NEW EDUCATION POLICY: A STEP AHEAD
In July 2020, the union cabinet of India approved the New Education Policy (NEP). The government’s primary aim behind introducing NEP is to universalize pre-school to secondary level education in India. The new policy will focus on making the education sector in our country more inclusive, accessible, and unprejudiced.
The previous National Policy on Education-1986 will be replaced by the NEP-2020 which is a comprehensive framework structured to transform the education system in such a way that it benefits children and allows them to learn and excel irrespective of their background.
The findings of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) undertaken by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) stated that the students across the 12 states of India are below the National Average in mathematics ability. This hinted at the great challenge India is facing in the form of a ‘Learning Crisis’.
As per the vision of the Union Minister of Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal, achieving the foundational literacy and numeracy by all students by 3rd grade is the highest priority of the NEP-2020. The government has committed to achieving this goal by 2025. But the biggest challenge that stands before them is to implement this highly extensive education system.