said.

The Vice-President asserted that “education is something that no thief can take it away”. “No government can snatch it from you. Neither relatives nor friends can take it away from you. There can be no reduction in it. It will grow and continue to grow as long as you keep sharing it. If literacy is pursued passionately, India can reclaim its ancient status as a centre of learning like Nalanda and Takshashila,” Dhankhar said.

Emphasising on India’s linguistic diversity, he said, “The mother tongue is the language in which we dream. There is no country in the world like India. We are a unique nation when it comes to the richness of language, with several languages.”

Reflecting on his experiences as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, he shared that members were given the opportunity to speak in 22 languages. “When I hear them speak in their language, I listen to the translation, but their body language itself tells me what they are saying,” he stated. Dhankhar cautioned against people who taint, tarnish and demean institutions.