Teachers need to play bigger role in New Education Policy: Karnataka women's university VC Chandavarkar

GUNTUR: Stating that New Education Policy (NEP) is mix of ethics and cultural values, Karnataka women’s university vice-chancellor and Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM) joint general secretary Dr Meena Rajiv Chandavarkar has observed that teachers would require to play bigger role in the new system. She said that the Nalanda and Takshashila model would be the future of Indian education system.
Speaking at a national seminar organized by Hindu College of Management here on Monday, Dr Chandavarkar said that they have tried to revolutionise the entire education system with NEP.She said that new policies were incorporated to change the present education system introduced almost 30 years ago. “We have given equal importance to the humanities to build the next generation youth,” said Dr Chandavarkar, who is also part of the team that designed NEP.
Dr Chandavarkar advised the teachers to get ready to take the lead in building the next generation with a more proactive role in the classroom. She said that teachers should upgrade themselves to the changing needs of the society as well as the students. She explained that NEP had given top priority to the research work, artificial intelligence and technology along with humanities. She said that the NEP had synchronized the Teacher Training Courses (TTC) with the graduation courses to ready the next generation teachers.
AP school education commissioner Dr Vadrevu Chinaveerabhadrudu said that the teacher should have command over the knowledge and science. He said that the World Bank noted that teachers should be fully authoritative in acquiring and sharing knowledge. He said that NEP had provided the right direction to the present day system by introducing 5+3+4 pattern.
Dr Chinaveerabhadrudu said that it had clearly defined the primary, upper-primary and higher education pattern. Hindu college of management principal Dr SV Ramana presided over the session in which the college vice-president SVS Lakshminarayana and secretary Ch Ramakrishna Murthy were also present. Vignan educational institutions chairman Dr Lavu Rathaiah, VVIT chairman Vasireddy Vidyasagar, Majeti Ramprasad, Narasaraopet Engineering College principal Dr Sunil, chief of commerce department at Acharya Nagarjuna University Dr Sivaram Prasad, KSR Kutumba Rao, KV Manish Acharyulu, Dr Lalitha, Santhi Latha, Kalyani, Vaishnavi, Saritha, Sabina, Chakravarthi and Srinu Naik were also present.