Question: What is the theme of EDUCON 2020 which was inaugurated on 7th January 2021, by Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ ?
a) Envisioning Education for Transforming Youth to Realize Global Peace
b) Challenging Youth for innovation
c) Perform, Reform and Transform
d) None of the above
Answer: a)
Context
- Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has inaugurated the two-day Virtual International Akhand Conference ‘EDUCON 2020’ through video conferencing on 7th January 2021.
Facts
- EDUCON 2020 is being organized by Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) in collaboration with the Global Educational Research Association (GERA) .
- It is a two day non-stop, akahand ,31 hours conference which will pass on the message to the researchers and students across the globe that the research is a 24X7 exercise and requires strong perseverance.
- Focal theme of the conference is ‘Envisioning Education for Transforming Youth to Realize Global Peace’.
- This International conference is the first of its kind in India where scholars across the world would be continuously having non-stop marathon dialogue sessions for 31 hours exploring the possibilities of the use of ICT in the higher education to promote the equitable quality education in India.
- Various other paradigm like likely scenario of higher education and school education by 2050, developing disruptive technologies for STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) Education, training youth for strategic future jobs in Universities, skill training programme for future graduates and relevance of ancient education system in 21st century will also be developed.
- National Education Policy (NEP)- 2020 will also be discussed from the point of national and global perspective.
By – Kameshwar Shukla
Reference: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1686807