NEP 2020: Students to enjoy bagless days in schools

The online availability of vocational courses will also be ensured keeping in line with the emphasis on online and digital education in the New Education Policy.

NEP 2020: The New Education Policy (NEP) proposes exposing at least 50 per cent learners to vocational education. According to the proposed policy, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) will frame a practice-based curriculum for Grades 6 to 8. The policy says that students would be exposed to vocational subjects as early as grade 6. Talking about the vocational training, NEP 2002 states, "Every student will take a fun course, during Grades 6-8, that gives a survey and hands-on experience of a sampling of important vocational crafts, such as carpentry, electric work, metalwork, gardening, pottery making, etc., as decided by States and local communities and as mapped by local skilling needs.”

The policy says that all students of Classes 6 to 8 will participate in a 10-day bagless period sometime. During this period, the students will intern with local vocational experts such as carpenters, gardeners, potters, artists etc. NEP also suggests similar internship opportunities to learn vocational subjects throughout grades 6 to 12 including during holiday periods.

The online availability of vocational courses will also be ensured keeping in line with the emphasis on online and digital education in the New Education Policy. According to the new policy, all types of enrichment activities involving arts, quizzes, sports, and vocational crafts would include bagless days throughout the year.

NEP will also set up meetings with local artists and craftsmen, and visits to higher educational institutes in their respective village, tehsil, district, or state. School students will also be exposed to outside activities periodically through visits to places of historical, cultural and tourist importance including monuments, museums.

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