At the outset, Principal SP College, Prof (Dr,) Ghulam Jeelani Qurashi highlighted the importance of the Viksit Bharat @ 2047 initiative and formally threw the programme open.
The programme was chaired by the head of the department, Prof Rabia Ahmad and moderated by Prof Jon Mohammad Bhat.
A large number of students across different semesters and faculty from different departments participated in the programme. Dr. Bilal Ahmad Shah, senior Assistant Professor took the participants through the background and context of the programme and introduced the resource person.
Dr. Javaid Iqbal Bhat, the resource person from the department of English, South Campus, University of Kashmir while talking on the topic, laid bare the different facets of colonial legacy that once crept into the Indian Education System and unquestionably perpetuated its hold over it. He highlighted that due to erroneous policies and governance, the native Indian system of education paled into insignificance.
The resource person emphasised that it is a high time to get rid of the colonial jargon, the spectre of which still hovers over our minds. He reiterated that in order to regain the emotional content and sense of self-esteem, we need to create a new set of values which would bring a holistic transformation in us.
For this, he pointed out, the whole system of education demands an overhaul and the initiatives like NEP-2020 and agendas like Viksit Bharat @ 2047 are some steps in the right direction. Dr. Javaid concluded by saying that India is positively emerging in many dimensions and the world is looking up to it for solutions to different global problems that pressingly beset it.
The lecture provided a deeper understanding of the topic and engendered a curiosity among the participants to explore the new possibilities in ameliorating the Indian Education System.