Why National Education Policy is a step towards $5-trillion economy
The nation is in the process of a major transformation by launching the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Education is one of the most important transformers of an economy and the NEP is an attempt to transform the educational sector to ensure supply of world-class manpower for the country. The focus is on universalisation of primary education by taking the GER in primary education to 100% by 2030; it has also envisioned a mission of achieving GER of 50% in higher education. Also, all single-stream colleges and universities have been suggested to become multidisciplinary by 2040.
The NEP has emphasised on curriculum reforms with a focus on outcome-based approach and minimise the load of schoolbag by removing redundant content from the curriculum. The NCERT shall be the key driving force behind curriculum reforms.
