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New Education Policy(NEP) 2020


“The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change”
- Carl Rogers

Education is fundamental for achieving full potential for an individual and an opportunity for socio-economic mobility leading to better lives and prosperous country INDIA. For achieving the target set by India according to Sustainable Development Goals which ensures inclusive and equitable quality education and promotes lifelong learning opportunities by 2030, India needed reconfiguration and changes in the education system which wasn’t  in sync with current trends/Technologies.
After a long duration of 34 years the National Education Policy(NEP-2020) has been implemented by the Government of India with a vision of new India with infinite possibilities and hope of innovation and creation by the youth of the nation.
We live in the 21st century where technology is growing at lightning speed with innovations and its aspects such as AI, Machine learning, Robotics.  This technology is highly sustainable adds value to operations and requires more skilled individuals and has taken over tedious tasks requiring less/no skills. In order to keep in sync with the world, there was much needed in a system that will affect generations to come shaping INDIA’s future.
The NEP 2020 focuses particularly on the following points mentioned below keeping the recent scenario of High Tech World/Future in Mind.
  • ·       To foster learning techniques among students with much-needed qualities such as critical thinking, reasoning, and rational thinking, curiosity to learn, Problem-solving, and many more.
  • ·       No boundaries between arts, sciences and other streams resulting in the all-round development of individual and developing a system which not only gives materialistic Knowledge but also knowledge of self.
  • ·       Developing ethics, human values, life skills, Diversity, synergy in the curriculum.
  • ·     Regulating the framework to ensure integrity, transparency and resource efficiency of the system by continuous review and evaluation.


School Education (The base on which a students learning is structured):
Current Scenario :
  • The previous policy is a burden to students and focused on making students remember than to think and learn how to learn the required changes in it.
  • We are currently in a situation where over 5 crore students (Data by various organizations) do not have basic literacy and numeracy which is a necessary prerequisite foundation for learning.NEP 2020 has a primary focus to develop Foundational literacy and Numeracy by 2025. This is the first step in creating an Unshakable foundation for their future learning.
  • Counter to traditional(previous )academic structure NEP has restructured school education on the basis of ages belonging to 3-18 years as 5+3+3+4 years which includes four strata mentioned.


1.       Foundational :(Preschool , Age [3-6] + Class 1-2 , Age [6-8].) (- represents Range)
·       Preschool: Strong base of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) from age 3 is also included, which is aimed at promoting better overall learning, development, and well-being.
·       Class 1-2: Foundational stage for optimal learning providing better meals through various programs to prevent malnourishment which will create a healthy environment and a  strong base for a student to learn.
·       Creating foundational literacy and numerical capability for smooth learning in the future.

2.       Preparatory(Class 3-5 , Age [8-11].)
·       Activity-based learning through games, puzzles and discovering  other creative ways to improve cognitive abilities, critical thinking abilities and problem-solving from an early age.

3.       Middle(Class 6-8 , Age [11-14].)
·       Introduction to various subjects in depth by subject experts such as Mathematics, Science, Arts, Social sciences and humanities through experiential learning by various technological modes.
·       Informal Vocational training at schools to teach students about various technical
Aspects of daily life by live demonstration and hands-on training.  

4.       Secondary (Class 9-12, Age [14-18].)
·       This stage consists of a more flexible system for students to choose any subjects of interest where subjects like arts, humanities, Life sciences will not be considered extracurricular thus exposing them to multidisciplinary skills  and higher thinking ability for overall growth.
 Exams and Pattern for them :
·       School exams would be conducted for only three levels. Class 3,5 and 8.
·       Board exams pattern would retain but will adapt changes through new National Assessment Centre PARAKH(Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of knowledge for Holistic Development) any student will be allowed to take two board examination for a year one the master exam and another for improvement if the candidate wishes to do so.

Higher Education:
·       After the secondary phase, students will have the option to get their desired field of interest by appearing for a common entrance test required for higher studies. (Conducted by National Testing Agency(NTA) , applicable from 2022)
·       Multidisciplinary Bachelors the program will be implemented with no rigid separation between fields of study. This idea came back from our great learning ancient universities like Nalanda and Takshakshila which emphasizes knowledge of many arts.
·       All Higher Education Indian Universities such as IIT will become multidisciplinary in nature and the same for other universities of a specific domain and affiliated institutes will be phased out in next 15 years giving greater autonomy to institutes to structure their curriculum and award degrees.
·       A common regulatory commission will be formed merging current entities such as UGC and AICTE.
·        Top 100 Universities from the world will be allowed to operate in India.
·       National Research Centre will be formed fostering a culture of research among students in various discipline and the required criteria will be made for smooth functioning.
NEP 2020 is a great step for making INDIA a developed and prosperous nation. NEP aims to sync the system hand in hand to current technological trends by inculcating the culture for the same from foundational stages. This requires a lot of changes in the entire system mainly for the teachers imparting this knowledge and it is mentioned in the policy how it could be achieved.
INDIA is a great country - full of energy and zeal, of youth. Though NEP aims to create education accessible to everyone its implementation may have some challenges, the only way to overcome these challenges are to make people more aware and this is possible only by Youth like us who will work to overcome the challenges and bring the change we want to see.

This article contains a brief overview of NEP 2020, for the more detailed explanation please visit- https://static.pib.gov.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/NEP_Final_English_0.pdf *

Source: NEP GOI, PIB.
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