While addressing the National School Education Ministers’ conference in Gujarat yesterday, the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Centre has been striving to set up ‘PM Shri Schools’ which aim to prepare students for the future and will be a laboratory for the new National Education Policy (NEP).
Dharmendra Pradhan, during the session on the second day, said, “The government is in the process of establishing PM Shri Schools which will be completely developed to prepare students for the future. These state-of-the-art schools will be the laboratory of NEP 2020.”
He requested suggestions and feedback from all our states and UTs and the whole education ecosystem for creating a futuristic benchmark model in the form of PM Shri Schools. Further, he asserted that school education is the foundation of a knowledge-based society and NEP is a knowledge document that aims to promote all-around development and make education accessible to everyone.
He later urged saying, “We prepare for the opportunities and challenges for the 21st century, we must leverage technology to boost our education and skilling ecosystem.” Pradhan also said that experience and knowledge sharing from all state education ministers in structured and outcome-based discussions at the conference will result in one step further towards transforming the learning landscape in line with the NEP 2020.
The whole country is joining hands under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to realize the goal of the National Education Policy to offer equal and high-quality education to all. Education, health, and security are important factors in the development of any nation, state or society. In fact, providing inclusive and equitable education in place of stereotyped and outdated education is the need of the hour.