Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that we will make the youth so skillful that they automatically get employment. Education that cannot make a person capable and self-dependent in earning a livelihood is useless. It is necessary to make arrangements for employment oriented education and skill upgradation.
The new National Education Policy fulfills the resolve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure all round development of the new generation along with education and skill promotion. Chouhan thanked Prime Minister Modi for the new National Education Policy. Chief Minister Shri Chouhan announced the implementation of the National Education Policy in the State in the august presence of Governor Mangubhai Patel. Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav, Principal Secretary Higher Education Anupam Rajan and Vice Chancellors of various universities and research scholars attended the programme organized at Minto Hall.
Governor Mangubhai Patel and Chouhan released the ‘Safalta ke Sopan’, a magazine of the Higher Education Department. Along with this, seed money was also distributed to the students to encourage startups through the Incubation Center.
An MoU between Bhoj Open University and 55 colleges was signed for setting up distance learning centers to increase GER.
The Governor said that the educational institutions of the state should become flying launch-pads for the students so that they can touch the infinite heights of life.
In order to provide opportunities to the students to pursue education of their choice and need, the universities should arrange web based online courses and credits of active knowledge. By encouraging easy access to education, equality, quality and utility of education responsible through the National Education Policy, we can change the future of the country. In ancient India, there were centers of education like Nalanda, Takashashila.
The new education policy has once again given an opportunity to make the country a knowledge based super power. The University should implement the policy by making the best use of its efficiency and knowledge base in accordance with the vision and philosophy of the National Education Policy Makers.
The academic environment of the universities should encourage creative thinking, logical judgment and the spirit of innovation in students. The student should be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge.
There should be no linguistic hindrances in education. Education should be easy for disabled students also.