Department of Higher education of Uttarkhand has organise a programme in this month to implement the NEP-2020 in Dehradun. Union Education minister Dharmendra will attend the programme as chief guest.
Uttarakhand government has decided to execute the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in the higher education sector. The decision came after becoming the first State in the country to implement NEP 2020 in schools. Department of Higher education of Uttarkhand has organise a programme in this month to implement the NEP-2020 in Dehradun and on Friday, the State's Higher Education minister Dhan Singh Rawat has invited Union Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to attend the programme. Pradhan accepted this invitation.
Rawat extended the invitation during his meet-up with Pradhan in New Delhi on Friday. In the meeting, the duo discussed many issues including NEP-2020 and PM Shree scheme. Rawat said that Uttarakhand has become the first State in the country to implement the NEP-2020 in the school education sector and it is being appreciated by everyone. He said that the higher education department of the State has also made all preparations to implement the NEP-2020 in all universities and colleges at the undergraduate level.
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan to be the chief guest
The minister added that the union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has accepted his invitation to attend a ceremony for the implementation of NEP-2020 as chief guest. Rawat said that the PM- Shree scheme under which 14,500 schools across the country would be made world-class would be held in changing the face of the schools in the backward areas of the country and would provide better education to the students.
Release remaining budget under Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
In the meeting, Rawat apprised the union education minister the progress in the construction of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) at Sumadi, Sringar and discussed the demands of the employees of the HNB Garhwal central university. He also requested Pradhan to release the remaining amount of the sanctioned budget under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) on which the union minister assured that the pending budget would be released soon. He also asked Rawat that the State should send the DPR of the construction works under the RUSA phase III.
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