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Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Vidya Bharati significantly influenced NEP 2020, with its practices like bagless days, mother tongue learning, and teacher training now part of the national curriculum. He highlighted a shift from rote learning to skills, AI education, and holistic development, urging wider societal participation in education.

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said Vidya Bharati has served as an important reference point for the government in shaping the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and asserted that many of its practices have now been incorporated into the national curriculum.

Addressing a programme of Vidya Bharati here at the beginning of the new academic year, Pradhan said, "Although Vidya Bharati represents only around one per cent of the larger education ecosystem, that one per cent is like a drop of nectar.” He added that, “It has shown what the standards of education should be, what learning outcomes should be, what competencies should be, how teaching should happen, and what values should be imparted." Pradhan said he has been associated with the education department for the last five years, and Vidya Bharati remained a "successful reference point" whenever decisions were taken on textbooks, medium of instruction, language or social development.

"Whether it is textbooks, medium of instruction, language, or social development, I have considered Vidya Bharati to be a successful reference point," he said.

The Union minister said the government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, introduced NEP 2020 and that Vidya Bharati was among the inspirations behind it.