PM Modi's Main Focus on Making India’s Education System Digitalized
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India's education system has to be made according to the 21st century. The PM said that in Budget 2022, emphasis has been laid on five things related to the education sector. Subject experts will have to work fast to get these five things off the ground. The Prime Minister said that we should start work on Digital University without wasting any time. Our priority should be on providing quality and good education through smart classes, animation. The PM said that in the absence of good education, our students go to other countries, keeping this shortage in mind, experts will have to work.
Addressing the experts of the education world through a webinar on education and skill development, the PM said that in the Union Budget 2022, several measures have been taken to improve and expand the standard of education. There is a need to take fast steps to meet the targets given in the budget. The PM said that in the budget, emphasis has been laid on five things regarding education. The first is to provide uniform quality education, second is skill development, third is urban planning and design, fourth is to create world-class universities in the country and fifth is 'Animation Visual Effects Gaming Comic'. The Prime Minister said that our young generation is going to lead the country in the future. In such a situation, empowering the young generation is to strengthen the future of the country.
Digitization of education will take new education policy on the ground
The PM said that before the onset of the corona epidemic, our government emphasized digital connectivity in villages and small towns. Villages were connected by optical fibre. Everyone saw our efforts in the time of the pandemic. Digital connectivity saved our education system during the pandemic. The PM said that the digitization of education will help in taking the new education policy on the ground.
The Prime Minister said, 'Today is also International Mother Language Day. It has been proved that by giving education in the mother tongue, children learn faster. Their mental development accelerates. Teaching in the technical field has already started in the mother tongue in many states. Experts should focus on making Indian languages available on television, mobile and radio. The PM said that AICTE is expected to work towards the digitization of Indian languages. This will help in realizing the dream of 'Self-reliant India'. With the joint efforts of all of us, the targets set in the budget can be achieved soon. It should be our endeavour that the entire blueprint of our education should be in line with the 21st century.
