The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 will benefit t he students said chief minister of Tripura Dr. Manik Saha while addressing in the inaugural ceremony of implementation of National Education Policy 2020 at Town Hall on Friday.
The new National Education Policy is implemented keeping in mind the requirements of modern and developed India. He also said the policy emphasises the holistic development of children, knowledge, skills, culture, and promotion of Indian values, the chief minister added.
Dr. Manik Saha said that this education policy has the power to put the youth of India on the stage in front of the youth of the world as it has been prepared after extensive deliberations.
“Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visionary leadership India’s education sector is going to be effective. The National Education Policy has laid special emphasis on mother tongue and in order to maintain that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made provision for compulsory primary education in the mother tongue, he added.
He also said that the National Education Policy has also made provisions to bring flexibility in higher education, along with emphasis on e-learning.
“The policy is based on Indian values but includes all the elements of modern education. The aim of this policy is to prepare students who have national pride as well as a sense of world welfare and also have all the capabilities to become global citizens in this policy,’ he stated.