- Board will be in 12th class only, MPhil will be closed, college degree of 4 years
- 10th board is over, MPhil will also be closed
- Now students up to 5th standard will be taught in mother tongue, local language and national language only. The rest of the subject, even if it is English, will be taught as a subject.
- Examination will be held in the semester from 9th to 12th class.
Inayat Qayoom
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER ,
The cabinet has given green signal to the New Education Policy. After 34 years, there has been a change in the education policy. The notable features of the new education policy are as follows:
5 Years Fundamental
- Nursery @4 Years
- Jr KG @5 Years
- Sr KG @6 Years
- Std 1st @7 Years
- Std 2nd @8 Years 3 Years Preparatory
- Std 3rd @9 Years
- Std 4th @10 Years
- Std 5th @11 Years 3 Years Middle
- Std 6th @12 Years
10.Std 7th @13 Years
11.Std 8th @14 Years 4 Years Secondary
12.Std 9th @15 Years
13.Std SSC @16 Years
14.Std FYJC @17Years
15.STD SYJC @18 Years Special and important things:
- Board will be in 12th class only, MPhil will be closed, college degree of 4 years
- 10th board is over, MPhil will also be closed
- Now students up to 5th standard will be taught in mother tongue, local language and national language only. The rest of the subject, even if it is English, will be taught as a subject.
- Examination will be held in the semester from 9th to 12th class.
- Schooling will be taught under the 5+3+3+4 formula.
- At the same time, the college degree will be of 3 and 4 years.
- That is, certificate on the first year of graduation, diploma on the second year, degree in the third year.
- 3 year degree is for those students who do not want to take higher education. Whereas students pursuing higher education will have to do a 4-year degree. Students doing 4-year degree will be able to do MA in one year.
- MA students will now be able to do PhD directly.
- Students will be able to do other courses in between. The gross enrollment ratio in higher education will be 50 percent by 2035.
- At the same time, under the new education policy, if a student wants to do another course in the middle of a course, then he can do the second course by taking a break from the first course for a limited time.
- Many reforms have also been made in higher education. The reforms include graded academic, administrative and financial autonomy etc.
- Apart from this, e-courses will be started in regional languages. Virtual Labs will be developed. A National Educational Scientific Forum (NETF) will be started.
Please note that there are 45 thousand colleges in the country.
There will be same rules for all institutions, government, private, deemed.
Union Cabinet has approved the new National Education Policy, NEP and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) would now be referred to as Ministry of Education. The announcement was made by Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar at the National Media Centre on July 29, 2020. The idea behind changing the name is to give a clearer definition to the ministry’s work.
A significant to note that the new National Education Policy has been drafted by committee headed by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, and replaces the one formulated in 1986, last modified in 1992. The draft policy was released last year and has undergone several deliberations since then, including the latest change on making it ready for an education system suited to a Covid-19 world.
National Education Policy 2020 will bring transformational reforms in school and higher education systems in the country, with an aim to make “India a global knowledge superpower,” here are a few highlights:
School Education
Ensuring universal access at all levels of school education – Infrastructure support, innovative education centres to bring back dropouts into the mainstream, tracking of students and their learning levels, facilitating multiple pathways to learning.
Early childhood care & education with new curricular and pedagogical structure – NEP deals with revision of the curriculum and pedagogical structure of 10+2 system to 5+3+3+4 system with ages 3-18, focus to be on language and mathematics in Class I to III. The policy also states the medium of instruction to be in mother or local language till Class V and preferably till Class VIII and beyond.
Attaining foundational literacy and numeracy – A National Book Promotion Policy is to be formulated.
Reforms in school curricula and pedagogy – Holistic development of learners by equipping them with the key 21st century skills, vocational education will start in schools from the 6th grade, and will include internships.
Multilingualism and the power of language, robust teacher recruitment and career path and more reforms.
Higher Education
Increase GER to 50 % by 2035 – NEP 2020 seeks to increase Gross Enrolment Ratio in higher education including vocational education from 26.3% (2018) to 50% by 2035.
Holistic multidisciplinary education – The policy envisages broad based, multi-disciplinary, holistic Under Graduate education with flexible curricula, creative combinations of subjects, integration of vocational education and multiple entry and exit points with appropriate certification.
Regulation – Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) will be set up, HECI to have four independent verticals — National Higher Education Regulatory Council (NHERC) for regulation, General Education Council (GEC ) for standard setting, Higher Education Grants Council (HEGC) for funding, and National Accreditation Council( NAC) for accreditation.
- Education goes global – Select universities (e.g., those from among the top 100 universities in the world) will be permitted to operate in India. A legislative framework facilitating such entry will be put in place, and such universities will be given special dispensation regarding regulatory, governance, and content norms on par with other autonomous institutions of India. High performing Indian universities will be encouraged to set up campuses in other countries, and similarly.
- More reforms – Focus on teacher education, mentoring, technology, financial support, languages and more reforms.