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tional training school for underprivi- development in primary-secondary
leged children. These institutions education. This will improve chil-
together host 30,000 students in dren’s employability and entrepre-
Uttar Pradesh. neurship skills.
• I hope the imminent NCFSE will
encourage school managements to Dr. Hanif Kanjer
design curriculums that develop the Founder director, Rustomjee Cambridge
whole child, beyond academics. The International School, Mumbai
new curriculum framework should
fully integrate non-academic activi-
ties and provide a roadmap to assess
students’ progress towards holistic
education. Simultaneously, it should
suggest ways and means to improve
teacher training programmes.
• I hope it will also suggest how to
Dr. Deepak Madhok equip children with the skills and
Chairman, Sunbeam Group of Educational strategies to become self-learners.
Institutions, Varanasi • NCFSE needs to provide guide-
lines to incorporate environment
r. Deepak Madhok is chair- education and the UN Sustainable
man of the Varanasi-based Development Goals into school
DSunbeam Group of Educa- curriculums. Children from primary
tional Institutions (SGEI) which in- through higher secondary, need to
cludes six CBSE-affiliated Sunbeam acquire the knowledge and skills to n alum of Tuck Business
schools in Varanasi, 17 associate contribute meaningfully to achieve School, Dartmouth College
schools under the franchise model the SDGs. A(USA) and London Business
in UP, two women’s arts and science • I hope the new NCFSE will give a School, Dr. Hanif Kanjer is founder
colleges, and a free-of-charge voca- strong push to competency and skill director, Rustomjee Cambridge In-

Nishi Misra
Principal, Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior

n alumna of Allahabad University with valuable
teaching and admin experience in several top-
Aranked schools including Sherwood, Nainital
and former headmistress of Vidya Devi Jindal School,
Hisar, Nishi Misra is principal of the Scindia Kanya
Vidyalaya, Gwalior, ranked India’s #1 girls boarding
school in the EW India School Rankings 2022-23.
• NEP 2020 has strongly emphasised tapping and
developing the creativity of children countrywide. I hope
NCF will also change the teacher training curriculum to
teach creativity and innovative thinking. citizenship to build a harmonious society.
• All children have big dreams and ideas. The new cur- • After reading the Kasturirangan Committee Report
riculum should encourage children to dream big and and NEP 2020, the new NCF will arouse the creativity,
leave school with one big idea to pursue. I hope the new critical thinking, and problem-solving capabilities of
curriculum will make a break with the past and equip children countrywide.
children with the academic competence and emotional • NEP 2020 has strongly advised all state governments
quotient to realise their full potential. to integrate digital literacy and technology into educa-
• Currently, Indian education has become too academ- tion. I hope the new NCF will take that forward and
ics and career oriented. I expect NCFSE and NCF to provide the benefits of new digital technologies to all
encourage teachers to teach compassion and awakened children countrywide.

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