Hello readers, this article is all about the new National Educational Policy 2020. A reform that has brought a new dimension to think about education in India. The motive behind this is to Educate as many as children by increasing the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by 50 per cent by 2035.
It has opened the provision for multiple entry and exits of the native and foreign students. In the last 34 years, there were no such changes in the NEP, with several reforms brought into, school education, NEP is looking forward to a progressive India.
With higher literacy, more emphasis should be put on quality education as well as systematic education. At the ground level, well-framed economic policies can be implemented, this can only be done with the increase in literacy rates. More employment more is the economic stability in the country.
India counts its lowest GDP in the year 2020, it was much required to formulate a new education policy. The well-documented link between literacy and GDP growth in the country states that education is above reading and writing. It involves identification, understanding, interpretation, creation, and communication in an increasingly tech-savvy world.
In order, to educate a child, the right age should be kept in mind. The developmental maturity or readiness of the child to accept education makes it quite effective. The NEP 2020 has come up with certain strict guidelines regarding the right age of a child to get enrolled. This was much required for ages because, in India, there is no right age for studies. Rural India is much more deprived. They never allow kids to go to school. All those who are slightly motivated has no idea of what is the right age to start schooling.
With the pandemic stepping into our country, the parents, out of their financial obligations had to stop the preliminary education of kids. The majority of parents find the new educational policy, relaxed and soothing when it comes to compulsory education for children between the age of 3 and 18 years.
To shape the brain architecture, one needs to go with age-appropriate experiences, a stimulating environment, and a genetic framework.
The highlights of the new educational policy are discussed below.
1. compulsory education to all age groups
Education is a right of every kid. The New Educational Policy encounters strict guidelines for compulsory education for all children, irrespective of caste, creed, financial status, religion, language, etc.
This has opened a door for all those who desire to learn but are shackled under obligations and debt.
2. 5+3+3+4 curriculum
The age-old methods of conventional teaching and its curriculum should be revised. It is mandatory to shift from 10+2 format to a 5+3+3+4 system. It does not make 10+2 structure obsolete but has introduced three years of kindergarten classes or playschools.
This will allow more access, affordability, accountability and universalization, and all with better quality education.
3. Early Childhood Care Education (ECCE)
The holistic development of a child's social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs has to be assessed from time to time, to build a constructive foundation for learning and well-being.
I this context the primary as well as secondary schools in rural as well as urban areas should revise their curriculum and develop a pedagogy. The planning and implementation of ECCE will be carried out jointly by the ministries of education, women and child development (WCD), health and family welfare (HFW), and tribal affairs.
4. Unbiased education system
Education is a right and a gift to children, it need not be differentiated among socially and economically viable and disadvantaged groups. There should be gender inclusion funds and provisions for disadvantaged regions.
5. Emphasis on critical thinking
Core concepts should be reduced and revised in the curriculum. Children should use their brains in logical thinking and analysis more. This can be done through experiential studies, learning through life experiences and circumstances in life.
Thus, The NEP 2020 has tried to reach every parent and their children to provide a discrete educational system, where each kid can breathe, think and learn to be creative. In this context, the efforts of the Himalayan Institute of Technology, Dehradun is appreciable. To develop a child to help him in cognitive thinking and ready to meet up challenges in life.
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