New Delhi (19/08/2022): The implementation of National Education Policy 2020 which aims to transform the Indian Education System has been lackluster so far due to varied reasons. B.S Rajput who has been a vice chancellor in the past links challenges faced in implementation of NEP to lack of proper understanding the spirit of this policy and to lack of required funds and facilities.
In an attempt to invoke a better understanding of the policy, Rajput shared few main highlights of the policy with Ten News. The highlights are as follows:
I) Universal access
ii) Establishing Innovative Education centres to bring back the drop outs into main stream
iii) Four stages in School Education after the entry of the child at the age of three, as mentioned herewith:
a). Foundation stage (pre- primary of three years+1st +2nd classes)
‌b) Preparatary stage( class 3 to class5)
c) Middle stage( class 6 to class 8)
d) secondary stage ( class 9 to class 12)
iv) Vocational Education will start at school level
v) Developing habit of creativity and original thinking at school level
vi) Coding at the Middle stage in school Education
vii) Education in mother tounge up to class three as mandatory and then options of use of mother tongue upto research level.
viii) Talent search at levels of class 3, class 5 and class 8 and it’s tracking
ix) Establishing National Institute of translation and Interpretation (NITI)
x) Skill devlopment ( for students who fail at High School or Intermediate level)
xi) Provision of academic bank of credits on re-entry in main stream
xii) Moral Education and Lokvidya (Historical, Cultural and Scientific Heritages of India)
xiii) Establishing National Committee for Integration of Vocational Education (NCIVE)
‌xiv) Establishing assesment center PARAKH (Performance, Assessment, Review and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic development)
‌xv) Establishing National Education Technical Forum (NETF)
‌xvi) Graduation in four years after single common entrances test by a National Testing Agency (NTA). With certificate after one year, diploma after second year, degree of Pass after three years and Honours degree with Research after fourth year (with the facility of multiple exits and multiple entry, maintaining academic bank of credit.
xvii) One year post-graduation after Hons degree
xviii) No provision of M. Phil
xix) No Affiliated Colleges (either Autonomous colleges or Constituent colleges)
xx) Two types of universities
a) Research Incentive Universities
b) Teaching Incentive Universities
( Assesment by PARAKH)
xxi) Establishing National Research Foundation (NRF) for Innovation and Excellence in Research by following methods
a) Continuous review of sustained research
b) Establishing Centres of Excellence
c) Research colaborations and Exchange Programs
d) Faculty motivation for research
e) Research incentives
f) Fast track promotion on innovative and high impact research
g) Merit based equitable peer- reviewed research funding
h)Helping to develope research culture
I) Establishing more funding institutions and organisations
m) Creat laison between researchers and government and also industries
n) Recognising outstanding research progress.
xxii) Creation of Institutes of excellence and identifying universities of excellence
xxiii) Vocational education at postgraduate and research levels also
xxiii) Creation of job providers rather than only job seekers
xxiv) Identification of new emerging research areas in each subject as per National and social needs
xxv) Systematic creation of new knowledge in sustainable manner
xxvi) Governance, Funding and Academic recommendations by different bodies
