PM Modi to address the country today on completion of 1 year of NEP | Latest News India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the country on Thursday on the completion of a year of the new National Education Policy (NEP) through video conferencing. He will also launch many initiatives in the education sector.

“The NEP, 2020, is a guiding philosophy for changing the landscape of education, making education holistic and for building solid foundations for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. On 29th July, on completion of a year of reforms under the NEP, PM Shri @narendramodi will address the country, ”union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Twitter on Monday.

According to the Prime Minister’s Official (PMO), PM Modi will launch the academic credit bank that will provide multiple entry and exit options for students in higher education; first -year engineering programs in regional languages ​​and guidelines for the internationalization of higher education.

The initiatives to be launched also include Vidya Pravesh, a three-month play-based school preparation module for Grade 1 students; Indian sign language as a subject at the second level; NISHTHA 2.0, an integrated teacher training program designed by NCERT; SAFAL (structured assessment for the study of learning levels), a competency-based assessment framework for Grades 3, 5 and 8 in CBSE schools; and a website dedicated to artificial intelligence.

The National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR) and the National Education Technology Forum (NETF) will also be launched.

The NEP overhauled the National Education Policy, framed in 1986. It aimed at paving the way for transformational changes in school and higher education systems to make India a very powerful global consciousness.