Highlights of NEP 2020

"Change is the Law of Nature" a universal and

practical law or aspect which if not observed by
humans then the existence of the society will be
difficult. We, humans keep on updating and
changing ourselves so that we can evolve as
developed and progressive. When we strive to
update, education definitely comes to its core. We
look at our education system, revamp it, improve it
continuously to address the current needs of society.
Even the governments are also aware of the
significance of education for a nation and new
policies regarding the education system keep on
introducing. From Gurukul to education in drawing
rooms, Indian Education system has seen a long
journey, crossed many milestones and still on the
path of some improvement and changes. Many
education policies have been introduced since
independence to bring remarkable changes in the
society.The NEP 2020 has been introduced to bring
revolutionary changes in the education system.
National Education Policy 2020 has been
announced on 29.07.2020. The National Education
Policy 2020 proposes various reforms in school
education as well as higher education including
technical education. A number of action
points/activities for implementation in school
education as well as higher education are mentioned
in the National Education Policy 2020.The NEP
2020 has a significant focus on skill-based learning
and employability arising out of it. This is evident
from an increased focus on providing technical skills
at various levels to those seeking secondary and
post secondary education.Details of the salient
features of NEP 2020 are as follows-

Ensuring Universal Access at All Levels of schooling

from pre-primary school to Grade 12;
Ensuring quality early childhood care and education
for all children between 3-6 years;
New Curricular and Pedagogical Structure
(5+3+3+4);
No hard separations between arts and sciences,
between curricular and extra-curricular activities,
between vocational and academic streams;
Establishing National Mission on Foundational
Literacy and Numeracy;
Emphasis on promoting multilingualism and Indian
languages; The medium of instruction until at least
Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond, will
be the home language/mother tongue/local
language/regional language.
Assessment reforms - Board Exams on up to two
occasions during any given school year, one main
examination and one for improvement, if desired;
Setting up of a new National Assessment Centre,
PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and
Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development);
Equitable and inclusive education - Special
emphasis given on Socially and Economically
Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs);
A separate Gender Inclusion fund and Special
Education Zones for disadvantaged regions and
groups;
Robust and transparent processes for recruitment of
teachers and merit based performance;
Ensuring availability of all resources through school
complexes and clusters;
(xiii) Setting up of State School Standards Authority
(SSSA);
(xiv) Exposure of vocational education in school and
higher education system;

Increasing GER in higher education to 50%;

(xvi) Holistic and Multidisciplinary Education with
multiple entry/exit options;

NTA to offer Common Entrance Exam for Admission

to HEIs;
Establishment of Academic Bank of Credit;
(xix) Setting up of Multidisciplinary Education and
Research Universities (MERUs);

Setting up of National Research Foundation (NRF);

(xxi) ‘Light but Tight’ regulation;

Single overarching umbrella body for promotion of

higher education sector including teacher education
and excluding medical and legal education- the
Higher Education Commission of India (HECI)-with
independent bodies for standard setting- the
General Education Council; funding-Higher
Education Grants Council (HEGC); accreditation-
National Accreditation Council (NAC); and
regulation- National Higher Education Regulatory
Council (NHERC);
Expansion of open and distance learning to increase
Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER).
Internationalization of Education
Professional Education will be an integral part of the
higher education system. Stand-alone technical
universities, health science universities, legal and
agricultural universities, or institutions in these or
other fields, will aim to become multi-disciplinary
institutions.
Teacher Education - 4-year integrated stage-
specific, subject- specific Bachelor of Education
Establishing a National Mission for Mentoring.
Creation of an autonomous body, the National
Educational Technology Forum (NETF) to provide a
platform for the free exchange of ideas on the use of
technology to enhance learning, assessment,
planning, administration. Appropriate integration of
technology into all levels of education.
Achieving 100% youth and adult literacy.
Multiple mechanisms with checks and balances will
combat and stop the commercialization of higher
education.
All education institutions will be held to similar
standards of audit and disclosure as a ‘not for profit’
entity.
The Centre and the States will work together to
increase the public investment in Education sector to
reach 6% of GDP at the earliest.
Strengthening of the Central Advisory Board of
Education to ensure coordination to bring overall
focus on quality education.

NEP, 2020 aim to increase the GER to 100% in

preschool to secondary level by 2030 whereas GER
in Higher Education including vocational education
from 26.3% (2018) to 50% by 2035.

The Central Sector Scheme Pandit Madan Mohan

Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and
Teaching (PMMMNMTT) was launched in 2014 to
address comprehensively all issues related to
Teacher Training/ Capacity Building and
Professional Development of Teachers. Under the
components, the total 95 Centres were established
throughout the country through which
faculties/Teachers have been trained. Currently, The
Standing Finance Committee has appraised the
Scheme and recommended for continuation till
2025-2026 with the total outlay of Rs. 493.68 crore.
Under the PMMMNMTT Scheme Centres are
established on the basis of the proposals received
from education institutions, their screening by
Screening Committee and approval by Project
Approval Board.
With the implementation of the new NEP 2020, the
Indian education system is poised to become closer
to international standards. In an online survey
conducted across 1103 students across India, nearly
96.4% were optimistic about the results that come
out of the implementation of the new policy.

Conclusion of NEP 2020

● Implementation of skills, understanding and new

learning methods in every child.
● More focus on practical learning rather than
theoretical learning.
● Every student can get quality education no
matter caste, gender or any disability.
● Different learning techniques and experiments
used by the teachers.
● Freedom of choosing any subjects/streams with
no boundations.
● Giving importance to the Indian Languages and
Ethics.
● Equality in Caste, Gender and Category.
● Overall Development of the Education System.