| |9 NOVEMBER 2020HIGHERReviewer departments and newer courses which were never there before. This is in tandem with the international system of education. Most institutes abroad allow students to pursue vari-ous subjects within the same campus. It helps increase intellectual outcome.However, focus should lay more on integrating departments than just cre-ating them for holistic learning.For in-stance, interconnecting science with arts, medicine with engineering will help students make the most of this multi-disciplinary approach.This step will also allow IIMs to become bigger in size and admit a greater number of students. This will facilitate our entry into the world competition. It will help us to compete with the elite insti-tutes of the world and become at par with them in the coming years. This will also help attract foreign students to India and help the economy of the country as well.The NEP 2020 also lays focus on research and its importance. This was previously lacking in our system, but it is crucial to have quality research data to enhance the richness of the quality of education. The deeper meaning of research in India must shift from pro-gramme to aptitude and that research as aptitude should be made a part of learning from primary education it-self. In order to compete in the global space, research has to be promoted and motivated. We must make ample us of the talent we have in this country. Research will also help better the eco-nomic growth. Another objective of the NEP 2020 is to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio or GER in higher education to 50 percent by 2035. The online system of education can also be utilised to reach this target, especially in catering to the female students or those who do not have physical access to educational institutions.NEP has laid great emphasis on learning. Our method should shift from teaching to learning where teachers go into the class not to teach but to create new knowledge and learn. Ultimately if we want to be a global player, we need to move on to a new level called Creation. We need to create new accounting and mea-surement methods in the country and create our own cases. Method, Mod-el, and Mode ­ the 3 Ms of learning, are critical to bringing NEP into ac-tion. The focus should be on creat-ing new knowledge, and information and understanding should change to application and creation. We must look at creating our cases and follow a blended method of teaching where students, teachers, and industry can work together inside the class and learn better.To achieve the vision of our Hon'ble Prime Minister of creating a 5 tril-lion-dollar economy, we must realize that it cannot be created by 50 com-panies alone. But if 1 million SME can create 1-100 million dollars each, they can create more than 5 trillion-dollar economy. Every household and every village should create businesses and that is the model of education we must foster as educationists. Each and ev-ery IIM of the country should foster an entrepreneurial mindset not only in their students but the community they belong in. This will be also help in ensuring and realising the dream of Aatmanirbhar Bharat.By promoting a beneficial learning environment, research and free communication between teachers and students, the NEP is all set the ball rolling in the right trajectory.Prof Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director
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