'Need to adopt innovative, out-of-the-box methods to enhance access to affordable education'

The nature of jobs is changing, and Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 presents us with both challenge and opportunities of skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling the country's vast demography, the Education Minister said. 

'Need to adopt innovative, out-of-the-box methods to enhance access to affordable education'

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that there is a need to adopt innovative and out-of-the-box methods to enhance access to quality and affordable education. He further added that a technology-driven approach and initiatives like digital universities in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP) will be the key to enhancing access to quality education. 

While speaking at a conclave, the Education Minister said, “There is a need to adopt innovative and out-of-the-box methods to enhance access to quality and affordable education and to bring our vast population under the formal education and certified skills structure. Creating robust and resilient mechanisms for making education accessible to all is a priority for the government,” as reported by TimesNow.

"Technology-driven approach and initiatives like Digital University in line with the NEP-2020 will be key to enhance access to quality education. NEP sets the vision and path to cater to the requirements of every learner right from Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) and also for building a vibrant and equitable knowledge society. We are working to integrate skill education into school and higher education to boost employability, ”he said.

While speaking on the future jobs and skilling, the Education Minister said that "the nature of jobs is changing, and Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 presents us with both challenge and opportunity of skilling, up-skilling and re-skilling the country's vast demography."

“We must bring a paradigm shift in skilling and make it more aspirational to harness IR 4.0 as well as make our youth future-ready. NEP charts the course to develop our students and youth as global citizens with new-age ideas and skills and prioritises learning in Indian languages for establishing India as a knowledge economy of the 21st century,” he added.

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