Hindustan Times (Chandigarh)

Higher institutio­ns to get 3.5 cr seats by 2035: Nishank

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MOHALI: The Centre will be adding 3.5 crore new seats in the higher education institutio­ns of India by the year 2035, said Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.

He was speaking during Shiksha Samwaad, a national discussion on NEP-2020, jointly organised by Education Promotion Society of India (EPSI) and Joint Associatio­n of Colleges, Punjab.

Renowned educationi­sts, academicia­ns, faculty and students from all over India engaged in the in-depth analysis of the topic ‘Vision of making India a Global Knowledge Superpower’.

Chandigarh University chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu said, “NEP-2020 is one of the biggest reforms in the education sector world over. This policy has carved a new roadmap for the developmen­t of education in India.”

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