VP Venkaiah Naidu Urges Higher Educational Institutions To Equip Youth With 21st-Century Skills

Bengaluru: Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu urged the higher education institutions on Monday to equip the youth with 21st-century skills. The V-P pointed out that with the fourth industrial revolution around the corner, India cannot afford to miss the opportunity. Naidu also called for the implementation of the National Education Policy in “letter and spirit.”

“Today, the 4th industrial revolution is knocking at our door and it is driven by the knowledge economy and cutting-edge technological innovations. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity and our higher education institutions must equip our youth with 21st-century skills,” Naidu was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.

Addressing the PES University’s sixth convocation, Naidu said NEP-2020 is aimed at transforming and reorienting the country’s higher educational institutions towards the challenges of the knowledge economy.

“The new education policy is a well-documented, well researched and well thought of policy document, which has been presented to the country after a long, detailed discussion with all the stakeholders, and every university and educational institution, state and central government institutions, should seriously and truthfully implement the policy in letter and spirit,” the vice-president said.

According to Naidu, there is an urgent need to align our university classrooms with the emerging global trends such as 5G-based technologies.

“I would urge our private institutions and universities to make the best use of this opportunity and to work towards making India self-reliant and technologically advanced in the space sector,” Naidu added.

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