From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network

Bengaluru, Aug 24: The State Government is making all preparations to bring in administrative reforms and amendments to the laws for implementing the National Education Policy 2020 and become the first state in the country to implement the policy, said Deputy Chief Minister (DCM) Dr C N Ashawathanarayana, who is also the Minister for Higher Education.

He was addressing the inaugural session of five days online workshop on Highlights of the National Education Policy and its implementationorganized by the University of Bengaluru on Monday.

Dr Narayan said the State Government is going ahead with specific goals and a clear agenda on the implementation of NEP 2020.

“A high-level task force was constituted immediately after the draft of the policy reached us and this committee has already held several meetings,’’ he said.

The committee has already come out with suggestions to implement the policy in a phased manner. The recommendations of the final stage are awaited. The administrative and legal steps would be taken as soon as the final recommendations are made, the Deputy Chief Minister said.

The new policy would make high-quality education available to all students. The whole system would be benefitted from quality teaching

“This also would pave way for the elimination of the “inspector raj” mindset and an era of transformation would set to begin,” he said.

Prof DP Singh, President, UGC, Dr Bhushan Patwardhanm, Vice President, spoke. Prof KRVenugopal, Vice-Chancellor, Bengaluru University, made the introductory remarks.