Futuristic training system being created in nation by means of NEP, says PM

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mentioned that by means of the brand new Nationwide Schooling Coverage (NEP), a forward-looking and futuristic training system was being created in India for the primary time.

Noting that the variety of premier instructional establishments comparable to IITs, IIITs, IIMs, and AIIMS was rising considerably, Modi mentioned that the variety of medical schools within the nation has elevated by greater than 65 per cent since 2014 when the BJP authorities got here to energy.

Modi was nearly addressing the seventy fifth “Amrut Mahotsav” of Shree Swaminarayan Gurukul at Rajkot. The Prime Minister accused the previous governments of not doing something to regain the nation’s misplaced glory attributable to their “slave mentality”.

Hailing the traditional “gurukul” (residential education) system of training, the Prime Minister mentioned that data had been the best function of life within the nation and that saints and non secular leaders helped revive the nation’s misplaced glory within the area of training.

“You already know very effectively that for India’s vibrant future, our current training coverage and institutes have an enormous function to play. Due to this fact, on this ‘amrit kaal’ of independence, whether or not it’s about nation’s instructional infrastructure or coverage, we’re engaged in work at each stage at a quick tempo,” the Prime Minister mentioned.

The Prime Minister famous that when the nation grew to become unbiased, “it was our accountability to revive India’s historical glory and our nice satisfaction within the area of training.” However, he mentioned, “below the stress of a slave mentality, the governments didn’t transfer in that course. And in some issues, they went within the reverse course. In these circumstances, as soon as once more, our saints and acharyas took up the duty of fulfilling this obligation in direction of the nation. Swaminarayan Gurukul is a dwelling instance of this chance.”

Modi mentioned that India confirmed the world the way in which by finishing up analysis in fields starting from “atma tattva” to “paramatma tattva”, from spirituality to ayurveda, from social science to photo voltaic science, from math to metallurgy, and from zero to infinity.

“Girls students debated with their male counterparts at a time when the time period ‘gender equality’ was not even born.”

The PM additional famous that India confirmed mild to humanity in these darkish occasions, providing rays from which the journey of the trendy world and fashionable science began.

He talked about that the gurukuls of these durations paved the way in which for the world by permitting ladies students like Gargi and Maitreyi to be concerned in debates there.

“Data has been the best function of life in India. Due to this fact, within the interval when different nations have been recognized with kingdoms and royal clans, India was identified by its gurukuls,” the Prime Minister mentioned.

Modi identified that the nation’s gurukuls have been like a backyard of equality, affection and repair for hundreds of years. He mentioned universities like Nalanda and Takshashila was synonymous with the worldwide glory of this gurukul custom of India.

“Discovery and analysis, they have been a part of India’s lifestyle. Right this moment, the range and cultural prosperity we see within the nation are outcomes of the identical discoveries and improvements,” he mentioned.

The Prime Minister emphasised that the best residents and youths raised on a greater training system will work to grasp the dream of a developed India in 2047, when India celebrates a century of independence, and the efforts of establishments like Shri Swaminarayan Gurukul will definitely be important.

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