PM: NEP’s focus is to make job creators, instead of seekers

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the focus of New Education Policy is on making job creators instead of job seekers and emphasized that time has come for increased focus on learning, research and innovation in education.
“The 21st century is the era of knowledge, it’s time for increased focus on learning, research, innovation. The NEP emphasises on inter-disciplinary study to match the pace of fast changes in the 21st century. Our attempt is to make our education system advanced and modern to create opportunities for talent,” PM said in a virtual interaction with participants of grand finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020 being hosted by Banaras Hindu University on Saturday evening.
“We have given legendary scientists, technology enterprise leaders to the world in past, and have to change ourselves as per the needs of 21st century. It is the time to increase focus on learning, research and innovation,” Modi said.
“Learn, question and solve. When you learn, you get the wisdom to question. When you question, you come up with out-of-the-box methods to solve problems. When you do that, you grow, India grows,” said Modi.
“We are shifting focus from the burden of school bag to the boon of learning, from simply memorising to critical thinking. For years, the limitations of the system had an adverse effect on students,” said Modi.