PM: Protect kids from ‘overexposure’ to tech, go for hybrid classes | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday pushed for a hybrid system of online and offline learning to avoid overexposure of technology to school-going children. Chaired a meeting to review the progress in the implementation of National Education Policy (NEP), the PM urged higher educational institutions to adopt online learning in a big way as they have been allowed to run full-fledged online courses with permissible limit of online content being raised to 40%.
Modi said NEP-2020 is being implemented with the objectives of access, equity, inclusivity and quality with multi-linguality being promoted to remove language-related barriers to academic attainment. PM was apprised of the progress in the formulation of National Curriculum Framework, under the guidance of the National Steering Committee. In school education, initiatives like Balavatika, NIPUN Bharat, Vidya Pravesh, examination reforms and innovative pedagogies like Art-Integrated Education, toy-based pedagogy are being adopted for better learning outcomes and holistic development of children.
Pitching for emphasis on the use of indigenously developed toys to develop conceptual skills in students, the PM also suggested that secondary schools with science labs should engage with farmers in their area for soil testing, an official statement said.
Lauding NEP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said from special efforts to track out-of-school children and bring them back into the mainstream and the introduction of multiple entry and exit in higher education, many transformative reforms have been initiated that will define and lead the progress of the country.
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other senior officials from the ministry of education attended the meeting.
Modi said NEP-2020 is being implemented with the objectives of access, equity, inclusivity and quality with multi-linguality being promoted to remove language-related barriers to academic attainment. PM was apprised of the progress in the formulation of National Curriculum Framework, under the guidance of the National Steering Committee. In school education, initiatives like Balavatika, NIPUN Bharat, Vidya Pravesh, examination reforms and innovative pedagogies like Art-Integrated Education, toy-based pedagogy are being adopted for better learning outcomes and holistic development of children.
Pitching for emphasis on the use of indigenously developed toys to develop conceptual skills in students, the PM also suggested that secondary schools with science labs should engage with farmers in their area for soil testing, an official statement said.
Lauding NEP, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said from special efforts to track out-of-school children and bring them back into the mainstream and the introduction of multiple entry and exit in higher education, many transformative reforms have been initiated that will define and lead the progress of the country.
Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and other senior officials from the ministry of education attended the meeting.
