The Central Government’s National Education Policy (NEP) established in 2020, and implemented during the 2023-2024 academic year – brought with it several changes. From curriculum updates to grade structure revisions to fundamental changes in the way the Indian educational system works, it is clear that the NEP aims to both disrupt and revolutionize the current system.
What is the New Education Policy?
The New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has been implemented after the approval of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The main objective of the new education policy is to bring education in India to the global level so that India can become a superpower. Under the NEP, changes have been made in the education policy from school to college. Under this, along with knowledge, their health and skill development are also included.
What is the objective of the New Education Policy?
The objectives of the NEP are as follows:
- Connect Children with Indian culture
- Making Education Flexible
- Teaching discipline and empowering children
- Making Education Policy Transparent
- Emphasis on Evaluation
- Investing in an Open Education System
- Children’s creative thinking
- To develop quality education
- Pay more attention to Research
- Focusing on multiple languages simultaneously.
Key Features of New Education Policy 2023
It has been decided in the New Education Policy that states can make changes in the NEP as per the need. The key features of the NEP are as follows:
- After the NEP, the Ministry of Human Resource Management will now be known as the Ministry of Education.
- Under the NEP, the 5+3+3+4 pattern will be followed, Where students will spend 5 years strengthening their foundation, 3 years in the preparatory phase, 3 years in the intermediate phase and the remaining 4 years in the secondary phase.
- Under NEP, schools will impart education in the mother tongue or regional language till class 5th.
- There will be 3 years of free school education.
- The Business internship will start from class 6.
- After the NEP comes, students can choose any subject and students can study Accounts or Arts subjects along with Physics.
- This also includes teaching coding to students from class 6 onwards.
- We will make all schools digital equity.
- We will develop virtual labs.
- It takes 3 or 4 years to graduate with the option to opt-out. If students have completed one year of graduation then they will get the certificate and after 2 years they will get the advanced diploma.
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