The New Education Policy was launched on Wednesday, July 29. The Union
cabinet approved the policy that aims to change the country’s
education system. Union Ministers for Information and Broadcasting
(I&B)Prakash Javadekar and Human Resource Development (HRD) and
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, made the announcement on the NEP- 2020. The
new academic session will begin in September-October – the delay is
due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak – and the
government aims to introduce the policy before the new session kicks
in
Earlier If a student opts for Science in Higher Education and then
palns to prepare for government Services which basically includes all
streams subject then his/her previous knowledge is not as much helpful
.NEP aims to provide Students that they can choose Science subjects with
arts which was earlier given three choices Science , arts and Commerce
.
Main Highlights of National Educational Policy 2020:
1.10+2 existing policy to be changed as 5+3+3+4 structure:
Earlier after 10 standard education pattern is divided into three
streams Science, Commerce and arts which becomes a sudden change for
student,10+2 structure of school curricula is to be replaced by a
5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, and
14-18 years respectively.
2. Increase GER to 50 % by 2035:
NEP 2020 aims to increase the Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher
education including vocational education from 26.3% (2018) to 50% by
2035. 3.5 Crore new seats will be added to Higher education
institutions.
3. New Regulating Body:
Higher Education Commission of India(HECI) will be set up as a
single umbrella body the for entire higher education, excluding
medical and legal education. HECI to have four independent
verticals - National Higher Education Regulatory Council
(NHERC) for regulation, General Education Council (GEC ) for
standard-setting, Higher Education Grants Council (HEGC) for
funding, and the National Accreditation Council( NAC) for
accreditation. HECI will function through faceless
intervention through technology, & will have powers to penalize
HEIs not conforming to norms and standards. Public and private
higher education institutions will be governed by the same set of
norms for regulation, accreditation, and academic standards.
4. Teacher Education:
A new and comprehensive National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education, NCFTE
2021, will be made by the NCTE in consultation with NCERT. By 2030, the
minimum degree qualification for teaching will be a 4-year
integrated B.Ed. degree. Strict action will be taken against substandard stand-alone Teacher Education Institutions (TEIs).
5. Higher Education:
Earlier if a student is enrolled for three year degree plan and due
to some financial condition, he quit in between then the whole year is
considered void. But now if he wants to resume the degree he need not
to start from the first year but can resume from where he left with credit
based system.
UG education can be of 3 or 4 years with multiple exit options and
appropriate certification within this period. For example,
Certificate after 1 year, Advanced Diploma after 2 years, Bachelor’s
Degree after 3 years and Bachelor’s with Research after 4
years.
An Academic Bank of Credit is to be established for digitally storing academic credits
earned from different HEIs so that these can be transferred
and counted towards final degree earned.
Multidisciplinary Education and Research
Universities (MERUs), at par with IITs, IIMs, to be set up as models
of best multidisciplinary education of global standards in the
country.
The National Research Foundation will be created as an apex body for making a strong research
culture and building research capacity.
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New Policy aims for Universalization of Education from
pre-school to secondary level with 100 % GER in school
education by 2030
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New 5+3+3+4 school curriculum with 12 years of schooling and
3 years of Anganwadi/ Pre-schooling
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NEP 2020 will bring 2 crore out of school children back into
the main stream
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Higher Education curriculum to have Flexibility of
Subjects
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National Research Foundation to be established to
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The three-language learned by children will be the choices of
States, regions, and of the students, so long as at least two
of the three languages are native to India.
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