Almost all states unanimous on NEP: Dharmendra Pradhan

Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday mentioned virtually all states are unanimous on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 barring a couple of which have their very own political concerns.

Inaugurating the tenth version of Odisha Literary Festival (OLF) organised by The New Indian Express right here, Pradhan mentioned the NEP goals to rework the nation’s schooling system right into a world-class one and make India a worldwide data superpower. The new coverage additionally emphasises high quality schooling for all, no matter their socio-economic background and its primary goal is to create employability, he mentioned.

Stating that India has made fast strides in financial progress and is now the fifth-largest economic system on the planet, Pradhan mentioned, all of the nations of the world look ahead to India which is able to embrace the data economic system.

“I have met either chief ministers or education ministers of states having some reservation on the new policy and they said they have no problems with it. But a few states have taken a different public position purely for political reasons,” Pradhan advised a packed viewers.

Responding to a question from Editorial Director of TNIE Prabhu Chawla that NEP 2020 doesn’t seem as a united issue because it enforces college students to study three languages, the union minister mentioned no person has any objection to studying extra languages.

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“Since education is in the concurrent list, the states are free to choose their own model. But I can say there is unanimity across the country to the new policy implementation of which got delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” he added. Where is the issue in studying three languages when folks take credit score for studying a number of languages together with international languages, the union minister puzzled. 

“The opposition is not to language but there are reasons which have nothing to do with the new NEP. I have no problem with other languages. My basic training is in my mother tongue. I was not a very good student. Even now, I think in Odia and translate it to Hindi and English wherever required of me to address people,” he mentioned.

Acknowledging that superior economies akin to Germany, France Japan, Korea, and China have efficiently shifted to a knowledge-based economic system with their nationwide languages, Pradhan mentioned India is now constructing a street to embark upon knowledge-based progress shedding its colonial previous.

English is principally a language for enterprise communication for worldwide commerce. Only six to seven per cent of the nation’s inhabitants is English literate. “A perception has been created that English language skills provide better employment opportunity which is not true,” he mentioned. 

Asserting that the traditional Kalinga was wealthy in each points, be it language, literature, tradition, commerce, science and arithmetic, the union minister mentioned many states might have surpassed Odisha economically however India’s progress story can’t be imagined with out it.

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Pradhan mentioned folks outdoors Odisha have little data concerning the previous glory of the state as many historic occasions haven’t been correctly chronicled. The state has not received its due within the pages of historical past and the time has come to inform the world about its previous glory. The new schooling coverage will present that chance, he added.

CEO of TNIE Lakshmi Menon and competition coordinator Kaveree Bamzai have been current. Resident Editor of TNIE, Bhubaneswar Siba Mohanty who delivered the welcome handle mentioned the OLF started as a humble try to contribute to the richness of Odisha’s literature and has acquired large adulation and participation from various walks of life.

BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister for Education and Skill Development Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday mentioned virtually all states are unanimous on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 barring a couple of which have their very own political concerns.

Inaugurating the tenth version of Odisha Literary Festival (OLF) organised by The New Indian Express right here, Pradhan mentioned the NEP goals to rework the nation’s schooling system right into a world-class one and make India a worldwide data superpower. The new coverage additionally emphasises high quality schooling for all, no matter their socio-economic background and its primary goal is to create employability, he mentioned.

Stating that India has made fast strides in financial progress and is now the fifth-largest economic system on the planet, Pradhan mentioned, all of the nations of the world look ahead to India which is able to embrace the data economic system.

“I have met either chief ministers or education ministers of states having some reservation on the new policy and they said they have no problems with it. But a few states have taken a different public position purely for political reasons,” Pradhan advised a packed viewers.

Responding to a question from Editorial Director of TNIE Prabhu Chawla that NEP 2020 doesn’t seem as a united issue because it enforces college students to study three languages, the union minister mentioned no person has any objection to studying extra languages.

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“Since education is in the concurrent list, the states are free to choose their own model. But I can say there is unanimity across the country to the new policy implementation of which got delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” he added. Where is the issue in studying three languages when folks take credit score for studying a number of languages together with international languages, the union minister puzzled. 

“The opposition is not to language but there are reasons which have nothing to do with the new NEP. I have no problem with other languages. My basic training is in my mother tongue. I was not a very good student. Even now, I think in Odia and translate it to Hindi and English wherever required of me to address people,” he mentioned.

Acknowledging that superior economies akin to Germany, France Japan, Korea, and China have efficiently shifted to a knowledge-based economic system with their nationwide languages, Pradhan mentioned India is now constructing a street to embark upon knowledge-based progress shedding its colonial previous.

English is principally a language for enterprise communication for worldwide commerce. Only six to seven per cent of the nation’s inhabitants is English literate. “A perception has been created that English language skills provide better employment opportunity which is not true,” he mentioned. 

Asserting that the traditional Kalinga was wealthy in each points, be it language, literature, tradition, commerce, science and arithmetic, the union minister mentioned many states might have surpassed Odisha economically however India’s progress story can’t be imagined with out it.

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Pradhan mentioned folks outdoors Odisha have little data concerning the previous glory of the state as many historic occasions haven’t been correctly chronicled. The state has not received its due within the pages of historical past and the time has come to inform the world about its previous glory. The new schooling coverage will present that chance, he added.

CEO of TNIE Lakshmi Menon and competition coordinator Kaveree Bamzai have been current. Resident Editor of TNIE, Bhubaneswar Siba Mohanty who delivered the welcome handle mentioned the OLF started as a humble try to contribute to the richness of Odisha’s literature and has acquired large adulation and participation from various walks of life.