National
Education Policy Highlights: Release Date Dec 2020
The draft of the Education Policy was
submitted on May 2019 by Dr K. Kasturirangam to the Union human resource
Development Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Minister of State, Sanjay Shyamrao
Dhotre. The introduction of the New Education Policy was facilitated in order
to universalize the pre-primary education, secure quality education in
India and increase the foundational literacy rate in the next 20 years.
The draft primarily aims at improving
the fundamentals of education, that are quality, equality, access,
accountability and affordability. In the further attempt of maintaining and improving
the credibility of education in India, the New Education plans are scheduled to
be reviewed every 5 years. This will supplement in overcoming educational
shortcomings and flawed systems.
The National Curriculum Framework 2020
NCERT’s new curriculum framework will
also be completed by December 2020. As soon as the National Education Policy is
finalized, the related groups will be consulted.
The National Curriculum Framework (NCF)
will be reviewed in the second week of November 2020 which will include
analysis of teaching methods and study the content of Indian schools. UGC will
also get replaced and the New Educational Policy will be released in December
2020.
The NCF provides the main framework for
school curriculum and textbooks content and convey guidelines on teaching
practices. The National Curriculum Framework has been released in 1975, 1988,
2000 and 2005. The last NCF ensured learning without burden by shifting
attention from teachers to students.
Director of NCERT, Hrushikesh Senapaty
stated in an interview with the Times of India, “revisions will weed out
content that is outdated, and incorporate contemporary and emerging trends. The
new NEP will be taken into account and there are proposals for an integrated
curriculum. The focus groups are going to be formed the latest by the second
week of November, if not earlier. NCF 2020 will be more of a review of the NCF
2005.”
The National Education Program that is
set for Dec 2020 release will include various aspects in the school’s academic
program, such as:
Adolescent
education program
National
population education program
Educational
technology
Computational
education
Vocational
education.
The draft of the New Education policy
included the following features:
New
Education Policy Highlights 2020
The
policy aims to extrapolate the pre-primary education and increase foundational
literacy rate by 2025.
The
proposal will restructure pedagogical and curricular structure with Early
Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) as a vital part of school education.
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Grades
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Stage
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Pre-primary
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Foundational
stage
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Grade
1 to 2
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Foundational
stage
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Grades
3 to 5
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Preparatory
stage
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6-8
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Middle
stage
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9-12
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Secondary
stage
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It
proposes new academic reconfiguring for the children between the age group of 3
to 18 years.
It
focuses at equitable & inclusive education for all especially for
under-represented groups (URGs).
It
aims at universal availability & retention with 100% Gross Enrolment Ratio
for all school education in the next 10 years.
It
has proposed a three-language formula for encouraging multilingualism among
children between the ages of 2 to 8 years.
In
addition to the fundamental languages, it also proposes the teaching of other
classical languages in schools, such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam,
Odia, Pali, Persian, and Prakrit with diverse literature history. Thus
facilitating teaching of Indian classical languages.
Unconventional
education programs such as online learning will be affiliated and preferred
over classroom education.
The
segregation of the subjects into curricular, co-curricular or extra-curricular
will be halted. Curricular subjects will include arts, craft, music, sports and
yoga subjects.
A
new independent State School Regulatory Authority (SSRA) will be created.
School’s
syllabus load would be reduced.
It
aims to unite over 40,000 colleges and 800 universities into somewhat around
15,000 multidisciplinary educational institutions.
The
policy will propose mainly three types of Higher Educational Institutions
(HEIs). They will be Research Universities, Teaching Universities and
Autonomous degree-granting colleges.
It
aims to provide complete academic and administrative autonomy to all higher
education institutions. Such institutions would be governed by independent
boards.
The
National Research Foundation (NRF) will be soon up and running as soon as the
Parliament approves of it. The sole aim will be to promoteresearch
culture and augmenting research capacity across higher education.
The
National Education Commission will be constituted in 2020. Its chairperson
would be honourable Prime Minister and will be seated with educationists,
researchers, ministers and elite professionals from diverse fields.
The
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) will be proposed by the committee
to be renamed as the Ministry of Education (MoE)
By
the year 2030, the public investment by the Central and State Governments will
be raised to 20% of overall public expenditure.
UGC
will reconfigure Higher Education Grants Commission (HEGC).
Different
areas of professional education will be managed by standard educational bodies.
All
the private and public institutions will be boosted with quality and equivalent
education standards which will be set without any materialistic intentions.
A
recommendation has been put forth to form the Indian Institute of
Translation and Interpretation (IITI).
The
Rights to Education Act that was last revised in 2009 has been extended.
It will pay attention to the academic needs of children under the age of
3 to 18 years.
The
B.Ed degree will serve as the minimum required qualification for teachers. The
degree is a 4 years integrated graduate program.
The
undergraduate programmes would be redesigned with multiple admissions options
and their duration of study will also be changed.
Foreign
languages will be taught as primary subjects in the secondary schools.
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Types of institutions
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Major duties
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Type
1
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They
will aim at providing great quality tutelage and world-class research
programs.
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Type
2
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Main
areas of emphasis will be diverse teaching with highly prioritized research
system.
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Type
3
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They
will intend to cover high-quality teaching for undergraduate education
programs cited under Mission Nalanda and Mission Takshashila.
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It
has been proposed to restructure higher education institutions into:
An
accredited eco-system could be created under the supervision of the
restructured NAAC.
Standard
arrangement, accreditation, maintenance and economic functions such as funding
should be separated. These will also be conducted by the National Higher
Education Regulatory Authority. It will be the core regulatory body for
regulation of higher education and professional education.
The
committee has also proposed some policy initiatives such as:
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Elimination of regional breaks, social category
and gender.
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Higher education internalization.
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Integrating technology with education at different
levels.
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Reinforcement of various learning programs such as
open and distance learning.
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Enhancement of Under-Represented Groups (URGs).
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The
Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog has been nominated to become active in 2020 to serve
the purpose of coordinating the Central and State Government efforts to
integrate all the mentioned initiative.
How will
the New Education Policy uplift out nation’s education system?
The present RTE act allows education
support of children under the age of 6 to 14. With the New Education Policy
reforms, this will be beneficial for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)
by covering three years, that is for children under the age of 3 to 18 years.
The school education system will be covering four years under secondary
education. This will enable ECCE to facilitate play and discovery-based
learning for children of the specified age groups.
Mother tongue based education will aid
in the development of oral language training. The policy will also be able
to protect and replenish our cultural roots via the study of classical
languages, mother tongues and local languages.
Digital learning is the new revolution.
Implementation of online teaching over classroom training would be an advance
step for not only an ideal future but also for an efficient economic system.
Not to mention increased rate of admission registrations from remote places.
Educators posts will be rightfully
filled with well qualified teachers. This will empower the education system as
teachers are the backbones of an education system.
If the policy will be able to fulfil its
purpose, the most advantageous change would occur in professional education.
The government will be able to put more emphasis on the field of research and
technology.
If the nominated reforms become an
integral part of the education system with the aid of educational revolutions
caused by nation’s students, educators and educational institutions; India’s
educational eco-system will definitely flourish and soon we will be the proud
representers of a developed nation.
The ideal
future is not too far away now. We just have to be ready to embrace it when we
reach it!
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