Goa to implement NEP in higher education institutions from next academic year: CM

We have started working on the implementation of the National Education Policy in the state. The implementation has already begun in the state-run and aided schools, the Minister further said.

Goa to implement NEP in higher education institutions from next academic year: CM

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has announced that from the next academic year all the higher education institutes in the state will implement a hundred per cent of the syllabus in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. The Minister made the announcement at the seventh NITI Aayog Governing Council meeting that was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital. 

Sawant said "the state government is working on the skilling of manpower through agreements signed with various industry associations in the state. We have started working on the implementation of the National Education Policy in the state. The implementation has already begun in the state-run and aided schools."

An official release further quoted the Chief Minister saying that, "the state government is sensitising parents, teachers and students about the NEP. The implementation of NEP from college to university level has already started. From the next academic year, a hundred per cent of the syllabus in the higher education institutes would be on lines with the NEP."

Sawant further said "Goa has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with every industry association in the state for skill development. We are preparing for the manpower required by the industry in future. We have signed agreements with 35 industry associations."

Sawant said "Goa's hospitality industry will require two lakh manpower over the next five years which would be trained by the government. Goa is stressing the cultivation of paddy and cashew crops in the coastal state. We are also insisting that pulses and oil seeds be cultivated as part of crop diversification,” he said.

“We had a history of importing 100 per cent of required horticultural products from other states, but with the Central government promoting the agriculture activity, we are importing only 20 per cent of vegetables from the other states,” he said.

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