Modi, who was last in Varanasi in March for a roadshow in the run up to the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, will also inaugurate the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam organised by the Union education ministry at the international cooperation and convention centre ‘Rudraksh’.
The highlight of the three-day conclave till July 9 is the adoption of the Varanasi Declaration on Higher Education. The event is being organised as part of capacity building of more than 300 academic, administrative and institutional leaders from universities, and institutes of national importance from across the country.
Panel discussions on nine themes identified for higher education under the National Education Policy 2020 — multidisciplinary and holistic education; skill development and employability; research, innovation and entrepreneurship; capacity building of teachers for quality education; quality, ranking and accreditation; digital empowerment and online education; equitable and inclusive education; Indian knowledge system; and internationalisation of higher education — will be conducted during his visit.
District magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said that two projects — Namo Ghat and jetty — have been removed from the list of projects to be inaugurated by the PM.“Namo Ghat will be inaugurated after the completion of phase 2. Only phase 1 work has been done so far,” Sharma said.