New Education Policy is a means to fight poverty: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the new National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) is a means to fight poverty and to meet the needs of the 21st century. “Our education system has a great role in preparing the youth who are possessed with skill and ability, and have the spirit to do something for the country. I consider the new National Education Policy a means to fight against poverty. Today, the country has a new ‘National Education Policy’ to meet the needs of the 21st century,” the prime minister said during his Independence Day speech. “Unfortunately, there is a massive divide in our country regarding language. We have tied a huge talent of the country to the cage of language. One can find promising people in their mother tongue. If people from the vernacular medium come forward, their self-confidence will grow. Justice will be done to the potential of the poor children when they will become professionals by studying in their mother tongue,” he said.