Jammu, Jan. 20 -- The NEP is more in tune with national priorities and contemporary realities. It pays attention to areas that had been neglected for long

After decades of intransigence, the Union Government and policymakers in the education sector have come up with aNational Education Policy(NEP) which is more in tune with national priorities and contemporary realities. This is so because the new policy pays special attention to three very important areas that have been neglected for long - holistic and multidisciplinary education, vocational education and impartation of skills and equalisation of opportunity for digital education.

The Centre has drafted education policies in the past. However, like many things which were thought of ea...