National Education Policy 2020

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Today we come with the biggest news  "National Education Policy 2020". This article will help to student as well as parents so that they will be ready for the new education policy.  This new education policy come with lots of benefits. There is huge change in education system from the last 3 decades.

We will discuss here all the details of the Policy. Now overall country's education level will be improve if it will be executed properly.

"If we need to change the country, we must change the education policy first"

National Education Policy aims to provide infrastructure support, innovative education centres to bring back dropouts into the mainstream besides tracking of students and their learning levels, facilitating multiple pathways to learning involving both formal and non-formal education modes and association of counsellors or well-trained social workers with schools.

Important points of the National Education Policy 2020 :

1. The Ministry of Human Resource and Development  has been renamed as the Ministry of Education. The decision in this regard was taken by the Union Cabinet.
2. New Pedagogical and curricular structure of School education :

• Foundational Stage  : Multi Level, play/activity- based learning 
• Preparatory Stage  : Play, discovery, and activity- based and interactive classroom learning
• Middle Stage : experiential learning in the science, mathematics, arts, social science and humanities
• Secondary Stage : multidisciplinary study, greater critical thinking, flexibility, and student choice of subjects 

       Description of stages 

1. Foundational Stage  :Academic Structure has been changed from (10+2) to (5+3+3+4), In initial 5 years bifurcated as 3 years in Anganwadi or pre-school and first and second class. This education policy allows the students to learn in their home, regional or local languages up to the foundation stage. There will be very less burden of books and copies on the student as they will be learned through games and activities. 
2. Preparatory Stage: Next 3 years (i.e. 3rd, 4th, and 5th class) students  will be prepared for the future by very interactive classroom learnings.
3. Middle Stage : Next 3 years (i.e. 6th, 7th and 8th class)  in this middle stage vocational education is introduced, here students can enjoy the practical knowledge as per their interest level. 
4. Secondary Stage : Next 4 years  (i.e. 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th) Students are allowed here to choose their subjects not as commerce, science or humanities but as per their interest. Yes, it is a good new to every student who will fall in this new education policy as they can choose science, mathematics, arts, social science and humanities. And students are also allowed to choose foreign language as optional subject. 

Key points of this education policy 2020

• This education policy change the millions of  lives of  our country.
• Academic Structure (10+2) has been changed into (5+3+3+4)
• No language barrier up to initial 5 years: Students are free to learn in their home, regional or local language up to 5 years (i.e. 3 years in Anganwadi or pre-school and first and second class.)
• 4 years under graduation course makes come back .
• Higher education council of India to be set up which regulate higher education
• Choice of subject will be broader in Secondary stage.
• Multiple entry and exit opportunity: Government facilitate this opportunity by maintaining academic bank of credit where credit points will be recorded which help the student who leave the studies in between as they can continue their studies after the gap by these credit points.
• For under graduation policy : Where student leave the studies after one year- they will be provided certificate, when student leave the studies after two years- they will be provided diploma and when they complete their four years - they will be provided degree.
• Single regulator of all collages except legal and medical, comes under one body that is called Higher Education Commission of India
• Vocational education will be introduced in middle stage as discussed above where students are able to learn practical knowledge as per their interest.
• This new education policy decrease the burden of books and focus on their skills.
• Makeover of report card : Report card will also show the quality of students such as capabilities, behaviour, skills and etc. This will help to decrease the comparison between students and encourage the passion of the students
• Report card will also give the opportunity to self evaluate their performance. This will help the students for build the skill of decision making.
• Revamped board exams.
• Facilitate the digitisation in rural area in regional languages for differently abled students also
• Indian heritage will be encouraged by the schools in this new educations system.
• By the year 2040, most of the institutes to be made multidisciplinary where more than 3000 students have been enrolled.
• By the year 2030, every district to have at lease one multi disciplinary institute
• Targets of this policy is to increase the enrolment of  students up to 50%  by the year 2035.
• Modi government increase the funds for education to 6% of GDP from 3% of GDP.