PANJIM: The experts at the global Ayurveda conclave on Sunday stressed on the need for creating an Ayurveda Education Policy as part of the New Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
This is the right time to think ayurveda on global perspective and plan and act locally to achieve global position, the speakers said while addressing a session on ‘Ayurveda Education in the Light of New Education Policy’, at the 9th World Ayurveda Congress (WAC) that concluded, on Sunday.
Dr Jayant Deopujari, president, National Commission for Indian System of Medicine (NCISM), New Delhi, said that ayurveda has academicians but it lacks trained educationalists and this drawback has to be addressed seriously.
“It is essential to look into how we can club with formal and informal education system in ayurveda. We have completed training of more than 3,000 teachers and a team of 100 trained educationalists are ready to enter the sector,” he informed.
Dr Deopujari said, “Progressive unfoldment of knowledge can be included as soul of ayurveda and urged the stakeholders to prepare for innovations in the sector to become relevant in future.”
Proposing for multi-level certification programme for ayurveda course, BS Prasad, president, Board of Ayurveda, NCISM, said there is a need to restructure or reform ayurveda educational programmes to align with the NEP 2020 without losing its soul.
