PM Modi speaks at 3-year anniversary of NEP: 'India a nursery of new possibilities, many countries want to open IITs'

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Narendra Modi while speaking at the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam marking the three years of National Education Policy (NEP) said that the world is looking at India as a nursery of new possibilities and many countries have also approached for setting up of IIT campuses. "The world is looking at India as a nursery of new possibilities. Many countries are approaching us to open IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) campuses there.

Two IIT campuses -- one in Tanzania and one in Abu Dhabi -- are already about to start operations.... Various global universities are also reaching out to us, expressing their interest in setting up campuses in India," PM Modi said on Saturday. The Prime Minister also noted that judging youngsters on the basis of their language and not their talent is the biggest injustice.

He also argued that NEP has given an equal importance to traditional knowledge systems along with futuristic knowledge. PM Modi said that there is a need to look at things with a futuristic technologies at a time when technologies like artificial intelligence which used to be a part of science fiction are becoming a part of our daily lives. He argued that there is a need to free the children from the pressure of books and emphasized that students should be taught subjects like disaster management, climate change and clean energy at schools.

The two-day Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam is being organized at Pragati Maidan's Bharat Mandapam. During the event, Prime Minister Modi released the first instalment of funds under the PM Shri scheme. He also released the education and skill curriculum books that have been translated into 12 languages.