The Union Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, attended the fourth convocation ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, on Friday virtually from the Regional office of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Dehradun. He addressed the students and the staff of the university through the video conferencing facility of the CBSE Dehradun.
Later interacting with the media persons, the union minister said that the CBSE schools should act as model schools. On the New Education Policy (NEP) he said the NEP gives due importance to the mother tongue.
He said that Hindi is the third most spoken language of the world. Nishank added that under the NEP, the vocational training would be given in the schools. He also informed that NEET and JEE examinations were successfully conducted during the pandemic. The Union minister said that the states would take decision on opening of the schools. He added that Covod-19 regulations would be followed in opening of educational institutions. The Deputy Commissioner – KVS, Regional office (RO) Dehradun, Regional Director of NIOS, Dehradun, Representative of NIC – UK and Regional Officer, CBSE Dehradun were also present on the occasion.
