Dharmendra Pradhan: India decolonising education model

At the concluding session of the Visitor’s Conference, Pradhan highlighted educational institutions’ role in achieving smooth implementation of the National Education Policy.

Written by Ishita Roy

New Delhi | Updated: July 12, 2023 06:22 AM IST

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Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan (Express File Photo)

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Stating that India is now “getting out of the Macaulay model of education and decolonising” it, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday said while India’s foundation lies in the Vedic era, “our goal should remain to become a global benchmark”.

At the concluding session of the Visitor’s Conference, Pradhan highlighted educational institutions’ role in achieving smooth implementation of the National Education Policy. He said institutions “must work on their physical and intellectual capacity building”, and their capacity-building exercise will “impact 4 crore students who will be our future”.

On the National Credit Framework, he said all institutions must prioritise it to let people from socially backward communities have the opportunity to work and study at the same time. “There are 50,000 colleges and 1,100 institutions of university standards (in India). If each of you takes responsibility for 10 institutions, their apex body will remain in touch with you,” he said.

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