New Education Policy 2020

Union Cabinet on Wednesday changed the whole game play of the India's education system by approving the "New Education Policy 2020" and by renaming the ministry of human resource and development as the "Ministry of Education". 

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Here's the top highlights of the "New Education Policy" :

(A) HIGHER EDUCATION

1. The NEP 2020 has aimed to increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio to 50% by 2035. GER measures enrollment as percentage of a specific age-group of the population. According to the reports, the higher education GER (18-20 age group) in India for the year 2018-19 is 26.3%.

2. Holistic and Multidisciplinary Education: This reform into the education policy introduces education as a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach with flexibility of subjects and multiple entry/exit system.
  • UG Program: 3-4 years
  • PG Program: 1-2 years
  • Integrated 5 year Bachelor's / Masters's
  • M Phil to be discontinued

3. Academic Bank of Credits: This point can be understood as a parallel of a saving account in bank wherein all the grades or credits of the student from first to third/fourth as per the program will be saved using DigiLocker as the medium which will be counted in the final degree earned.

4. The National Research Foundation (NRF) will be created for fostering a strong research culture and building researching capacity among the higher education.

5. A Higher Education Council of India (HECI) will be setup as a single body regulating and taking decisions for the entire education system, excluding  medical and legal education.

6. National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) : This new forum will be created where private sector, government sector, educationists and technologists are aimed to be collected at one place for the efficient of use of technology in the education such as: virtual labs, education planning, teaching, learning and assessment, administration and management, regulation- self disclosure and minimum human interface.

7. Various other reforms are also taken for the higher education in our country such as: MERU, graded autonomy, phasing out affiliation system, national mission on mentoring, single BoG, online self-disclosure system in place of inspections, common norms of public and private HEIs, public investment in education sector to reach 6% of GDP, increasing access for disadvantage groups, divyang friendly education software and digitally equipping schools, teachers and students.

(B) SCHOOL EDUCATION

1. Universalization of ECCE: The NEP 2020 has kept all the provisions to ensure universal access to school education at all level from pre to secondary along with attaining foundational literacy and numeracy to integrate 21st century skills, mathematical thinking and scientific temper.

2. The 10+2 structure of school curricula is to be replaced by as 5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years respectively. NCERT will develop a framework of the early education of children up to the age of 8.

3. According to the NEP 2020 there will be no rigid separation between  Arts & Sciences, between curricular and extra-curricular activities, between vocational and educational streams.

4. Assessment reforms: The Union cabinet has decided to shift the school examination system from summative assessment to a more competency-based regular assessment. Wherein instead of writing exams every year, students will give exams in only three classes 3, 5 and 8 which tests analysis, critical thinking and conceptual clarity. Board exams for 10 and 12 standards will continue, but redesigned with "holistic development" as the aim.

5. A new national assessment center, PARAKH (Performance, Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Developmet), will be set-up as a standard setting-body.

6. Other reforms taken for the school education includes: education of gifted children, gender inclusion fund, KGBVs up to Grade 12, reduction in curriculum to core concepts, vocational integration from class 6 onwards, tracking student progress for achieving learning outcomes, book promotion policy and digital libraries, transparent online self-disclosure for public oversight and accountability and implementing common standards of learning in public and private schools.

Final words: I hope this article helped you to know all about the "New Education Policy 2020". To know more about this policy in detail you can check out the following websites: Times of India and Hindustan Times. 

Happy Learning !!

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