Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has said Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), should become the world's knowledge centre. In his address to IGNOU's 35th convocation, he urged the use of technology to reach the unreached.
The Minister stated that today's convocation at IGNOU is a huge confidence booster since it represents the university's vast potential for creative pedagogy. IGNO has arisen as a modern-day Lord Hanuman, bringing education and learning to the poorest and most remote parts of the world, he said.
According to Shri Pradhan, the twenty-first century is the century of knowledge. He stated that if India is to become a knowledge-based economic superpower, a paradigm revolution in its educational landscape is required. NEP2020, he noted, is a start toward changing our educational and skills landscape.
Technology is the new equaliser. We must ensure that our people, particularly those at the bottom of the pyramid, is empowered through innovation, as well as that education reaches the unreached. Digital University and other e-learning projects are steps in the right path, he said.
In keeping with the spirit of Vasudhaiv Kutumbukam, Shri Pradhan stated that we must harness our civilisational treasure as well as the vast potential of our Indian knowledge system to make our education system more holistic, empathic, and for world good. IGNOU must strive to expand the canvas of education, strengthen the e-content architecture, and emerge as a benchmark knowledge centre of the globe, he added, by using technology, innovation, internet, and digital. He went on to say that IGNOU must lead the 'Renaissance of Knowledge.'
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