PM Modi invites students, parents and teachers to join Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026

February 5, 2026 10:28 PM

PM Modi invites students, parents and teachers to join Pariksha Pe Charcha 2026

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday invited students, parents and teachers across the country to participate in the 9th edition of Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC) 2026, scheduled to be held on February 6 at 10 am. In a post on X, the Prime Minister said this year’s edition will focus on key aspects of examinations, including the importance of remaining stress-free and maintaining a learning-oriented mindset. He described Pariksha Pe Charcha as a platform he has always enjoyed, as it allows him...

9th edition of PM Modi’s ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ to be held on February 6

February 5, 2026 7:13 PM

9th edition of PM Modi’s ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ to be held on February 6

The ninth edition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship student interaction programme, Pariksha Pe Charcha (PPC), will be held on February 6, at 10 am, marking the first-ever multi-location nationwide engagement of the initiative. The interactive session, aimed at helping students manage exam stress and encouraging them to view examinations as a positive and celebratory experience, will be broadcast live on the Prime Minister’s YouTube channel, Doordarshan, and the Ministry of Education...

PM Modi highlights how ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ has become a ‘Jan Andolan’

February 5, 2026 3:45 PM

PM Modi highlights how ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ has become a ‘Jan Andolan’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday shared an article highlighting how Pariksha Pe Charcha has evolved into a mass movement (Jan Andolan), marking a decisive shift in India’s educational journey and contributing to the vision of Viksit Bharat. Responding to a post by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on X, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that the article explains how Pariksha Pe Charcha has grown beyond an annual interaction to become a nationwide movement focused on s...

Five years of NEP 2020: India charts next phase of reform with ₹4,000-crore push, global tie-ups

July 29, 2025 4:49 PM

Five years of NEP 2020: India charts next phase of reform with ₹4,000-crore push, global tie-ups

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday inaugurated the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, marking five years since the launch of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. As part of the celebrations, Pradhan launched educational initiatives and infrastructure projects worth over ₹4,000 crore, including new and upgraded campuses for Kendriya and Navodaya Vidyalayas, hostels for tribal students, and key facilities across IITs, NITs, and c...

Classrooms of change: How National Education Policy 2020 is transforming learning

July 29, 2025 1:09 PM

Classrooms of change: How National Education Policy 2020 is transforming learning

Five years ago, on July 29, India embarked on a journey to overhaul its education system with the launch of the National Education Policy 2020. Today, its impact is increasingly visible in classrooms across the country - reshaping how children learn, how teachers teach, and how schools function. NEP 2020 marked a paradigm shift from rigid, exam-centric education to a more flexible, inclusive, and learner-focused model. Anchored in India’s cultural heritage and aligned with global goals like S...

Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates University of Southampton’s India campus in Gurugram

July 17, 2025 11:44 AM

Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates University of Southampton’s India campus in Gurugram

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday inaugurated the India campus of the University of Southampton in Gurugram This marks the first foreign university to establish a campus in India under the University Grants Commission’s new regulations, Describing the event as a “momentous milestone” in the internationalisation of education under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, Pradhan said the development also deepens the education pillar of the India–UK strategic part...

NEP 2020 policy of the people, by the people and for the future of people: Dharmendra Pradhan

April 2, 2025 1:24 PM

NEP 2020 policy of the people, by the people and for the future of people: Dharmendra Pradhan

Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday hit out at Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, saying that corruption and governance deficit were the defining features of the country’s educational past, and the NEP 2020 represents a decisive break from this inglorious past. In a newspaper article published in The Hindu and shared by the Minister on his X handle, he stated that NEP 2020 is not merely an education reform but “an intellectual decolonisation that India had awaited for a l...