New National Education Policy gets Cabinet's nod; Check details here

Union Cabinet gives nod to renaming Ministry of Human Resource Development renamed as Education Ministry and to the New Education Policy. Check details here

Union Cabinet gave its approval to the New Education Policy (NEP) and to renaming the Ministry of Human Resource Management (MHRD) as Education Ministry. The Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had earlier said that the NEP will help in resolving various issues in the education sector. He also said that with the help of new New Education Policy, more youths will be able to take up higher education. Union Minister Prakash Javdekar and the HRD Minister announced the New Education Policy at the National Media Centre today, i.e. July 29. 

Latest: NEP 2020: Proposed reforms for School & Higher Education

The National Education Policy was adopted in 1986 and it was later modified was in 1992. In May 2019, the government presented the draft NEP which aimed to provide quality education to every child in the age group of 3-18 by 2030. The draft for NEP was checked by the Prime Minister in May 2020. 

New National Education Policy 2020: Important Points

• NEP suggested the extension of the Right to Education, RTE covering children under age group 3 to 18 year. At present, the rule allows only students until the age of 14 years. 
• The new education policy aims to universalize the pre-primary education by 2025 and provide foundational literacy to all by 2025.
• As per the draft NEP Document released earlier, ‘The draft NEP is based on the foundational pillars access, affordability, equity, quality, and accountability.’ This is expected to be the sentiment of the New Education Policy.
• In the draft, a 5+3+3+4 curricular and pedagogical structure had been proposed based on the cognitive-developmental stages of the children rather than their age. This further divides the K12 years into Foundational Stage (age 3-8 yrs): 3 years of pre-primary plus Grades 1-2, Preparatory Stage (8-11 years): Grades 3-5, Middle Stage (11-14 years): Grades 6-8 and Secondary Stage (14-18 years): Grades 9-12. 
• The NEP will help students to have flexibility to choose from various streams as per their choice of subjects.
• There has been a proposal of multilingual studies too in the NEP. Since children between 2-8 years have the ability to learn languages quickly and multilingualism has cognitive benefits for them, children would be engaged in three languages early on, from the Foundational Stage as per the draft. There would also be a focus on the classical languages of India.
• The NEP also aims to create a new highest regulating body, the Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog or National Education Commission, that would be headed by the Prime Minister of India.

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