Lucknow, July 20 (UNI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said 77.7 per cent of the Uttar Pradesh population lives in rural areas and so more and more educational institutions should be connected to rural areas.
Reviewing the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP), the Chief Minister said: “Industry-academic relations should be strengthened and small scale industries should be promoted in villages by educational institutions through social connect.”
He said the NEP perfectly blends the theoretical and practical dimensions of knowledge.
“This new policy will prove to be helpful in taking the society towards self-reliance. With the implementation of NEP-2020, students will not be limited to bookish knowledge and their practical and technical knowledge will also get enriched,” he said.
The Chief Minister said that many educational institutions in the private sector were doing commendable work and their best practices should be implemented in government institutions.
He directed the authorities to get NAAC grading of all eligible institutions done immediately. There should be healthy competition among academic institutions.
Academic institutions should not serve as centers for distributing degrees alone and should also fulfill their larger responsibilities towards the society, he said.
“Basic knowledge of topics like disaster management, secure digital banking, data security, traffic management, fire safety should also be provided.”
Yogi said there were many secondary schools in the state which were 60, 70, 80 years old or more. “Today, these schools are in need of renovation. A better action plan should be prepared and submitted in this regard.”
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