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Delhi, Sept 8 (HS): The new NEP is a game changer, and states that have yet to

implement it should reconsider their attitude, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar

said on Sunday. Addressing the International Literacy Day festivities, Dhankar

warned against individuals who contaminate, degrade, and denigrate India's

institutions, urging people to shine a light on those misguided souls who

refuse to accept the country's tremendous achievements. The vice-president

stated that it was time for us to get into mission mode, fully committed and

passionate about achieving 100% literacy as soon as possible. Education is

something that no one can steal from you. No government can take it from you.

It cannot be taken away from you by family members or friends.

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cannot be any diminution. It will continue to expand as long as you share it.

Dhankar believes that if literacy is pursued with fervor, India may restore its

historic reputation as a center of learning, similar to Nalanda and

Takshashila. He urged states who have yet to implement the new National

Education Policy (NEP) to reconsider and reconsider their positions,

emphasizing that the policy was a game changer for the country. This National

Education Policy enables our kids to fully utilize their potential and

enthusiasm, with equal emphasis on all languages, he stated. Cautioning against

those who contaminate, tarnish, and belittle India's institutions, Dhankhar

encouraged to demonstrate the way to those misguided individuals who are unable

to appreciate Bharat's outstanding progress and are not aware of the ground

realities.

Dhankhar

emphasized the importance of the mother tongue, claiming that it was the

language in which people dreamed. The vice president also highlighted India's

extraordinary linguistic variety. No other country in the world compares to

India. We are a unique nation in terms of language richness, as we speak

various languages. Reflecting on his tenure as Rajya Sabha chairman, he stated,

I give members the opportunity to speak in 22 languages. When I

hear them talk in their native language, I listen to the translation, but their

body language tells me what they're really saying. Dhankhar further urged

everyone to commit to making at least one person literate.

When

we educate someone, we free him or her, assist that person in discovering

oneself or herself, give him or her dignity, reduce reliance, and promote

independence and interdependence. It allows someone to aid himself or herself.

It is the pinnacle of handholding, he remarked. In his presentation, Dhankhar

urged everyone to encourage literacy.

It

is time for us to go into mission mode with determination and enthusiasm to

achieve 100% literacy as soon as possible, but I am confident that this will

happen sooner than we anticipate. Allowing everyone to become literate will be

a significant contribution to Viksit Bharat, he added.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi