PM inaugurates Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam on implementation of NEP

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a three-day seminar in Varanasi with over 300 educationists as participants deliberating on implementation of the National Education Policy.

• The Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam will provide a platform for leading Indian Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) to discuss, deliberate and share insights on strategies, success stories and best practices in implementing the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

• Organised by the ministry of education in association with the University Grants Commission (UGC) and Banaras Hindu University, the seminar brings together over 300 vice chancellors and directors from public and private universities, educationists, policy makers, as also industry representatives to deliberate on how the implementation of NEP 2020 can be taken further across the country after successful implementation of several initiatives in the last two years.

• During the three-day Shiksha Samagam, panel discussions on nine themes identified for higher education under NEP 2020 will be conducted.

• The key highlight of the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam will be the adoption of the Varanasi Declaration on Higher Education which will showcase India’s extended vision and a renewed commitment to help achieve the goals of higher education system.

National Education Policy (NEP) 2020

• The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, which was approved by the Union Cabinet in July 2020, replaced the National Policy on Education framed in 1986. It is aimed at paving the way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems to make India a global knowledge superpower.

• Built on the foundational pillars of access, equity, quality, affordability and accountability, this policy is aligned to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

• NEP 2020 has been formulated after an unprecedented process of consultation that involved nearly over two lakh suggestions from 2.5 lakhs Gram Panchayats, 6,600 Blocks, 6,000 Urban Local Bodies, 676 districts. 

• The ministry of education initiated an unprecedented collaborative, inclusive and highly participatory consultation process from January 2015. In May 2016, ‘Committee for Evolution of the New Education Policy’ under the chairmanship of T.S.R. Subramanian, former Cabinet secretary, submitted its report. Based on this, the ministry prepared ‘Some Inputs for the Draft National Education Policy, 2016’.  

• In June 2017, a ‘Committee for the Draft National Education Policy’ was constituted under the chairmanship of Dr. K. Kasturirangan, which submitted the Draft National Education Policy, 2019. 

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