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New Delhi : President of India Ram NathKovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi shall address the inaugural session of the Governors’ Conference on National Education Policy at 10.30 am on September 7, 2020, through video conference. The Conference titled “Role of NEP-2020 in Transforming Higher Education” is being organised by the Ministry of Education, Govt of India.
NEP-2020 is the first education policy of the twenty-first century which was announced after 34 years of the previous National Policy on Education 1986. NEP-2020 is directed towards major reforms in both school and higher education level. The new National Education Policy strives for making India into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society. It envisions an India-centred education system that contributes directly to transforming India into a Global Superpower, according to a PIB release.
The comprehensive transformation aimed the NEP will bring about a paradigm shift in the country’s education system and create an enabling and reinvigorated educational ecosystem for a new Atmanirbhar Bharat envisaged by the Prime Minister of India. Various Webinars, Virtual Conferences, and Conclaves on different aspects of National Education Policy 2020 are being organised across the country.
The Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission earlier organised a “Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy-2020” which was addressed by PM Narendra Modi.
The Governors’ Conference on September 7, 2020, is also being attended by Education Ministers of all States, Vice-Chancellors of State Universities, and other senior officials.