Introduction
The Indian government on July 29, 2020 approved the New Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the Ministry of Human Resource and Development as the Ministry of Education. The existing NEP was framed in 1986 and revised in 1992. The New Education Policy was part of the Bharatiya Janata Part’s manifesto ahead of the 2014 general election.
Here are some highlights about the New Education Policy:
- Universalise Primary education in India
The NEP aims to universalize primary education (3 to 6) years in the country in the next five years. It also aims to provide a foundational literacy and numeracy for all by 2025. - The 10+2 system will be divided into a 5+3+3+4 format
The current 10+2 system to be replaced by a new 5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and 14-18 years respectively. The first five years will be the foundation stage, including three years of primary education and class 1 and 2. The next three years will be the ‘preparatory’ stage. The next three years between class six and class eight will be the ‘middle’ stage. The last stage will be the ‘high’ stage comprising class 9, 10, 11, and 12.. - MPhil courses to be discontinued
Students who wish to pursue research can do it without MPhil. All courses at UG, PG, PhD level to be interdisciplinary. - All higher education institutions, except legal and medical colleges, to be governed by a single regulator.
- Reforms in board exams Patterns
All the board exams will be held in two languages. Each subject offered in the board exam will have an objective, as well as description exam. Moreover, board exams are to be based on knowledge application. - Students to learn coding from class 6
The NEP aims to encourage mathematical and scientific thinking in students. School curriculum will be reduced to core concepts; and include the integration of vocational education from class 6 under the new National Education Policy . Moreover, students will be allowed to learn coding from class 6. - Undergraduate colleges to be autonomous:
Under Graded Autonomy, Academic, Administrative and Financial Autonomy will be given to colleges, on the basis of the status of their accreditation. - Proposal to conduct a common entrance exam for all colleges
The government has proposed to conduct a single entrance for all higher education institution in India. The exam, however, will be optional. - Home language, mother tongue or regional language to be medium of instruction upto class 5.
Under NEP, all the students can study up to class 5 in their home/mother tongue or regional language. If possible, the students can also learn in their respective languages after grade 5. Moreover, the government will also develop e-courses in eight regional languages initially.
NEP 2020 is the most ground breaking reform has made and a turning point that will change how new Indians will be like.
Strengths:
- The Practical knowledge and fundamental knowledge will improve.
- Agricultural Studies included under Professional Course.
- Every Child will come out of School adept in at least one Skill
- No Rigid Separation between Arts & Sciences, between Curricular and extra-Curricular activities, between Vocational and Academic streams
- Students will have increased flexibility and choice of subjects.
Weakness:
- This policy does not clarify that, to which board this Policy will apply.
- There will be major impact on the public school due to lack of infrastructure.
- The implementation of the new education policy has not been clarified.
- The implementation of new education policy will affect student majorly as it will be difficult to grab the drastic change.
- There should be self defense training should be implemented to every school as atrocity is including day by day.
- There should be a single uniform board.
- A lot of demand concerning removing the bias against girl students remains unfulfilled (www.behanbetibachao.in)
Keypoints :
Overview :
- 10+2 board structure is dropped
- New school structure will be 5+3+3+4
- Upto 5 Pre-school, 6 to 8 Mid School, 8 to 11 High School , 12 onwards Graduation
- Any Degree will be 4 years
- 6th std onwards vocational courses available
- From 8th to 11 students can choose subjects
- All graduation course will have major and minor
Example – science student can have Physics as Major and Music as minor also Any combination he can choose - All higher education will be governed by only one authority.
- UGC AICTE will be merged.
- All University government, private, Open, Deemed, Vocational etc will have same grading and other rules.
- New Teacher Training board will be setup for all kinds of teachers in country, no state can change
- Same level of Accreditation to any collage , based on its rating collage will get autonomous rights and funds.
- New Basic learning program will be created by government for parents to teach children upto 3 years in home and for pre school 3 to 6 Multiple entry and exit from any course
- Credit system for graduation for each year student will get some credits which he can utilize if he takes break in course and come back again to complete course
- All schools exams will be semester wise twice a year
- The syllabus will be reduced to core knowledge of any subject only
- More focus on student practical and application knowledge
- For any graduation course if student complete only one year he will get a basic certificate, if he complete two years then he will get Diploma certificate and if he complete full course then he will get degree certificate. So no year of any student will be wasted if he/she breaks the course in between.
- All the graduation course feed of all Universities will be governed by
single authority with capping on each course.
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