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The Government is considering to add skill based learning be incorporated in the curriculum of Class 11 and 12 as per the recommendations of the National Education Policy 2020, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said here on Sunday.The Union education minister said there has to be a paradigm shift in learning methodology at the appropriate level and the National Education Policy 2020 was recommending it.”We are on the job to introduce skill based curriculum of Class 11 and 12,” he said, at an event at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras here.Elaborating about the concept of including skill based learning in the curriculum, Pradhan said the earlier education system was certificate and degree focused.”Prime Minister Narendra Modi rightly said we need degree and certification but we need to make the students competent also,” he said at the Dakshinapatha Summit 2025 at IIT Madras.Live Events”One of the primary recommendation of the NEP 2020 is skill based education,” he said.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now!
Pradhan said his Ministry was also working on introducing skill based learning even from Class 6 onwards. “Previously, skill based learning was optional. Skill based education was a selective. But henceforth skill will be a formal part of education as a subject,” he said.(You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)

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