‘NEP, a revolutionary document’

2,225 students receive degrees in person

Terming the National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020 a revolutionary document, Governor and Chancellor R.N. Ravi said on Thursday that it envisions an educational system rooted in the Indian ethos enabling the transformation of the nation into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society.

The policy is aimed at creating a “new India” that leads the world, which was the dream of revolutionary poet and freedom fighter Bharathidasan and his mentor Subramania Bharathi, he said speaking at the 37th convocation of Bharathidasan University after awarding degrees to students. He expected Bharathidasan University to survey the area of its coverage, dig up those (unsung) heroes and build profiles of their contributions (in the struggle for India’s freedom), lest they are lost forever.

The policy places thrust on ending certain hurdles in the present educational system that includes fragmentation of higher education in narrow divisions instead of being inter-disciplinary and holistic, sub-optimal governance and leadership of higher educational institutions, inadequate development of cognitive skills and learning outcomes, rigid separation of disciplines, limited access, particularly in socio-economically disadvantaged areas, and limited teacher and institutional autonomy.