Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, Talking about the British education system said that the system was created to make India a servant class for the British rulers and it remains unchanged but the National Education policy 2020 has opened new doors for the people of the country.

Modi said, “The education system created by the Britishers was never part of the Indian ethics. The basic premise of the NEP is to take education out of narrow thinking and connect it with the modern ideas of the 21st century.”

After inaugurating a three-day Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam on implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) in Varanasi the Prime Minister said the educational system should not only prepare degree holder youth but also ensure that all the human resources necessary for the country’s progress were available.

The National Education Policy (NEP) focused on making children skilled according to their talents and choices He further added Our youth should be skilled, confident, practical and calculative, education policy is preparing the ground and for that, there was a need for the institutions to work on the future requirements of the talented young generation. He said the youth was taking initiatives in areas like space technology, new opportunities were opening up for girls and women. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the country was today one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and it was

The Prime Minister said although the NEP was implemented about two years ago, his government had been working diligently for its proper implementation. He personally attended many seminars and events to talk about the issue. The NEP had opened up ways for pursuing education in the mother tongue. Ancient Indian languages like Sanskrit were also being carried forward.

The event was attended by over 300 academic, administrative and institutional leaders, including Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

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