The Cabinet has approved the New Education Policy 2020. Education policy has been changed after 34 years.

The Cabinet has approved the New Education Policy 2020.  Education policy has been changed after 34 years

Ajay K. Bhagat | Updated on 13th of February, 2021 10:20pm IST

The remarkable things about the new education policy are as follows:

 5 Years Fundamental

 1. Nursery @ 4 Years

 2. Jr KG @ 5 Years

 3. Sr KG @ 6 Years

 4. Std 1st @ 7 Years

 5. Std 2nd @ 8 Years

 3 Years Preparatory

 6. Std 3rd @ 9 Years

 7. Std 4th @ 10 Years

 8. Std 5th @ 11 Years

 3 Years Middle

 9. Std 6th @ 12 Years

 10.Std 7th @ 13 Years

 11.Std 8th @ 14 Years

 4 Years Secondary

 12.Std 9th @ 15 Years

 13.Std SSC @ 16 Years

 14.Std FYJC @ 17Years

 15.STD SYJC @ 18 Years

 *Special and important things:*

 *Board will be in 12th class only, MPhil will be closed, college degree of 4 years*

 *10th Board Khatm, MPhil will also be closed,*

 *Now students up to 5th will be taught in mother language, local language and national language only.  The rest of the subjects, even if they are English, will be taught as a subject.*

  Now only the board exams have to be taken in the 12th standard.  Whereas before it was mandatory to take the 10th board examination, which would not happen now.

 Examination will be done in the semester from 9th to 12th class.  Schooling will be taught under the 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 formula.

 College degree will be 3 and 4 years old.  That is, certificate will be given on first year of graduation, diploma on second year, degree in third year.

 3-year degree is for those students who do not have to take higher education.  At the same time, students doing higher education will have to do a 4-year degree.  Students doing 4 years degree will be able to do MA in one year.

 Now students will not have to do MPhil.  Rather MA students will now be able to do PHD directly.

 Board exam will not be done in 10th.

 Students will be able to take other courses in between.  By 2035 the gross enrollment ratio will be 50 percent in higher education.

 

Financial support for students

Efforts will be made to incentivize the merit of students belonging to SC, ST, OBC, and other SEDGs. The National Scholarship Portal will be expanded to support, foster, and track the progress of students receiving scholarships. Private HEIs will be encouraged to offer larger numbers of free ships and scholarships to their students.

 

Open and Distance Learning

This will be expanded to play a significant role in increasing GER. Measures such as online courses and digital repositories, funding for research, improved student services, credit-based recognition of MOOCs, etc., will be taken to ensure it is at par with the highest quality in-class programmes.

 

Online Education and Digital Education:

A comprehensive set of recommendations for promoting online education consequent to the recent rise in epidemics and pandemics in order to ensure preparedness with alternative modes of quality education whenever and wherever traditional and in-person modes of education are not possible, has been covered. A dedicated unit for the purpose of orchestrating the building of digital infrastructure, digital content and capacity building will be created in the MHRD to look after the e-education needs of both school and higher education.

 

Technology in education

 An autonomous body, the National Educational Technology Forum (NETF), will be created 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 will be done to improve classroom processes, support teacher professional development, enhance educational access for disadvantaged groups and streamline educational planning, administration and management

 

Promotion of Indian languages

To ensure the preservation, growth, and vibrancy of all Indian languages, NEP recommends setting an Indian Institute of Translation and Interpretation (IITI), National Institute (or Institutes) for Pali, Persian and Prakrit, strengthening of Sanskrit and all language departments in HEIs,  and use mother tongue/local language as a medium of instruction in more HEI  programmes .

Internationalization of education will be facilitated through both institutional collaborations, and student and faculty mobility and allowing entry of top world ranked Universities to open campuses in our country.

 

Professional Education

All professional education will be an integral part of the higher education system. Stand-alone technical universities, health science universities, legal and agricultural universities etc will aim to become multi-disciplinary institutions.

 

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