New National Education Policy 2020: Top Revisions
School Education: Revision
The “10 + 2” structure will be replaced with “5+3+3+4” model. This will be executed as follows:
Ground Phase: This is additionally subdivided into two parts: 3 years of preschool or Anganwadi, as well as classes 1 and 2 in primary school. This will cover 3-8 years of age of children. Activity-based learning will be the main aim of studies.
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Primary Phase: This will cover classes 3 to 5, from the ages of 8-11 years. It will slowly introduce subjects like speaking, reading, writing, physical education, languages, art, science and mathematics.
Middle Phase: The children of ages between 11 and 14 will cover the classes from 6 to 8. It will inculcate students to the more abstract concepts in subjects of mathematics, sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. From class 6, coding will be introduced and objective learning will be adopted.
Secondary Phase: This will cover classes from 9 to 12, with the age of 14-19 years. It is once more subdivided into two parts: the first phase will cover classes 9 and 10 while the second phase will cover classes 11 and 12. The 4 years of study are planned to introduce versatile study, integrated with extent and evaluative thinking. The subjects will be provided with multiple options.
- The school students will only attend three exams, in classes 2, 5 and 8 rather than exams being held every academic year.
- The standards of Board exams for classes 10 and 12 will be re-designed. And, it will be continued and established by an assessment body, PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development).
- The exam would have two parts, namely the objective and the descriptive. And, to make them simple and convenient, these exams would be held twice a year, with students being offered up to two attempts.
- The objective of this policy is to reduce the burden of curriculum on the students and allows them to be more “inter-disciplinary” and “multi-lingual”. For example, “If a student wants to proceed fashion studies with physics, or learn bakery with chemistry, they’ll be granted permission to do it.” Report cards will be comprehensive and universal, offering knowledge details about the student’s skills.
- Breakfasts will be included in the Midday Meal Scheme. The main focus will be given to students’ health, especially, mental health, through the arrangement of counselors and social workers.
Higher Education: Revisions
It initiates a 4-year integrative bachelor’s degree in an undergraduate programme with multiple quit alternatives. It comprises professional and vocational fields and will be executed as follows:
- A certificate after completing 1 year of study
- A diploma after completing 2 years of study
- A Bachelor’s degree after completion of a 3-year programme
- A 4-year integrated Bachelor’s degree (the selective option)
- M.Phil (Masters of Philosophy) courses are to be terminated to orient degree education with according to Western models.
A Higher Education Council of India (HECI) will be establishing to monitor higher education. The objective of committee will be to improve gross enrollment ratio. The HECI will have 4 verticals:
- National Higher Education Regulatory Council (NHERC) will regulate higher education with teacher education, although excluding medical and legal education.
- Higher Education Grants Council (HEGC), will work for funding and financing of universities and colleges. This will relieves the existing National Council for Teacher Education, All India Council for Technical Education and the University Grants Commission.
- General Education Council (GEC), to frame “graduate attributes”, namely the learning outcomes awaited. It will also be responsible in formulating a National Higher Education Qualification Framework (NHEQF).The National Council for Teacher Education will come under the GEC, as an executive standard setting body (PSSB).
- National Accreditation Council (NAC), a “meta-accrediting body”.
- The added PSSBs will include executive boards such as Veterinary Council of India, Council of Architecture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research and National Council for Vocational Education and Training.
- The National Testing Agency will be given the extra responsibility of conducting entrance examinations for admissions to universities all over the country, in addition to the JEE Main and NEET.
- The policy suggests that higher education institutes like the IITs make changes with regard to the multiplicity of learning.
- The policy prefers to internationalize education in India. Foreign universities can initiate campuses in India.
- The fees of both private and public universities will be fixed.
Teacher Education: Revisions
In New Education Policy 2020, committee announced numerous changes for teachers and their education. A 4-year degree in Bachelor of Education will be the minimum requirement to become a teacher, required by 2030. The recruitment process will also be extended and made transparent for the teachers. The National Council for Teacher Education will frame a National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education by 2021 and a National Professional Standards for Teachers by 2022. The main objective of the policy is to ensure that all levels school students are taught by professionally trained, highly qualified, passionate, motivated, and assembled teachers.
Some Other Revisions
Under National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, several new educational institutes, bodies, ideas, and concepts have been given legislative permission to be formed. This involves:
- National Education Commission, headed by the Prime Minister of India.
- Academic Bank of Credit, a digital storage of credits earned to help restart education by utilizing credits for additional education.
- National Research Foundation, to upgrade research and innovation.
- Special Education Zones, to target the education of marginalized groups in underprivileged sectors.
- Gender Inclusion Fund, for serving the country for the education of female and transgender children.
- National Educational Technology Forum, a platform to promote swapping of ideas on technology operation to boost learning.
- The policy put forward new language institutions such as the Indian Institute of Translation and Interpretation and the National Institute/ Institutes for Pali, Persian and Prakrit. Other institutions initiate the National Mission for Mentoring, National Book Promotion Policy, National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy.
Hence, the above are some major key points regarding India’s New National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. We will hope that this policy will surely promote employment in the nation and completely modify our educational environment.
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