Recently, India’s vice-president M. Venkaiah Naidu was present to distribute Nehru & Tagore Literacy Awards to people contributing greatly towards education and nation development. During the award ceremony, he emphasized the need for adult education. He said that the nation couldn’t call itself developed if not even 15 percent of the population is educated. Further supporting his point, the vice-president also talked about the nation’s capability in the IT industry and digitalization services. However, he also emphasized that basic adult education needs attention. Voicing his opinions on the imbalance in literacy, he further said, “We have made significant strides in the field of education over the past 7 decades. However, there still exists a huge imbalance in basic literacy skills in our society. This is a cause of concern.”Talking about the possible solutions to this grave issue, Venkaiah Naidu suggested that the schools should encourage their students to take up adult education programs.
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To encourage students to do that, he also suggested awarding additional marks for such activities. He also had some words of praise for the NEP 2020. Talking about this new policy, he added, “It recommends multiple avenues, including crowd-funding and utilizing online and app-based technology, satellite-based television channels, online study resources and libraries for the development and promotion of adult education centers.”To those who don’t know, NEP 2020 stands for National Education Policy of India 2020. It was approved by the Union Cabinet on 29th July 2020, replacing the earlier National Policy on Education in 1986. It aims to transform the whole face of the Indian education system by 2040.
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