New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday urged vice-chancellors of all universities to achieve the goal of turning their universities into a multi-disciplinary institution to provide flexibility to students so that they can realise their potential and participate in the goal of national development.
“We want that all universities should be multi-disciplinary as we want to give students flexibility,” Prime Minister Modi said in his address to the 95th annual meet of the Association of Indian Universities and National Seminar of Vice-Chancellors. The event was organised by Ahmedabad based Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University through a video link.
In the meeting, which was organised on the 130th birth anniversary of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect of the Indian constitution, Prime Minister Modi said Dr Ambedkar considered knowledge, self-respect and politeness as his three revered deities.
“Self-respect comes with knowledge and makes a person aware of his or her rights. Through equal rights, social harmony emerges and the country progresses. Our education system and universities have this responsibility to carry the country forward on the path shown by Babasaheb,” Prime Minister told Vice Chancellors.
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New Education Policy (NEP)
Talking about the new National Education Policy (NEP) which was launched in July 2020, Prime Minister Modi said that every student has certain capabilities which pose three questions before the teachers and students. “First- what they can do? Second, what is their potential if they are properly taught? And, third, what they want to do?”
“The answer to the first question is the inner strength of the students. However, if institutional strength is added to that inner strength, their development will be expanded and they will be able to do what they want to do,” the Prime Minister explained.
Quoting the country’s first Vice President Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan who played an important role in laying the foundation of modern education in the country, Prime Minister Modi said that the NEP was aimed at fulfilling Dr Radhakrishnan’s vision of education that frees and empowers the student to participate in national development.
