India Focused On Ensuring High-quality Education, Affordability In Alignment With NEP: Goyal

India is focused on ensuring high-quality education, affordability and flexibility in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, said Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal at the convocation ceremony of MDI Gurgaon and Murshidabad.

He said that given the high quality of students, faculty and work that is carried out in the institution, MDI should engage with the private sector and the government so that all of us can benefit from the achievements of the institution. 

The minister added that the students of MDI are the future entrepreneurs, innovators, changemakers and leaders of India who are going to contribute in the Amrit Kaal as the country moves to the centenary of Independence.

He noted that we have over 65 per cent of girls who have joined the MDI. That is a remarkable achievement for the organisation in terms of giving an opportunity to our daughters as they work their way up and become stakeholders in the growth story of India, he said. 

"It is our collective duty to work with a sense of duty to ensure prosperity and inclusive growth in the country so that none is left behind," Goyal added.

The country today is working towards a vision of making India a developed nation by 2047 and this requires a deep understanding of the challenges. 

Education from MDI will play an important role for its students in this, Goyal said, adding that he hoped to see the students as value creators and many as budding innovators and entrepreneurs.

"Today the Govt is also thinking like a Startup continuously experimenting with ideas to take development to the last mile," he stated.