New Education Policy of India: Everything You Need to Know

On Wednesday,29th July 2020, India adopted a new National Education Policy (NEP) proposing major developments in school and advanced education. The policy, which comes following a range of 34 years, rebuilds school education by supplanting the 10+2 structure with 5+3+3+4 structure, de-stresses’ high stakes’ sheets and offers the alternative of a four-year four-year college education. Let’s take a look at the new education system and understand how it will impact the education system.

Impact on Schools

Current 10+2 structure in which strategy secured tutoring from Class 1 to 10 (age 6-16) and afterward Class 11-12 (age 16-18) offers approach to 5 years of fundamental education, 3 of preliminary, 3 of center and 4 years of optional tutoring.

Option to pick subjects across streams; all subjects to be offered at two degrees of capability.

Board tests to get secluded (objective and emotional) and will be offered two times every year.

Three-language strategy to proceed with inclination for neighborhood language vehicle of guidance till class 8.

School understudies to have 10 sackless days in a year during which they are presented to a job of decision (for example casual temporary job).

Impact on Colleges

SAT-Like College Test: National Testing Agency to conduct a common college entrance exam twice a year.

4-Year Bachelor: Four-year multi-disciplinary bachelor’s program to be preferred; mid-term dropouts to be given credit with the option to complete a degree after a break.

No Affiliation: Over the next 15 years, colleges will be given graded autonomy to give degrees, affiliation with universities to end, so would deemed university status.

How This Will Be Implemented

Education is a simultaneous subject (both the Middle and the state governments can make laws on it), the changes proposed must be executed cooperatively by the Inside and the states. This won’t occur right away. The occupant government has set an objective of 2040 to execute the whole approach. Adequate financing is additionally critical; the 1968 NEP was hamstrung by a deficiency of assets.

The administration intends to set up subject-wise boards of trustees with individuals from pertinent services at both the central and state levels to create execution plans for every part of the NEP. The plans will drill down moves to be made by numerous bodies, including the HRD Ministry, state Education Departments, school Boards, NCERT, Central Advisory Board of Education and National Testing Agency, among others. Arranging will be trailed by a yearly joint audit of progress against targets set.