PM Modi to address nation today on completion of 1 year of NEP

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the state on Thursday on the completion of 1 year of the new National Education Policy (NEP) via video conferencing. He also will launch multiple initiatives within the education sector.

The NEP, 2020, may be a guiding philosophy for changing the training landscape, making education holistic and for building strong foundations for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat. On 29th July, on the completion of 1 year of reforms under the NEP, PM Shri @narendramodi will address the state ,” Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Twitter on Monday.

According to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), PM Modi will launch the tutorial bank of credit which will provide multiple entry and exit options for college kids in higher education; first year engineering programmes in regional languages and guidelines for internationalization of upper education.

The initiatives to be launched also include Vidya Pravesh, a three-month play-based school preparation module for Grade 1 students; Indian signing as a topic at secondary level; NISHTHA 2.0, an integrated programme of teacher training designed by NCERT; SAFAL (structured assessment for analysing learning levels), a competency-based assessment framework for Grades 3, 5 and eight in CBSE schools; and an internet site dedicated to AI .

An interim agreement hasbeen reached between Assam and Mizoram which clashed fatally over a border dispute on July 26.
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The Odisha government had earlier extended the partial lockdown in 10 districts till Lammas after reviewing the coronavirus situation within the state.
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The National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR) and therefore the National Education Technology Forum (NETF) also will be launched.

The NEP replaced the National Policy on Education, framed in 1986. it’s aimed toward paving the way for transformational reforms in class and better education systems to form India a worldwide knowledge superpower.