CHANDIGARH: Stating that the National Education Policy (NEP2020) will lay the foundation stone of ‘New India’ of the 21st century, Haryana’s Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the state government has decided to open 1,000 new English medium schools. Pal said, “The officers of the Education Department have started implementing the Policy and changes will be made wherever there is a scope for improvement. The process of opening 1,000 new English Medium Schools is presently going on, besides, 104 state schools are being upgraded as Adarsh Sanskriti Model Schools while 32 Adarsh Sanskriti Model Schools are already functional.”
“Under the New Education Policy, students from any class, be it nursery or college can play a constructive role in nation-building as he or she will study in a scientific manner,” he said, adding that the policy focuses on imparting ideal education and polishes the skills as per the need of the youth. He said that this policy has been formulated by reforming it according to the national objectives and values.