New Delhi, Aug 6: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be delivering the inaugural address at the ‘Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy’ August 7, Friday via video conference.

 

 

 

The Prime Minister will take part in the conclave being organized by the Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission (UGC) through video-conferencing. The conclave will have sessions dedicated to significant aspects of education covered under the National Education Policy, 2020 like Holistic, Multidisciplinary and futuristic education, Quality Research, and Equitable use of technology for better reach in Education.

 

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Minister of State, HRD, Sanjay Dhotre Union Minister of State for Communications, Sanjay Dhotre would also be participating in the event apart from a number of dignitaries including the Chairman and Members, Committee for Draft NEP as well as eminent academicians/scientists.

 

Vice-Chancellors of universities, directors of institutions and principals of colleges and other stakeholders will also participate in the program being held tomorrow.

 

The multidisciplinary system in higher education and a single regulator for Higher Education and renaming the HRD Ministry as Shiksha Mantralaya are the major highlights of the New Education Policy. It also envisaged the Higher Education Council of India (HEIC) as a regulator for higher education. It will function as a common, single regulator for the higher education sector including teacher education.

 

The NEP released today the HRD Ministry announced its aim to increase the enrollment to 50 percent by 2035. For this, the holistic and multi-disciplinary education with the flexibility of subjects will be allowed, said HRD Secretary Amit Khare. It proposed a broad-based, flexible leaning with all universities and colleges becoming multidisciplinary by 2030. It also proposed scrapping of the M Phil program and reintroduction of the four-year undergraduate program in liberal arts science education (LASE) with multiple exit options.

 

Pursuing a Ph.D. will now require either a Master’s degree or a four-year Bachelor’s degree with research was one main highlight included in this policy.