National Education Policy is student-centric, says Minister

‘Apprehensions are unnecessary as policy aims at holistic education’

Terming apprehensions over the National Education Policy-2020 as unnecessary, Minister for Higher Education and IT and Biotechnology C.N. Ashwath Narayan on Friday said there should not be any misunderstanding over the policy since it had been articulated keeping in view the interests of students and argued that only the NEP-2020 could help build their bright future because of its holistic educational concepts. The education policy that was followed all these years was not student-centric and the gains one would be getting from the NEP-2020 were multifold as it had adopted concepts that go into developing the learners’ prospects. The fruits of the NEP would soon be visible as it pushes for bringing in required changes, he explained. After launching the National Education Policy-2020 at the University of Mysore, the Minister said the Narendra Modi government had brought in reforms in the education sector that had been awaited from the last 35 years. Students now had the choice in learning and it was important that flexibility was now available even in government-run educational institutions. The NEP was not anti-poor, he clarified.