Pradhan: NEP to Break India Free from 'Macaulay Mentality'

• Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan stated the National Education Policy (NEP) will help India shed the 'Macaulay mentality'.
• Pradhan echoed PM Narendra Modi's call to free the new generation from this colonial mindset.
• The NEP, announced on July 29, 2020, aims for a paradigm shift with reforms in school, higher, and technical education.
• It emphasizes education in mother tongue, competency-based, and skill-based studies to prepare youth as job creators.
• PM Modi previously urged citizens to rid the nation of the "mindset of slavery" imposed by Thomas Macaulay by 2035.

Why It Matters: NEP is crucial for India's youth to overcome colonial mindset and foster innovation, says Pradhan.