The Nation’s New Education Policy,2020

In this I want to analyze the NEP’ 2020 in the simplest way possible.

This is India’s 3rd NEP.

• the first one was in 1968 under Indira Gandhi government
• the second was in 1986 under Rajiv Gandhi Government
• In 1992 under PV Narasimha Rao government the NEP was modified.
• the third one is in 2020

The right to education was drafted under Article 21A in which the children between the age group of 6- 14years should get free and compulsory education.

2014 BJO manifesto – The New Education Policy

It was then when Ms. Smriti Irani became HRD minister in 2015, she created a new committee in which the Chairman was TSR Subramanyam. this committee submited the report on 7th my 2016.

The Objectives of the committee is to:

1. improve the quality of education
2. Credibility of education
3. addressing the gaps in education implementation
4. On october 2016, The Ministry released the drafts and gave suggestions. but nothing happened as per plan.

After this a new committee was formed in which Dr. K. Kasturirangan former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, made up a team of 9 members and they drafted the National Education Policy 2019 and this was later approved by The union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved and was passed as The New Education Policy 2020 on July 29, 2020.

3 most important changes in the NEP 2020

• Human Resource development(HRD) ministry was renamed as Ministry of Education.
• Government proposed that the GDP investment in education to be increased from 1.6% to 6%.
• focusing on gross enrollment ratio, it will be increased to 50% by 2035.

everything can be done when there will be a dynamic change happens in this regular educational system. Now, that is what happened in which alongside of education, extra curricular activities, interests were given equal priorities. Also, people tend to have multiple interests in which they want to extend their career opportunities. Till 2019, students have the opportunity to either enter into any one of the field of interests like science, Arts, Commerce.

10 years	age 10-16
2years	age 16-18

5years	Anganwadi/pre-school- age (3-6) class 1 and 2 at age (6-8)
3years	class 3-5 at age (6-8)
3years	class 6-8 at age(11-14)
4years	class 9-12 at age (14- 18)

Changes in School Education

• students to learn coding from class 6
• Mother tongue to be a medium of instruction till 5th grade.
• Report card will be comprehensive based on skills+ capabilities.

Holistic Undergraduate programme:

1. flexible curriculum, vocational subjects, Inter- disciplinary combination of subjects- which means till now we have division of backgrounds like commerce, science, arts etc., but from now there will be no division and can choose whatever they want to pursue.

Languages:

1. offered Sanskrit in every level of education .
2. other classical languages + literature are also available.

Academic Bank of Credits – which means if a person discontinues or chooses to pursue other background of education, till whatever education or year the person have pursued till that level the academic certification will be provided

Changes for Teachers

1. NCERT- National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education, NCFTE 2021 was created with the help of NCERT
2. By 2030, for teaching the minimum degree qualification/ 4year integrated B.Ed

the entire objective of NEP is, Universalization of Education Achieving Global standards of Education for which, the students who leaves or graduates will get the knowledge at global reaching.