According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the new National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has placed a strong focus on the skills that would give people the power to break free from slavery.
The prime minister spoke on the 76th anniversary of Independence Day from the Red Fort's walls, "I look with hope the way the new National Education Policy has been formulated with a lot of brainstorming, with the exchange of ideas from various people and is at the root of the country's education policy… The skill that we have emphasized is such a power which will give us the strength to be free from slavery," he said.
The National Education Plan (NEP), which the Union Cabinet approved in 2020, replaced the National Policy on Education, which was drafted 34 years earlier in 1986. Its goal is to pave the way for radical changes to the school and higher education systems that will turn India into a global power in the field of knowledge.
In his address, Modi said, "This Digital India movement of developing semiconductors, entering 5G era, spreading the network of optical fibres is not just to establish ourselves as modern and developed, but it is possible because of three intrinsic missions. The complete transformation of education eco-system, a revolution in health infrastructure and improvement in quality of lifestyles of the citizens will be possible only through digitalisation."