Srinagar, Sept. 13 -- After the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in 2012 and the subsequent 2015 summit, the UN adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals to be accomplished by 2030. Among them, SDG4 aims to ensure equitable and quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. The goal is divided into many targets, out of which targets 4.3 to 4.5, and 4.7 specifically stress upon the access to quality technical education, skill development, vocational training for employment, decent jobs, and entrepreneurship for all groups, including the vulnerable.

India, aligned its latest education policy with SDG4, and accordingly, NEP 2020 envisages, "A holistic and multidisciplinary education would aim to devel...