Govt. should’ve least interference in education policy: PM

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Praising the new National Education Policy 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the government should have the least interference in it.

Addressing a Governors’ conference, Modi said: “To fulfil the aspirations of the country, education policy and system are important tools. In this system, the central and state governments and the local bodies are interlinked; it is also correct that in the education policy, the government should have the least interference and less influence.”

The NEP is focused on learning rather than studying and the curricula emphasis is on critical thinking, the Prime Minister pointed out. “The focus is on passion, practicality, and performance. The National Education Policy is, in a way, without pressure and without influence to learn democratic values.”

Modi also raised the issue of heavy school bags carried by children and said that the NEP seeks to address the issue in the sense that the children should not be under pressure vis-a-vis bags, board exams, and society.