Recently, the National Education Policy(NEP)2020 was announced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development(Now called the Ministry of Education). The policy is aimed at transforming the Indian education system to meet the needs of the 21st century. The new policy seeks rectification of poor literacy and numeracy outcomes associated with primary schools, reduction in dropout levels in the middle and the secondary schools and adoption of the multi-disciplinary approach in the higher education system.
Apart from this, the policy also focuses on early childhood care, restructuring curriculum and pedagogy, reforming assessment and exams, and investing in teacher training and broad-basing their appraisal.
Though the NEP 2020 seeks to bring a holistic change in the education system of India, its success depends on the will and way in which it will be implemented.
Significance of National Education policy 2020:
Recognising importance of formative years: In adopting a 5+3+3+4 model for school education starting at age 3, the policy recognises the primary of the formative years from ages 3 to 8 in shaping the child's future.
Departure from silos Mentality: Another key aspect of school education in the new policy is the breaking of the strict divison of arts, commerce and science streams in high school.
This can lay the foundation for a multi-disciplinary approach in high education.
The confluence of education and skills: Another laudable aspect of the scheme is the introduction of vocational courses with an internship. This may nudge the vulnerable sections of society to send their children to school. Further the Policy seeks to leverage the huge potential of online pedagogy and learning methodologies for increasing gross enrolment in higher education.
Recently, the National
Education
Policy(
NEP
)2020
was announced
by the Ministry of Human Resource Development(
Now
called the Ministry of
Education)
. The
policy
is aimed
at transforming the Indian
education
system to
meet
the needs of the 21st century. The new
policy
seeks rectification of poor literacy and numeracy outcomes associated with primary
schools
, reduction in dropout levels in the middle and the secondary
schools
and adoption of the multi-disciplinary approach in the higher
education
system.
Apart from this, the
policy
also
focuses on early childhood care, restructuring curriculum and pedagogy, reforming assessment and exams, and investing in teacher training and broad-basing their appraisal.
Though the
NEP
2020 seeks to bring a holistic
change
in the
education
system of India, its success depends on the will and way in which it will
be implemented
.
Significance of National
Education
policy
2020:
Recognising
importance of formative years: In adopting a 5+3+3+4 model for
school
education
starting at age 3, the
policy
recognises
the primary of the formative years from ages 3 to 8 in shaping the child's future.
Departure from silos Mentality: Another key aspect of
school
education
in the new
policy
is the breaking of the strict
divison
of arts, commerce and science streams in high school.
This can lay the foundation for a multi-disciplinary approach in high education.
The confluence of
education
and
skills
: Another laudable aspect of the scheme is the introduction of vocational courses with an internship. This may nudge the vulnerable sections of society to
send
their children to
school
.
Further
the
Policy
seeks to leverage the huge potential of online pedagogy and learning methodologies for increasing gross
enrolment
in higher
education
.