Mysuru: The government will spare no effort in the next 20 months towards the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP – 2020), Dr. C.N. Ashwath Narayan, Minister of Higher Education said on Tuesday September 7.
While addressing inaugurating a seminar on NEP jointly organised by Maharani Women’s Science College (Autonomous), Maharani Arts College, and Maharani Women’s Commerce and Management College, he said that NEP aspires to empower students by grooming them to become globally competitive.
The Union government has set a timeline of 15 years for the implementation of NEP. However, the State Government has decided to facilitate its implementation in a speedy manner. The government will make all efforts in the next 20 months to ensure maximum coverage, the minister said. Stating that the onus of implementing the student-centric NEP lies on universities and management of institutions, he added, “To start with, this could be implemented within the available subjects in colleges and then consider adding more subjects in the following years to come
Later, speaking to the media persons, Narayan dismissed the allegations of opposition party leaders on NEP, saying that it will benefit students of government institutions to the maximum extent. Universities, colleges, private institutions, and faculty have welcomed NEP and are eager to implement NEP. But, opposition leaders are finding it difficult the digest the positive response pouring in favour of the policy. They don’t want good to happen either for students or the country, he told.
The minister also reiterated that the government is ready to answer any question which would be raised by opposition party leaders related to NEP on the floor of the house in the upcoming legislative session.
