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NATIONAL
EDUCATION
POLICY
(2020)
NAME – HARDIK GAUR
CLASS – XII
SECTION - D
ROLL NO - 7
1. SCHOOL EDUCATION.
2. HIGHER EDUCATION.
3. SOME OTHER REFORMS.
4. MY VIEWS ON THE TOPICS.
5. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Union Cabinet has approved the new National
Education Policy (NEP), 2020 with an aim to
introduce several changes in the Indian
education system - from the school to college
level.
 The NEP 2020 aims at making “India a
global knowledge superpower”.
 The Cabinet has also approved
the renaming of the Ministry of Human
Resource Development to the Ministry
of Education.
 The NEP cleared by the Cabinet is only
the third major revamp of the
framework of education in India since
independence.
 The two earlier education policies were
brought in 1968 and 1986.
SCHOOL EDUCATION
This policy envisages that the extant 10+2
structure in school education will be modified
with a new pedagogical and curricular
restructuring of 5+3+3+4 covering ages 3-18 as
shown in the representative figure
HIGHER EDUCATION
Quality Universities and Colleges: A New and

Forward-looking Vision for India’s Higher
Education System
Higher education plays an extremely important role
in promoting human as well as societal wellbeing
and in developing India as envisioned in its
Constitution - a democratic, just, socially -
conscious, cultured, and humane nation upholding
liberty, equality, fraternity, and justice for all.
Higher education significantly contributes towards
sustainable livelihoods and economic development
of the nation. As India moves towards becoming a
knowledge economy and society, more and more
young Indians are likely to aspire for higher
education. Given the 21st century requirements,
quality higher education must aim to develop good,
thoughtful, well-rounded, and creative individuals.
It must enable an individual to study one or more
specialized areas of interest at a deep level, and also
develop character, ethical and Constitutional
values, intellectual curiosity, scientific temper,
creativity, spirit of service, and 21st century
capabilities across a range of disciplines including
sciences, social sciences, arts, humanities,
languages, as well as professional, technical, and
vocational subjects. A quality higher education
must enable personal accomplishment and
enlightenment, constructive public engagement,
and productive contribution to the society. It must
prepare students for more meaningful and satisfying
lives and work roles and enable economic
independence. For the purpose of developing
holistic individuals, it is essential that an identified
set of skills and values will be incorporated at each
stage of learning, from pre-school to higher
education. At the societal level, higher education
must enable the development of an enlightened,
socially conscious, knowledgeable, and skilled
nation that can find and implement robust solutions
to its own problems. Higher education must form
the basis for knowledge creation and innovation
thereby contributing to a growing national
economy. The purpose of quality higher education
is, therefore, more than the creation of greater
opportunities for individual employment. It
represents the key to more vibrant, socially
engaged, cooperative communities and a happier,
cohesive, cultured, productive, innovative,
progressive, and prosperous nation.
Some of the major problems currently faced by

the higher education system in India include:
(a) A severely fragmented higher educational
ecosystem
(b) Less emphasis on the development of cognitive
skills and learning outcomes
(c) A rigid separation of disciplines, with early
specialisation and streaming of students into narrow
areas of study
(d) Limited access particularly in socio-
economically disadvantaged areas, with few HEIs
that teach in local languages
(e) Limited teacher and institutional autonomy;
(f) Inadequate mechanisms for merit-based career
management and progression of faculty and
institutional leaders;
(g) Lesser emphasis on research at most
universities and colleges, and lack of competitive
peer reviewed research funding across disciplines;
(h) Suboptimal governance and leadership of HEIs;
(i) An ineffective regulatory system; and
(j) Large affiliating universities resulting in low
standards of undergraduate education
SOME OTHER IMPORTENT REFORMS
Equitable and Inclusive Education:

NEP 2020 aims to ensure that no child loses any
opportunity to learn and excel because of the
circumstances of birth or background.
Special emphasis will be given on Socially and
Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs)
which include gender, socio-cultural, and geographical
identities and disabilities.
This includes setting up of Gender Inclusion Fund and
also Special Education Zones for disadvantaged
regions and groups.
Children with disabilities will be enabled to fully
participate in the regular schooling process from the
foundational stage to higher education, with support of
educators with cross disability training, resource centres,
accommodations, assistive devices, appropriate
technology-based tools and other support mechanisms
tailored to suit their needs.
Every state/district will be encouraged to establish
“Bal Bhavans” as a special daytime boarding school, to
participate in art-related, career-related, and play-related
activities. Free school infrastructure can be used as
Samajik Chetna Kendras.
Robust Teacher Recruitment and Career Path:
Teachers will be recruited through robust, transparent

processes. Promotions will be merit-based, with a
mechanism for multi-source periodic performance
appraisals and available progression paths to become
educational administrators or teacher educators.
A common National Professional Standards for
Teachers (NPST) will be developed by the National
Council for Teacher Education by 2022, in
consultation with NCERT, SCERTs, teachers and expert
organizations from across levels and regions.
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
It 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.
Rationalised Institutional Architecture:
Higher education institutions will be transformed into
large, well resourced, vibrant multidisciplinary
institutions providing high quality teaching, research,
and community engagement.
The definition of university will allow a spectrum of
institutions that range from Research-intensive
Universities to Teaching-intensive Universities and
Autonomous degree-granting Colleges.
Affiliation of colleges is to be phased out in 15 years and
a stage-wise mechanism is to be established for granting
graded autonomy to colleges.
Over a period of time, it is envisaged that every college
would develop into either an Autonomous degree-
granting College, or a constituent college of a university.
Motivated, Energized, and Capable Faculty:

NEP makes recommendations for motivating,
energizing, and building capacity of faculty through
clearly defined, independent, transparent recruitment,
freedom to design curricula/pedagogy, incentivising
excellence, movement into institutional leadership.
Faculty not delivering on basic norms will be held
accountable.
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.
Conclusion:
These present wide-ranging reforms in the policy are
aimed at making the Indian education system more
contemporary and skill-oriented.
The NEP also renamed the HRD (human resource
development) ministry as the education ministry.
Proper implementation of the reforms and ideas
envisioned in the NEP 2020 will fundamentally
transform India.
With the emphasis on knowledge-economy driven
growth in the 21st century, this is precisely what India
needs to dominate in the future decades of growth
and drive the education requirements of our young
population.
 A New Education Policy aims to facilitate
an inclusive, participatory and holistic
approach, which takes into consideration field
experiences, empirical research, stakeholder feedback,
as well as lessons learned from best practices.
 It is a progressive shift towards a more scientific

approach to education. The prescribed structure will
help to cater the ability of the child – stages of
cognitive development as well as social and physical
awareness. If implemented in its true vision, the new
structure can bring India at par with the leading
countries of the world.
 It would enhance the practical and logical thinking of

the students
It will help in overall development of students.

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3. SOME OTHER REFORMS.

4. MY VIEWS ON THE TOPICS.

Quality Universities and Colleges: A New and

Some of the major problems currently faced by

Equitable and Inclusive Education:

Teachers will be recruited through robust, transparent

Motivated, Energized, and Capable Faculty:

 It is a progressive shift towards a more scientific

 It would enhance the practical and logical thinking of

It will help in overall development of students.

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