Media Release

Mangaluru, Sep 4: St Aloysius College (Autonomous), here and the Centre for Educational and Social Studies, Bengaluru jointly organized a webinar on 'National education Policy 2020' (Policy Vision and Higher Education) on August 25.

Around 800 participants joined the webinar from different institutions and cities.

Fr Dr Praveen Martis SJ, principal, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) welcomed the resource persons and the participants.

Dr Richard Gonsalves, director LCRI & DDU Kaushal Kendra introduced the experts.

The webinar included three sessions. The resource persons for the sessions were Professor M K Sridhar member, the committee for draft NEP, member, UGC and president, CESS, Dr Leena Chandran Wadiya chief consultant committee for draft NEP and Dr Padmavati B S convener, a sub-committee task force on implementation of NEP in Karnataka (KSHEC, GOK) director of CESS.

Professor M K Sridhar mentioned that there are three types of higher education institutions, namely, Degree Intensive, Teaching Intensive and Research Intensive. He also highlighted that the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 could transform India as an equitable and vibrant knowledge society through the provision of high-quality education to all, could enhance conscious awareness of one’s roles and responsibilities in changing the world through appropriate curriculum and pedagogy and could develop knowledge, skills, values and dispositions that support commitment to human rights, sustainable development, living and global well being.

Dr Leena Chandran Wadiya spoke on the importance of early education, the medium of instruction and the new curriculum structure.

Dr Padmavati B S presented the key changes proposed in the NEP which aim at transforming the higher education system gradually.

All the questions asked by the participants were answered by the experts.

Dr Alwyn D’Sa, controller of examinations of St Aloysius College (Autonomous) delivered the vote of thanks.