NEP and its importance in nation's growth explained by DU VC
India Today
As Delhi University will be implementing the NEP from the 2022-23 academic session, the vice-chancellor of the university explains why it is important for the country.
Delhi University vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh on Wednesday said India may not get the desired results if the National Education Policy is not implemented properly. He also stressed that policies that compromise the country's growth should not be supported.
He also asserted that as citizens of the country, one must not indulge in activities that weaken the nation. He was addressing a seminar organised by the Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences in partnership with an NGO named Shodh.
The seminar was titled 'Viswa Guru Bharat: Exploring the Glorious Past, Promising Present and the Future Roadmap.' "The National Education Policy came in 2020 and it has good features.
Delhi University will be implementing the NEP from the 2022-23 academic session, a move that has been criticised by a section of teachers.
Stressing that the NEP must be looked at from a larger perspective, he also urged the teachers to work on nurturing students who work towards nation-building.
"It shouldn't be about discipline, specific courses or the number of credits, workload of teachers... We were producing good engineers and doctors earlier also and we were giving degrees earlier also. But we need to work on strengthening our country," he said.
