The Centre is aiming to make apex educational institutes such as IITs and IIMs a part of the online education system. Read further to know the details.
NEP 2020: The Central government introduced the New Education Policy to transform the 34-year-old education system of India. According to the media sources, in order to reduce the burden on educational institutions for running physical classes for the students, the Centre is mulling to convert the entire education system into the online education system. The reports also suggest that the Centre is aiming to make apex educational institutes such as IITs and IIMs a part of the online education system. According to sources, the PMO and the Niti Aayog asked the University Grant Commission (UGC) and the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) for feedback and suggestions in this regard.
To prepare a blueprint of the plan, the government constituted a panel led by AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe and Dr MP Poonia, who is the Vice-Chairman of the UGC. The two stalwarts are entrusted with the task of building a digital platform for imparting quality online education to the Indian students and build necessary infrastructure in this regard. In a letter to all Vice-Chancellors and directors of institutions, AICTE chairman Anil Sahasrabudhe recently urged them to make India ''self-reliant'' and help achieve the national goal of being ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat’.
He also urged the institutions’ heads to encourage teachers and students for the development of alternative apps, products and technologies through innovative ideas and research to make India the “primary source for meeting all global needs and requirements”.
It may be noted that Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank too urged the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to develop apps as an alternative to Chinese apps. On July 29, the central government launched the NEP 2020.
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