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Topic
A simple introduction to this answer can revolve around a general statement about education and national education policy, 2020.
Education is fundamental for achieving the potential of humans, developing an equitable and just society, and promoting national development.
Access to quality education is the key to India’s continued ascent, and leadership on the global stage in terms of economic growth, social justice and equality, scientific advancement, national integration, and cultural preservation.
The global education development agenda reflected in Goal 4 (SDG4) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by India in 2015 – seeks to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” by 2030.
National Education Policy is a comprehensive framework to guide the development of education in the country.
Body
You may incorporate some of the following points in the body of your answer:
National Education Policy (Key Takeaways)
- Ensuring quality early childhood care and education for all children between 3-6 years
- New Curricular and Pedagogical Structure (5+3+3+4)
- Establishing National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
- A separate Gender Inclusion fund and Special Education Zones for disadvantaged regions and groups
- It aim to increase the GER to 100 per cent in preschool to secondary level by 2030 whereas GER in Higher Education including vocational education to 50 per cent by 2035.
- Setting up of National Research Foundation
- Achieving 100% youth and adult literacy.
- The Centre and the States will work together to increase public investment in the Education sector to reach 6% of GDP at the earliest.
Reorientation of Education in India
- The policy has marked a major positive breakthrough in the form of the National Education Policy 2020 — re-imagining the educational landscape through equity, inclusion and excellence in education. It is based on the pillars of Accessibility, Equity, Quality, Affordability, and Accountability.
- The policy emphasises early childhood care and education with universal provisioning and equipping young children to participate and flourish in the educational ecosystem.
- There is an emphasis on the primacy of the formative years from ages 3 to 8 in shaping the child’s future.
- The focus on instruction in the mother tongue is largely to celebrate the idea of being Indian, globalising Indian thoughts, eulogising the rich cultural heritage of our country and bringing it to our classrooms.
- The holistic development and a wide choice of subjects and courses are proposed as the new distinguishing feature of secondary school education.
- The schools are aiming to introduce vocational courses with internships.
- The curricular and pedagogical initiatives including the introduction of contemporary subjects such as artificial intelligence, design thinking, holistic health, organic living, etc, are integrated.
- To ensure the quality of teacher education across all stages, the policy envisions teacher career progression via meritocracy and 360-degree assessments.
Your conclusion should be short.
The National Education Policy will play a critical role in the entire education system to be reconfigured to support and foster learning so that all of the critical targets and goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can be achieved.
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