New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the inaugural session of the Governors’ Conference on National Education Policy on September 7, 2020, informed the Prime Minister's Office on Sunday (September 6, 2020). 


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The Conference titled “Role of NEP-2020 in Transforming Higher Education” is being organized by the Union Ministry of Education and will begin at 10:30 AM IST through a video conference.


The NEP-2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century which was announced after 34 years of the previous National Policy on Education 1986. It is directed towards major reforms in both school and higher education level.


The new National Education Policy strives for making India into an equitable and vibrant knowledge society. It envisions an India-centred education system that contributes directly to transforming India into a Global Superpower.


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The comprehensive transformation aimed the NEP will bring about a paradigm shift in the country’s education system and create an enabling and reinvigorated educational ecosystem for a new Atmanirbhar Bharat envisaged by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India.


Various webinars, virtual conferences, and conclaves on various aspects of National Education Policy 2020 are being organised across the country.


The Ministry of Education and University Grants Commission earlier organized a “Conclave on Transformational Reforms in Higher Education under National Education Policy-2020” which was also addressed by PM Modi.


The Governors’ Conference on September 7 will also be attended by Education Ministers of all States, Vice-Chancellors of State Universities and other senior officials.