4th Industrial Revolution knocking at our doors: VP

Bengaluru: Vice President M Venkaiah  Naidu on Monday urged  higher education institutions to equip the youth  with 21st century skills, as  he pointed out that the 4th  industrial revolution is  knocking at our door, and  India cannot afford to miss  this opportunity.

He also called for the implementation of the National Education Policy in “letter and spirit.” “Today, the  4th industrial revolution is  knocking at our door and it  is driven by the knowledge  economy and cutting-edge  innovations. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity and our higher education  institutions must equip our  youth with 21st-century  skills,” Naidu said.

Addressing the 6th Convocation of PES University  here, he said NEP-2020 aims  to reorient higher educational institutions towards  the challenges of the knowledge economy.

“The new education policy is a well documented,  well researched and well  thought of policy document, which has been presented after a detailed  discussion with the stakeholders, and every university and educational institution, state and central  government institutions,  should seriously and truthfully implement the policy  in letter and spirit,” he said. The Vice President said  there is an urgent need to  align our university classrooms to the emerging global trends such as 5G-based  technologies which find  wide applications.