Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav said that the main objective of the National Education Policy is to strengthen the skills of the students along with quality education. As well as promoting employability along with education, the education policy aims to encourage creative thinking and logical judgment and the spirit of innovation in the students. Yadav was reviewing the implementation of National Education Policy-2020 in Mantralaya today with the officers of various departments.
Minister Yadav said that the National Education Policy provides a comprehensive framework for integrating vocational training with primary education to higher education in rural and urban India. For field projects, internship, apprenticeship and community engagement to students on vocational subjects, the coordination with Farmer Welfare and Agriculture, Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion, Tourism, Cottage and Village Industries, Horticulture and Food Processing, Panchayat and Rural Development and Women and Child Development departments is essential. The Higher Education Minister said that such work should be done so that the next session is completely organised.
Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Shailendra Singh directed the officers present of various departments to prepare department wise portal and appoint departmental nodal officers. He said that this would facilitate the students as to whom they would have to establish contact with. Singh said that 8 to 10 industries of every district should be identified. Design courses for internships with the officials of the Higher Education Department. He said that all the departments should also mention on their portal which organisation focuses on which works and on what subject. The concerned departments should also suggest what should be the subjects of the vocational courses.
The Tourism Department should also tie up with private hotels. Additional Chief Secretary Shri Singh directed the officers of the Higher Education Department to collect all the information by creating a central portal.
Commissioner, Higher Education Shri Deepak Singh and officers of the departments of Panchayat and Rural Development, Women and Child Development, Micro, Small and Medium Industries, Farmers Welfare and Agriculture etc. were present.