Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal while talking about the advantages and complimenting the superiority of National Education Policy has said that students from now don’t have to spend dollars on education in foreign countries any more. He said that the National Education Policy is in line with global standards.
IIT-Kharagpur on Saturday evening had organised a webinar where Pokhriyal said the country has a powerful education system and quality research facilities. Addressing the webinar, the minister said that the government is constantly working on improving the educational infrastructure.
“There is no need for some of our students to enrol in foreign universities, spending dollars on admission. We have all the infrastructure and facilities. The National Education Policy 2020 has further taken care of the issue. Our students will stay and study in the country now,” he said.
He added, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited foreign universities to set up campuses in India and encouraged Indian universities to build overseas campuses so that students are motivated to stay in India and study India.”
The minister said the credit bank system in the National Education Policy is in complete conformity with global education programmes and thorough research has been made on how they function.
“The credit bank system enables students to take a break from academic programmes, thus awarding certificates, diplomas and degrees,” he said.
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Expressing his hopes on the digital platforms that developed under various educational drives of the government since 2014, Pokhriyal said that would help to amplify the country's higher education system in sync with international educational patterns.
Speaking at the webinar on ‘India: The Global Destination for Higher Education - Post NEP 2020 Scenario’, IIT Kharagpur director VK Tewari lauded the concept of the multi-disciplinary research university as proposed under the NEP.