Government facilitates maximum coverage of NEP in next 20 months: Karnataka Education Minister

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Bengaluru, Sep 08, 2021: The Karnataka government will spare no effort in the next 20 months towards implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP-2020), Dr C N Ashwatha Narayana, the Minister of Higher Education, stated on Tuesday.

 

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.

Saying 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 we could consider adding more subjects in the following years to come."

The minister also visited the Maharani College and interacted with students and faculty. Nagendra, MLA was present.

Later, Narayana dismissed the allegations of opposition party leaders on NEP, saying that it would 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 to digest the positive response pouring in favour of the policy. They don’t want good to happen either to students or the country, he said.The minister also reiterated that the government is also ready to answer any question to be raised by opposition party leaders related to NEP on the floor of the house in the upcoming legislative session.

Courtesy:India Today