On 22nd Sep 2021, the Govt. of India formed a 12-member committee to develop the new National curriculum Framework (NCF) in line with the New education policy, NEP 2020. It will act as a guide for deciding syllabus of different classes, textbook contents, teaching and learning methods and practices all over India.
Latest updates of New education policy, NEP 2020:
Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Assam, Maharashtra are among the few states to implement NEP 2020 in the education departments gradually. But, now almost all the states of India have implemented it partially or fully.
New Education policy 2020 details by MHRD, GoI to download:
Source: Ministry of Education, GoI
National curriculum Framework (NCF) in line with NEP 2020:
There will be 4 National curriculum Framework (NCF) –
- National curriculum Framework (NCF) for school education
- National curriculum Framework (NCF) for early childhood care and education
- National curriculum Framework (NCF) for teacher education
- National curriculum Framework (NCF) for adult Education
Comparison between NEP 2020 (New education policy) Vs NPE 1986 (National policy on education) :
On 29th July 2020, the union cabinet have approved the New Education policy 2020, in which many changes have been introduced in comparison to the existing education policies of National policy on education, 1986.
We have tried to tabulate here almost all the highlights of New Education policy 2020 and compared with the existing National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986. This will give us the clear idea that what the Modi government is doing to improve our education system.
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New Education policy 2020 vs Existing National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986:
| New – New Education policy 2020 | Existing – National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986 |
| Ministry of Education | Ministry of Human Resource Development |
| Gross Enrolment ratio – 50% (2035) | Gross Enrolment ratio – 26.3% (2018) |
| 5+3+3+4 format | 10+2 format |
| Break-up of age: 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, 14-18 | Break-up of age: 6-16, 16-18 |
| Exam – Class 3, 5, 8, 10, 12 | Exam – Each year up to class 12 |
| Board exam – Objective and descriptive. Twice a year. | Board exam – Descriptive. Once a year. |
| No hard seperation of Art, Commerce, Science. All will be mixed with curriculam. | Hard seperation – Art, Commerce, Science |
| Curriculum content will be reduced to its core essentials | |
| 1 Vocational subject is must – class 6 to 8 | Not mandatory in existing format. |
| Bag – less days encouraged | |
| Health card and checkup will be done. | Health card and supplememts programs are already running. |
| 360 degree holistic report card for students including skills | |
| Coding to be taught from class 6 onwards | Not mandatory in existing format. |
| 3 language – by state, region and choice of student | 3 language – Hindi, English and the regional |
| Indian Sign Language students with hearing impairment – to be developed by NIOS | |
| Pre-school to be added in KVs | Starts from class 1. |
| Preparatory class Balavatika for children below the age of 5 – by ECCE qualified teacher | Not mandatory in existing format. |
| Report card to have reviewed from teachers, peers, and students as well. | Report card to have reviewed from teachers |
| NCC wings – secondry and higher secondary schools | NCC wings – secondry and higher secondary schools |
| Free boarding schools like JNVs for poor students | Free boarding schools like JNVs for poor students |
| National Scholarship portal for SC, ST, OBC and SEDG | National Scholarship portal for SC, ST, OBC and SEDG |
| Education sector to get 6% of GDP | Education sector get 4.5% of GDP |
| Minimum qualification for teaching – 4 year integrated B.Ed degree by 2030 | |
| IITs will include multidisciplinary like arts, humanities etc. | |
| National Testing Agency (NTA) – It will conduct aptitude test, and exams in the sciences, humanities, languages, arts, and vocational subjects, at least twice every year for university entrance exams. | |
| E-content in total 8 languages | Lack of regional language e-content |
| Multiple entry and exit options for incomplete courses. Their credits will be transferred through Academic Bank of Credits. | This is the main difference between both the policies with credit storing for higher studies. |
| For Higher studies, 4 options are given: 1 -year diploma, 2-year Advanced Diploma, 3-year Graduation, 4-year Graduation with research. | For Higher studies, 4 options were already there: 1/2 -year diploma, 3-year Graduation, 4-year Graduation with research. |
| After graduation, Master’s degree of 1 year and 2 year with research options are given. | After graduation, Master’s degree of 1/2 year were already there. |
| M.Phil is discontinued. Doctorate can be pursued after Master’s. | First M.Phil, then Doctorate could be pursued. |
| Best Indian universities to set up campuses in other countries and best 100 foreign universities may come to setup in India. | |
| At least 1 large multidisciplinary institution in or near every district by the year 2030 | |
| Controlling Authority – HECI (Higher Education Commission of India) except Medical and Legal. Divided into 4 parts: National Higher Education Regulatory Council (NHERC) for regulation, General Education Council (GEC ) for standard setting, Higher Education Grants Council (HEGC) for funding, and National Accreditation Council( NAC) for accreditation. | Controlling Authority – UGC, AICTE (Technical), ICAR (Agriculture), BCI (Legal), CCIM (Medical), ICAI, ICSI, CBSE, NCERT etc. |
| Adult learning – Tech based option through apps, TV etc. | Adult learning – Several programs are already running. |
| New academic session to begin in September- October (Delay due to Corona crisis) |
New Education policy 2020 in Hindi language to download:
NEP in Hindi to download : Click Here
New Education policy 2020 in Regional languages to download:
The New Education policy (NEP) 2020 can be read and downloaded in your languages. NEP has been translated in 21 regional languages. (source:MoE) Click below to download the NEP.
The New Education policy (NEP) 2020 translation in Regional Languages:
- Assamese – (1.18 MB)
- Bengali – (1.35 MB)
- Bodo – (1.59 MB)
- Dogri – (2.17 MB)
- Gujarathi – (1.43 MB)
- Kannada – (1.58 MB)
- Kashmiri – (1.91 MB)
- Konkani – (868 KB)
- Malayalam – (1.23 MB)
- Maithili – (1.45 MB)
- Marathi – (1.34 MB)
- Manipuri – (2.13 MB)
- Nepali – (1.19 MB)
- Odia – (1.41 MB)
- Punjabi – (1.37 MB)
- Sanskrit – (1.52 KB)
- Santali – (4.34 MB)
- Sindhi – (2.93 MB)
- Tamil – (1.88 MB)
- Telugu – (1.33 MB)
- Urdu – (2.47 MB)
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Source of article NPE 2020: HT, TOI, MHRD-GoI, NDTV, IE etc.
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