New Education Policy 2023

Outcomes of NEP 2020

1.  Universalization from ECCE to Secondary Education by 2030, aligning with SDG4
2. Attaining Foundational Learning & Numeracy Skills through National Mission by 2025
3. 100% GER in Pre-School to Secondary Level by 2030
4. Teachers to be prepared for assessment reforms by 2023
5. Inclusive & Equitable Education System by 2030
6. Board Exams to test core concepts and application of knowledge
7. Every Child will come out of School adept in at least one Skill
8. Common Standards of Learning in Public & Private Schools

Major Reforms: School Education

• Board exams will be low-stakes & test actual knowledge instead of rote learning
• Mother tongue to be a medium of instruction till 5th grade
• Report cards will be a comprehensive report on skills and capabilities instead of just marks and statements
• The national mission is to focus on basic literacy and basic numeracy
• Major changes in the pedagogical structure of the curriculum with no rigid separation between streams
• All separations between vocational and academic and curricular and extra-curricular will also be removed

1. New National Curriculum Framework for ECE, School, Teachers, and Adult Education
2. Board Examination will be Low Stakes, Based on Knowledge Application
3. Medium of Instruction till at least Grade 5, and preferably till Grade 8 and beyond in Home Language/Mother’s tongue/ Regional Language
4. 360-degree Holistic Progress Card of Child
5. Tracking Student Progress for Achieving Learning Outcomes
6. National assessment center – PARAKH
7. NTA to offer Common Entrance Exam for Admission TO HEIs
8. National Professional Standards for Teachers (PST)
9. Book Promotion Policy and Digital Libraries
10. Transparent online self-disclosure for public oversight and accountability
11. Universalization of Early Childhood Care Education (ECCE)
12. National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy
13. 5+3+3+4 Curricular and Pedagogical Structure
14. Curriculum to integrate 21st Century Skills, Mathematical Thinking, and Scientific temper
15. No Rigid Separation between Arts & Sciences, between Curricular and extracurricular activities, between Vocational and Academic streams
16. Education of Gifted Children
17. Gender Inclusion Fund
18. KGBVs up to Grade 12
19. Reduction in Curriculum to Core Concepts
20. Vocational integration from Class 6 onwards

Use of Technology

1. Use of Technology in
2. Education Planning
3. Teaching Learning & Assessment
4. Administration & Management
5. Regulation- Self Disclosure & Minimum Human Interface
6. Increasing Access for Disadvantaged Groups
7. Divyang Friendly Education Software
8. e-Content in Regional Language
9. Virtual Labs
10. National Educational Technology Forum (NETF)
11. Digitally Equipping Schools, Teachers, and Students* Graded Autonomy: Academic, Administrative & Financial
12. Phasing out Affiliation System in 15 years
13. National Mission on Mentoring
14. Independent Board of Governors (BoG)
15. Single Regulator for Higher Education (excluding Legal and Medical)
16. online Self Disclosure based Transparent System for Approvals in place of ‘Inspections’
17. Common Norms for Public and Private HEIs
18. Private Philanthropic Partnership
19. Fee fixation within Board Regulatory Framework
20. Public Investment in the Education Sector to reach 6% of GDP at the earliest

Major Reforms: Higher Education

1. 50% Gross Enrolment Ration by 2035
2. Holistic and Multidisciplinary Education- Flexibility of Subjects
3. Multiple Entry/Exit
4. UG Programme – 3 or 4 years
5. PG program – 1 or 2 years
6. Integrated 5-year bachelor’s/Master’s
7. M Phil to be discontinued
8. Credit Transfer and Academic Bank of Credits
9. HEIs: Research Intensive/ Teaching Intensive Universities and Autonomous Degree-Granting CollegeModel Multidisciplinary Education and Research University (MERU)
10. The present Education Policy was adopted in 1986 which has been continued till date that is for the last 34 years
11. The country got the education policy after 34 years
12. The Union Cabinet, chaired by the PM himself, has approved the Draft of the National Education Policy today morning.
13. The Cabinet has also accepted the proposal of changing the name of MHRD to the Education Ministry.
14. The vision of creating an education system that contributes directly to transforming the country, providing high-quality education to all, and making India a global knowledge superpower.

Evolution of Education Policy

1. University Education Commission (1948-49)
2. Secondary Education Commission (1952-53)
3. Education Commission (1964-66) under Dr. D. S. Kothari
4. National Policy on Education, 1968
5. 42nd Constitutional Amendment, 1976- Education in Concurrent List
6. National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986
7. NPE 1986 Modified in 1992 (Programme of Action, 1992)
8. T.S.R. Subramaniam Committee Report (May 27, 2016)
9. Dr. K. Kasturirangan Committee Report (May 31, 2019)