NEW DELHI: New education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said his focus will be on time-bound implementation of the new National Education Policy (NEP) to achieve its key objectives in a time-bound manner.
Taking charge of the new ministry, Pradhan, along with three junior ministers —Annapurna Devi, Subhas Sarkar and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh— reviewed the progress in implementation of NEP. The four ministers interacted with the heads of autonomous institutions like UGC, AICTE, CBSE and KVS and senior officials of the ministry.
After the meeting, the minister said, “After 34 years, a new education policy has been introduced. NEP is the result of the promises our government made in 2014. Today our primary agenda is to take to the ground, many of which are already being rolled out.”
“Today, we discussed way forward for ensuring a bright future for the 30 crore-plus students across the country and in achieving the objectives of the NEP in a time-bound manner. I am committed to implement the policy on ground and take forward the measures already taken by my predecessor,” he said.
Pradhan said that he is thankful for being entrusted with one of the most important ministries “which was led by people like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,” and said that “there is not a single household in the country for which education is not important”.
Pradhan also holds the skill development and entrepreneurship portfolio.
