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States can decide when to reopen schools after assessing Covid situation: Nishank

Dehradun: Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that states and union territories can decide on the reopening of schools based on the Covid situation in their respective areas, but would have to follow the guidelines issued by the central government. The Haridwar MP was in Dehradun on Friday and held a press conference at the CBSE office here. “Millions of children have been taught through various mediums during the lockdown and the government is continuously working to provide better education to them,” the minister added. Speaking about the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, he said, “With the NEP, subjects like Artificial Intelligence (AI) are being taught to students of classes 6 to 12. The policy will ensure students are being taught professional subjects along with the regular academics. This will help them gain perspective and choose a career in the future.” Nishank also said that the government is working to ensure courses like engineering and medical are taught in regional languages. “Our aim is to spread the Hindi language across the globe,” he said. On the ongoing farmers’ protests, Nishank said the laws against which agitation is going on, had been drafted based on inputs gathered from farmers across the country. “All three farm laws are in interest of farmers and India’s farmers are in support of the laws,” the minister said.

The Times of India

2021-01-10

Dehradun