National Education policy 2020

 

NEP-2020, which will replace the National Policy on Education-1986, is an inclusive framework focusing on the elementary-level of education to higher education in the country.

Highlights of the NEP 2020

   So by this it is very clear that new education policy gives importance to a multidisciplinary approach to studying and conceptual understanding, fostering skills such as creativity and critical thinking and learning by doing… 

      Why Is It Important?

Four pillars Of NEP

    The new NEP is based on four pillars which are 

•      Access,
•      Equity,
•      Quality, and
•      Accountability.

•       Salient features of the NEP 2020 

•       School Education

– Ensuring universal access at all levels of school education

– Early childhood care & education with  new curricular and pedagogical structure

–   Attaining foundational literacy and numeracy

–   Reforms in school curricula and pedagogy

–   Multilingualism and the power of language

–   Assessment Reforms

–   Equitable and Inclusive Education

–   Robust Teacher Recruitment and Career Path

–   School Governance

– Standard-setting and Accreditation for School Education

Higher Education

• Increase GER to 50 % by 2035
• Holistic Multidisciplinary Education
• Regulation
• Rationalised Institutional Architecture
• Motivated, Energized, and Capable Faculty
• Teacher Education
• Mentoring Mission
• Financial support for students
• Open and Distance Learning
• Online Education and Digital Education:
• Technology in education
• Promotion of Indian languages
• Professional Education
• Adult Education
• Financing Education

 

      Drawbacks of NEP 2020

•    Language  - already less student teacher ratio. Finding competent teacher becomes another challenge as study material in regional language

• For completing graduation -four years, For completing diploma degree- two years. This might encourage the pupil to leave the course midway

• Students of the private schools will be introduced to English at a much earlier age than the students of the Government schools, widening the gap between sections of the societies.

 

 

Outcomes of NEP 2020

•     Universalization from ECCE (Early Childhood Care & Education) to Secondary Education by 2030
•     Attaining Foundational Learning & Numeracy Skills by 2025
•      100% GER in Pre-School to Secondary Level by 2030
•      Bring Back 2 Cr Out of School Children
•    Teachers to be prepared for assessment reforms by 2023
•      Inclusive & Equitable Education System by 2030
•      Board Exams to test core concepts and application of knowledge
•     Every Child will come out of School adept in at least one Skill
•    Common Standards of Learning in Public & Private Schools

 

 Conclusion

    The objective of the New Education Policy 2020 is to make India a global knowledge superpower. The NEP 2020 policy also proposes that all universities and colleges aim to be multi-disciplinary by 2040. This policy will boost employment in the country and fundamentally change our educational system.