{"id":89318,"date":"2020-07-30T19:59:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T14:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=89318"},"modified":"2020-07-31T17:51:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:21:25","slug":"new-education-policy-2020-changes-in-offing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/latest-news\/new-education-policy-2020-changes-in-offing\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW EDUCATION POLICY 2020 : CHANGES IN OFFING"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the new National Education Policy  and renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry. Making the announcement, Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said there would be a single regulator for all higher education institutions and MPhil would be discontinued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocational education will start in schools from the sixth grade and will include internships. The policy seeks to empha-sise learning in regional language or mother tongue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the key announcements of the new National Education Policy, NEP 2020 has been the break-down of the existing 10+2 structure and introduction of the 5+3+3+4 structure of School Education. The policy aims at transforming circular and pedagogical structure from the existing 10 years + 2 years to a more inclusive foundational to secondary stage transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apart from the structure, the NEP also proposes a considerable change in the examination structure. Key stage assessments at Grades 3, 5 and 8 would be conducted to track the development of the child. As for the secondary stage, the board examinations would be reformed. They would be made easier where students would be tested on the core capabilities. Instead of just one board, a more modular model to be explored and is expected to be in place by 2022-23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top 100 foreign colleges will be allowed to set-up campuses in India. Such foreign universities will be given special dispensation regarding regulatory, governance, and content norms on par with other autonomous institutions of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standalone Higher Education Institutes and professional education institutes will be evolved into multi-disciplinary education. There are over 45,000 affiliated colleges in our country. Under Graded Autonomy, Academic, Administrative and Financial Autonomy will be given to colleges, on the basis of the status of their accreditation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a bid to ramp up digital learning, a National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) would be created. \u201cE-courses will be developed in eight regional languages initially and virtual labs will be developed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The committee \u2014 which suggested changes in the education system under the NEP \u2014 was headed by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan. The NEP was drafted in 1986 and updated in 1992. The NEP was part of the election manifesto of the ruling BJP ahead of the 2014 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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