G20 Education Ministers’ Meeting

G20 Education Ministers’ Meeting
Source: Hindustan Times
GS II: International Relation

What is discussed under G20 Education Ministers’ Meeting?

The union minister of education and skill development attended the fourth meeting of the G20‘s education working group (EdWG) and the gathering of education ministers.
The conference was held in Bali between August 31 and September 1, 2022.

Theme: Recovery, Re-imagine and Rebuild Stronger
India’s National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 serves as a road map for advancing possibilities for lifelong learning and fulfilling the G20’s shared goal.
India emphasised the fast steps it has taken to implement NEP 2020, create a more robust and inclusive education and skilling ecosystem, and unlock the creative potential of every learner.
In order to improve learning outcomes, India is placing a lot of attention on:
- Formalising early childhood care and education
- Helping children with disabilities
- Promoting digital and multimodal learning
- Providing flexible entry-exit pathways
- Merging education with skills
In order to broaden the scope of education and also to make education equal and accessible, India has:
- Operationalized virtual schools
- Putting up digital universities
- Has 260+ TV channels dedicated to education in numerous Indian languages
NEP 2020 has prepared the way for the internationalisation of education in the country.
India is welcome foreign institutions to establish campuses in Ahmedabad.
The G20 EdWG’s potential should be utilised if education is to serve as the engine of global growth.
The G20 Education Group has established an agenda that takes into account the difficulties and extraordinary developments that have occurred in a global institutional framework.
India is still committed to working with the G20 to improve education systems so that everyone may rebuild and recover quickly.

The National Policy on Education was framed in 1986 and modified in 1992.
The National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986, which had been in place for 34 years, was replaced with the NEP 2020, the first education policy of the twenty-first century.
It is founded on the fundamental values of:
- Access
- Equity
- Quality
- Affordability
- Accountability
It aspires to make school and college education more comprehensive, flexible, multidisciplinary, appropriate for the needs of the 21st century
Focusses on bringing out each student’s distinct qualities in order to transform India into a thriving knowledge society and worldwide knowledge superpower.

Salient features of the NEP 2020

The G20 was established in 1999 with the purpose of exploring strategies to ensure global financial stability.
It is an intergovernmental forum comprising 19 countries and the European Union (EU).
The members of the G20 are:
- Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.
Spain is also invited as a permanent guest.
G-20 promotes global economic growth, international trade, and regulation of financial markets.
It is not a legislative body but its discussions influence monetary policy in each of its member nations.
Trade wars, food security, and cryptocurrencies have all recently been on the G-20 agenda.
Every year, the G20 alternates its presidency among the members.
To maintain the agenda, the country in the presidency collaborates with its predecessor and successor, collectively known as the Troika.
Italy, Indonesia, and India make up the Troika now.

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