Stressing that education must be a right, an opportunity, a culture and a strong medium for nation-building, Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel said on Tuesday that it is a nation’s biggest asset and teachers are its creators.
The governor was addressing the inaugural function of the ‘National Conclave 2026’, organised by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) in collaboration with Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra, at Jai Prakash Narain Sabhagar on the university’s Swami Vivekanand campus. She appreciated Pushti (National Professional Standards for Teachers-NPST) and Mitra (National Mission for Mentoring-NMM), envisaged under the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020. “Our school education system is one of the largest in the world and comprises 1.03 crore teachers.
She said the initiatives are paving the way for new teachers to receive better guidance from experienced teachers serving as mentors. We need to assess whether teachers are continuously evolving to impart education according to students’ needs and their learning abilities. This is where the NCTE comes into play,” the governor said.
