Dharmendra Pradhan stresses the need to adopt innovative methods to enhance access to quality and affordable education

New Delhi: Education and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today stressed the need to adopt innovative and out-of-the-box methods to enhance access to quality and affordable education.

Addressing the India Today Education Conclave, Mr. Pradhan spoke about the need to bring India’s vast population under the formal education and certified skills structure.

Speaking about accessibility, the Minister said that creating robust and resilient mechanisms for making education accessible to all is a priority for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, a technology-driven approach and initiatives like Digital University in line with the NEP-2020 will be keys to enhancing access to quality education.

On the future of jobs and skilling, Mr. Pradhan said that the nature of jobs is changing and Industrial Revolution 4.0 presents the challenge and opportunity of skilling, up-skilling, and re-skilling vast demography.