EDUCATION POLICY

                                                                                            -BY S SANAY RAM

ABOUT

Education policy in India was not been changed in the past 28 years which means, there was no initiative or development that took place in the education system in India from 1992. Almost Two generations had the same curriculum. India is a country where youth is the majority but still, the same system of learning was followed from our parent’s time! Most of the country has developed their system of education according to their need, but now in 2020, our government has come up with a new promising education policy.

NEW EDUCATION POLICY

The New Education Policy or NEP 2020 has come up with major changes, The 10+2 system has been replaced with 5+3+3+4 in which pre-school from age 3-8 or foundational stage,8-11 the preparatory, 11-14 is middle school and 14-18 is secondary. The NEP (national education policy)provides a broader way of learning as vocational subjects for students in 6th – 8th class has been introduced, in which students have a workshop for 10 days. A course like coding has been introduced in the middle school subjects like Work Experience has been promoted and it can replace core subjects. 

A major change has been seen in higher secondary where students are divided into 3 groups (Science, Commerce, Humanities) Subjects were different for these 3 groups but now there can be a replacement or interlink in the subjects. For example, A student who has taken Science can replace physics with History or Civics and this is applicable to all 3 groups.

ADVANTAGES

This Education policy has many advantages, first of all, is the promotion of pre-school which is not in government schools, pre-school could teach manners, good habits and basic knowledge on subjects. In this new system, secondary schooling has been improved with the promotion of vocational subjects. In higher secondary students can prefer their own subjects to study, All three groups have been interlinked.

The most important thing is New Education Policy focuses more on Knowledge than Marks as Exams would be conducted in such a way that students have to think more practical rather than rot learning.

DISADVANTAGES

 In New Education Policy, learning in mother tongue or state’s language has been prompted for students till primary, though it is not compulsory English has to be promoted for students as it is useful for communication, Also let’s take an example if a student studies in a state till 5th and then their family move to another state then learning would be difficult as a medium of teaching becomes a barrier. 

The interlink on subjects for higher education can create confusion on admission in college as all 3 major courses have been clubbed up.

CONCLUSION

This education policy has mostly positive things and could cover up the Education System which was criticized as it was rigid which focused only on marks and not on learning. This policy looks flexible and has covered all major points which learning and could prove an overall development of a student.

But it should not be claimed as a revolutionary change as we can clearly see this policy has been taken from countries like USA, Germany and Singapore as all changes are already present in these countries.

This Educational policy seems to be more theoretical rather than practical, As we have to see how they imply this Education system.