Education Minister to Inaugurate Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2025 to Mark 5 Years of NEP Implementation

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will inaugurate Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2025 on July 29 to mark 5 years of NEP 2020. 

Ministry of Education will organise Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) 2025 on July 29 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi to mark fifth anniversary of National Education Policy. Event will be inaugurated by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and will serve as a national platform to reflect on progress made so far.

Samagam will focus on themes like achieving 100 percent Gross Enrolment Ratio by 2030 by reimagining secondary education, integrating Indian languages into mainstream education. 

In past five years, 170 universities have adopted the National Credit Framework (NCrF), while 2,469 institutions have onboarded Academic Bank of Credit (ABC), issuing over 32 crore ABC IDs and 2.36 crore APAAR IDs. Multiple entry-exit options have been implemented in 153 universities, and University Grants Commission (UGC) has permitted biannual admissions starting this academic year.

Digital learning infrastructure has expanded with 116 institutions offering 1,149 programmes through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and 107 institutions offering 544 online programmes. The SWAYAM platform now allows up to 40% credit transfer, and 388 universities have integrated it into their academic systems. More than 13,000 higher education institutions have implemented the SAMARTH platform for digital governance, while ONOS (One Nation One Subscription) has provided access to nearly 13,000 e-journals in 6,300 institutions. Over 2.5 lakh faculty members have been trained under the Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Programme through 3,950 training sessions covering topics like AI, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, and mental health.

In school education sector, NEP 2020 has been implemented in 14.72 lakh schools, involving 98 lakh teachers and 24.8 crore students, as per UDISE+ 2023-24. Government schools have shown marked improvement in learning outcomes, as reflected in PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 and ASER 2024 reports. The ULLAS adult education initiative has reached 2.6 crore learners with the help of 42 lakh volunteer teachers, making 1.7 crore people newly literate. Ladakh has emerged as the first fully literate administrative unit under ULLAS, followed by Mizoram, Goa, and Tripura.

Further efforts in assessment and monitoring include large scale surveys like NAS 2021 and SEAS, covering lakhs of students. PM SHRI scheme has been expanded to include 13,076 model schools, while PM POSHAN initiative now covers Bal Vatikas and supports Nutrition Gardens in 6.28 lakh schools. SWAYAM PRABHA DTH platform has scaled up to 200 channels with over 92,000 videos in 30 languages.