New national education policy is important in building ‘self-reliant India’: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the new National Education Policy as an ‘important step’ in the creation of ‘Self-reliant India’ and said that it gives complete freedom to the students to show their strength while breaking old shackles.

Addressing the convocation of Visva-Bharati University through video conference, the Prime Minister said that the arrangements that Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore had developed in this university were a means to free and modernize the education system from the shackles of subordination.

He said that West Bengal in the past gave leadership to the country in advancing the rich knowledge and science of India and now Visva Bharati should lead the educational institutions of the country to make India realize the sense of world welfare. .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “The new national education policy that has been made in India today, apart from breaking the old shackles, gives the students complete freedom to show their strength. This education policy gives you the freedom to study different subjects. This education policy gives you the option to read in your language. ”He said that the new education policy promotes entrepreneurship and self-employment as well as research and innovation.

He said, ‘This education policy is also an important step in the creation of a self-reliant India.’ On this occasion, the Governor of West Bengal and Visva-Bharati’s Chancellor (Rector) Jagdeep Dhankar, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Union Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre was also present.

Visva-Bharati was founded in 1921 by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore. It is the oldest central university in the country. In May 1951, through an Act of Parliament, Visva Bharati was declared a Central University and ‘Institute of National Importance’. The Prime Minister is also the Chancellor of this university.