Seminar on NEP 2020 begins at DMCTE
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, November 06 2026: A two-day National Seminar on "Bridging School Education, Teacher Education and Higher Education on Policy Convergence and Educational Transformation under NEP 2020" was inaugurated today at DM College of Teacher Education, Imphal, by Commissioner, Higher and Technical Education, Government of Manipur, Ningthoujam Geoffrey, as chief guest.

The seminar, organised by IQAC, DMCTE in collaboration with Manipur University, Directorate of University and Higher Education, Manipur, SCERT, Samagra Shiksha and SYNAPX, was presided over by Principal, DMCTE Imphal.

Dr Konika Khuraijam, with Director, College Development Council, Manipur University, Prof Hanjabam Sukhadev Sharma as distinguished guest.

Director, University and Higher Education, Manipur, Laishram Radhakanta Singh and Director, SCERT, Aheibam Romel Singh attended as special invitees.

Speaking on the occasion, Ningthoujam Geoffrey said though NEP 2020 has started being implemented, there are still gaps from school education to higher education.

He expressed hope that the seminar will be of some benefit in making efforts to create a responsible society by addressing those gaps.

He said experts should take the responsibility to make the sector move faster, and to bring out works that can be taken up from the higher education side.

Programme convenor Kh Dineshkumar Singh said after the advent of NEP 2020, the seminar is being organised at the national level to support in some way to remove the gaps in components for effective implementation of the guidelines, mainly curricular reform, pedagogical challenges, employability, skill education and other areas.

He said the findings from the seminar will be submitted to the concerned authority and will be discussed from time to time to make NEP 2020 more effective from the lower system of education to the higher level.

In the seminar, 4 Technical Sessions will be held and more than 30 paper presenters will present papers and discuss with different resource persons.

Faculty members of the College, Laimayum David Sharma and Dr Thuishim Kashung attended as coconvenors of the programme.

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