Tamil Nadu governor Rajendra Arlekar on Sunday, backing the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020, stressed the need for research-oriented education, multidisciplinary learning and critical thinking to prepare youth for future challenges, and questioned students whether they aspired to be job creators or merely job seekers.
Delivering the 38th graduation day address at the Coimbatore-based RVS Group of Institutions, Arlekar said, “We always have to think what education we impart to the students. You must have heard of the National Education Policy 2020, which was adopted by our country in 2020.”
“The purpose of the NEP must be understood: it is not just an exercise done after the formation of a committee that results in something different. No. We have seen how education is imparted and passed down to the next generation.” he said.
Recalling that India should have implemented its own education system soon after attaining Independence, Arlekar said, “In 1947, we could have done this, but we failed to do it.”
Clarifying that he was not blaming anybody for it, the Governor said, “Our leadership at that time should have thought of it. As soon as we got independence, we could have had a different type of education system, but instead, we thought let us do what the Britishers have given to us.”
