Govt to set up Digital University: Dharmendra Pradhan

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Central government is in the process of setting up a Digital University.

Union Education Minister and Minister of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan has said that the Central government is working on frameworks to establish a Digital University to promote education and skill development.

While addressing the 13th Global Skills Summit - Education to Employability: Making it happen, he said, “NEP 2020 envisions skill and education as one. We are coming up with Digital University with multiple entries and exit frameworks along with an academic bank of credit to facilitate our workforce. The industry needs to adopt these policy reforms and flexible frameworks,” as reported by News 18.

He emphasised the need for leveraging skills to boost employability, reap the demographic dividend and make our skills ecosystem more vibrant. 

“For India to be more productive and robust, we must make our workforce more educated and skilled. The simplification of labour codes and the apprenticeship act has added more vibrancy to our workforce. We are bringing in more reforms to make our workforce more productive,” he said.

For building a stronger connection among academia, industry, and policymaker along with a collective approach to drive effective transformation in the education and skills sector. “India is blessed with a demographic dividend. Education and skills have to play an important role in converting our demographic dividend into a transformative powerhouse,” he added.

There is no other nation in the world that has such huge captive, aspirational, and high purchasing capacity. India’s domestic fundamentals are very strong and despite COVID, the Indian economy maintained a 7-8 per cent growth rate and is moving towards double-digit growth, he asserted.

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