Building skill capacity is key to enhance productivity and drive economy ahead: Education Minister

Teachers play an important role in building society and technology. They play a pivotal role in reshaping society. With the greater advent of technology and changing society, our teachers need to be re-skilled and up-skilled, the Minister said.

Union Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said that building skill capacity is a key to enhance productivity and drive the economy ahead. NEP 2020 aims to create a robust education ecosystem and eventually facilitating economic growth. The Minister was addressing the CII's virtual special plenary session on ‘Job Creation & Entrepreneurship – Way Ahead for Livelihood Generation

"Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the economy is growing at a rapid pace and the future of India is looking very promising," the Minister said. 

While highlighting the efforts made by the government to equip the youth of the country with 21st Century Skills, he said, " As envisioned in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Government is working to create greater synergy between education and skills for making a future-ready workforce. NEP will contribute to creating a robust education ecosystem and eventually facilitating economic growth."

The Minister further informed that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted educational institutions and skill development centres in the country, however, the government ensured continuity of education by developing digital content at a large scale. He further informed that in the near future every village will be connected with high-speed Internet and these mass-scale digitization efforts are creating new education, skilling, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.

"Teachers play an important role in building society and technology. They play a pivotal role in reshaping society. With the greater advent of technology and changing society, our teachers need to be re-skilled and up-skilled," he said.

"As we celebrate “Azaadi ka Amrut Mahotsav”, we must work together to make our youth future-ready who will lead India towards the goal of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat," he added.

He stated that with this goal, India is going to witness rapid economic growth and will become the engine of global growth. The Minister called upon the industry to contribute to this mission.

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