- By Ritesh Kumar
- Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:00 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Independence Day 2024: In his Independence Day address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his government's ambition to enhance the education system so that young people won't need to go study abroad. He also highlighted the recent inauguration of the new campus of Nalanda University in Bihar, which took place in June.
"I don't want that the youngsters of my country are compelled to go abroad to study. Middle class families have to spend lakhs and crores on their children's education overseas. We want to develop an education system here so that the youth of my country don't need to go abroad, Instead, people from abroad come to India," the Prime Minister said from ramparts of Red Fort this morning.
"We have revived Nalanda University in Bihar and it has started functioning now, but we have to revive the centuries-old Nalanda spirit in the education sphere, and use it to give direction to global knowledge traditions," the Prime Minister said.
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He emphasised that the government's new education policy prioritises vernacular languages. "I want to tell state governments and all institutions that our country's talent must not face a language barrier. We have to focus on the place of mother tongues in our lives, education and family," he said.
The Prime Minister stated that the government has implemented extensive reforms not to appease experts or intellectual debate clubs, but with a commitment to putting the 'Nation First' and advancing the country.
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