Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliate Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas (SSUN) will organise a month lengthy ‘Gyan Maha Kumbh 2081’ on the sidelines of the Maha Kumbh 2025 in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj subsequent month, the organisation’s nationwide secretary Atul Kothari stated on Monday.
An aerial view of the ‘Tent Metropolis’ being ready forward of the ‘Maha Kumbh 2025’ in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. (ANI Picture)
Educators and officers from round 500 universities and 5,000 college students will take part within the Gyan Maha Kumbh from January 10 to February 10. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will probably be chief patron of the occasion.
“The objective of the Gyan Maha Kumbh is to push for speedy implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and the inclusion of the Indian Knowledge System (IKS) in education,” Kothari stated.
NEP 2020 was launched by the Union authorities on July 29, 2020, to rework the nation’s training system — aligning it with wants of the longer term whereas preserving it “rooted in Indianness”.
IKS is an revolutionary cell underneath the ministry of training, fashioned with an purpose to unfold consciousness about conventional Indian data and heritage within the numerous fields of training.
SSUN had organised 4 ‘Gyan Kumbhs’ in Haridwar, Nalanda, Puducherry and Karnavati (Ahmedabad) between October 1 and December 1 within the run as much as the Gyan Maha Kumbh.
RSS common secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and joint common Secretary Krishna Gopal, training ministers of varied states and officers of central instructional establishments, vice chancellors of varied central and state universities, non-public universities, administrators of technical {and professional} establishments, presidents-secretaries and principals of personal universities and academic establishments will take part within the occasion.
Instructional seminars will probably be organised in collaboration with the Akharas of varied saints and sages throughout the Gyan Maha Kumbh.
“In this Gyan Maha Kumbh, we will be contemplating on various subjects of education with education leaders to enable positive changes in the education of the country, taking a pledge to establish India-centric education,” Kothari stated.
The Maha Kumbh will probably be held in Prayagraj from January 13 to February 26, 2025.