Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the youth are the future leaders of the country, as well as nation builders.
Addressing a webinar on Budget announcements in higher education, Mr
Modi said empowering the young generation means empowering India's
future which is why there has been a lot of focus on the education
sector in the Union Budget.
He said a lot of emphasis has been laid on five areas related to the
education sector and Universalization of Quality Education is the first
among these. He said important decisions have been taken to expand
country's education system, improve its quality and increase the
capacity of the education sector.
The second area is Skill Development. Prime Minister said digital
skilling ecosystem should be created in the country, and skill
development should be done according to the demand of the industry. He
said the Budget has focussed on making industry linkage better. The
third important aspect is urban planning and design. Mr Modi said it is
necessary to integrate the ancient experience and knowledge of India on
this field in education.
The fourth important aspect is Internationalization. He said world class
foreign universities should come to India. He added that in industrial
areas like GIFT City, institutes associated with FinTech should come and
this has also been encouraged in the Budget. The fifth important aspect
is- AVGC- Animation Visual Effects Gaming Comic, all of which have
immense employment potential with a huge global market.
Prime Minister Modi stressed that it is digital connectivity that kept
country's education system alive in the time of global pandemic. He
noted that digital divide is rapidly shrinking and innovation is
ensuring inclusion in the country. He said initiatives like e-Vidya, One
Class One Channel, Digital Labs, Digital University are going to help
the youth a lot. This is an attempt to provide better solutions for
education to poor, Dalit, backward, and tribal youth in the
socio-economic setup of India.
Mr Modi said National Digital University is a unique and unprecedented
step of its kind in the education system of India. He said digital
university has the power ro completely eliminate the problem of seats in
the country.
Greeting the nation on International Mother Language Day, Mr Modi said
mother tongue is related to the mental development of children. He said
teaching of medical and technical education in local languages has
started in many states.
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