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NEP 2020
NEW FEATURES
New features in school
     education
ECCE for all by 2030: NCF Achieve 100% Gross        New curricular and              Medium of instruction
for ECCE                  Enrolment Ratio in school pedagogical framework           mother tongue/local
                          education by 2030         of 5+3+3+4                      language/regional
                                                                                    language at least upto
                                                                                    grade 5
Preparatory                Special Education Zones     No hard separation of        Exams in 3, 5 and 8 , in
class/Balvatika for 5-6    (SEZ)                       curricular/extra and co-     addition to Board exams
year olds                                              curricular/arts and          in 10 and 12
                                                       science and
                                                       vocational/sports and
                                                       academics
National Foundational      Gender Inclusion fund;      Curriculum to integrate      Board exams: Modular,
Literacy and Numeracy      KGBVs upto class 12         Indian culture and ethos     low stakes, based on
Mission                                                at all levels                conceptual knowledge
                                                                                    and its applications
School Preparation         Bal Bhavans                 Reduction in curriculum      National Assessment
module for all class 1                                 to core concepts             Center – PARAKH
entrants

Utilize unused capacity of Tracking students, as well Holistic Report card – use    Identify life skills to be
schools as Samajik         as their learning levels;  AI for identifying specific   attained in each grade as
Chetna Kendras             universalisation of        aptitude of child             a part of NCF
                           secondary education
Vocational education from       Teacher recruitment based on    TEIs to move to
middle stage                    TET, NTA test and teaching      multidisciplinary colleges and
                                demonstration                   universities by 2030
10 days bagless internship with TET mandatory for teaching in   Non-performing TEIs –
local trades/craftsperson       pre-primary to 12               stringent action
Lok Vidya – local artistes as   Minimum 50 hours of in-         Minimum degree qualification
master instructors in schools   service training per            for teaching will be a 4-year
                                teacher/year                    integrated B.Ed. degree by
                                                                2030
Aim: every child learns at least National Professional          ICT integration: for teaching-
one vocation and is exposed to Standards for Teachers (NPST)    learning, evaluation, teacher
several more                     by 2022                        preparation and professional
                                                                development, educational
                                                                access, educational
                                                                planning/management/adminis
                                                                tration including admissions,
                                                                attendance, assessments
Special provisions for Gifted   IT and data based predictive    Mandatory for every PhD
children                        planning for requirement of     student to do a module on
                                students in TEIs                teacher education
Engagement of social workers,   State Department to look after   Adult education: focus upon
alumni, volunteers with         policy making                    technology based solutions;
schools                                                          NCF for AE
School complex/clusters for     Directorate of Education to      Open school – NIOS to expand
resource sharing                look after operations            to include vocational courses
                                                                 and courses for grades, 3, 5
                                                                 and 8 also
Random sampling of students SCERT to look after academics        Alternative model of schools to
for continuous online feedback                                   be encouraged to adopt NCF
on self-disclosure

Book promotion policy and       State School Standards           Innovative pedagogies –
digital libraries               Authority to set minimal         experience and activity-based,
                                standards for online self-       integrating Indian art, sports
                                disclosure by all schools –      and IT
                                public and private
National                                                                                                            Public and private
                                                                                                                     schools assessed and
Curricular and                                                                                                      accredited on the same
                                                             National Curriculum Framework for Teacher Education,
 Pedagogical        National Curricular Framework for                             NCFTE 2021
                                                                                                                     criteria, benchmarks,
                                                                                                                         and processes
Framework for       School Education, NCFSE 2020-21

     Early
Childhood Care
and Education
(NCPFECCE)         National repository of                                                          high-quality bilingual
for children       high-quality resources                                                          textbooks for science
 up to the             on foundational                                                               and mathematics
  age of 8         literacy and numeracy                                 energizing breakfast
                                                                        in addition to midday
                                                                                meals.

             All school children to                                                                        Indian Sign
            undergo regular health                                                                       Language (ISL)
                                                            National Mentorship
             check-ups and health                       programme with a large pool
                                                                                                             will be
                                                        of outstanding senior/retired
              cards will be issued                                 faculty
                                                                                                          standardized
New features in Higher
      education
broad-based
HEIs will be transformed                                  Research-intensive             Phasing out the            multi-
                                     Rationalised       Universities, Teaching-       system of ‘affiliated
        into large                                                                                               disciplinary
    multidisciplinary                 institutional     intensive Universities       colleges’ over a period
universities, colleges, and                                and Autonomous                of fifteen years          holistic
                                    architecture for
 HEI clusters/Knowledge
                                   higher education         degree-granting           through a system of      education at the
           Hubs                                              Colleges (ACs)            graded autonomy          undergraduate
                                                                                                                    level
     integrated, exposure to
   science, arts, humanities,       Undergraduate
         mathematics and           degree either 3 or     Certificate after          Diploma after             Bachelor’s degree
     professional fields with
 flexible curricular structures,    4-year duration-    completing 1 year in a         2 years of                after a 3-year
      creative combinations,          multiple exit          discipline                                           programme
    integration of vocational
                                        options
                                                                                         study,
             education

                                4-year                   Academic Bank of Credit               Multidisciplinary
                           multidisciplinary            (ABC) shall be established              Education and
                        Bachelor's programme              which would digitally
                                                           store the academic
                                                                                             Research Universities
                          –preferred options                 credits earned                 (MERUs) will be set up
Faculty and               Revamping curriculum,                                        Financial support for
                                                              Professional academic
     institutional              pedagogy, assessment,
                                                              and career counselling
                                                                                              students- National
      autonomy;                  and student support                                      Scholarship Portal expanded

                                     Clearly defined,
                                    independent, and                                         Governance of HEIs by
Reaffirming the integrity of
 faculty and institutional
                                transparent processes and    National Research             independent boards having
                                    criteria for faculty        Foundation                academic and administrative
   leadership positions
                               recruitment- tenure track &                                        autonomy;
                                  incentivize excellence.

                               Open and distance learning
                               expanded, - online courses      Internationalization of
                                 and digital repositories,
                                                             education –allow entry of
                                  funding for research,
                               improved student services,        foreign universities,
                               credit-based recognition of   student & faculty mobility
                                      MOOCs, etc.,
Higher Education Commission
Light but tight” regulation by    of India (HECI)-the Umbrella       Standard setting-the
     a single overarching         architecture body with four         General Education                Funding- Higher
      umbrella body for              independent bodies for        Council and Professional            Education Grants
    promotion of higher            Standard setting, Funding,      Standard Setting Bodies
          education               Accreditation and Standard                                            Council (HEGC);
                                             setting                       (PSSBs)

                                                                                   Financial probity and public-
                                                   Regulation- National           spiritedness- transparent self-
                 Accreditation- National
                                                     Higher Education            disclosure ,faceless intervention
                  Accreditation Council                                          through technology ,powers to
                                                    Regulatory Council
                         (NAC);                                                  penalise HEIs not conforming to
                                                         (NHERC).
                                                                                       norms and standards

                  Public and private higher                                           Stand-alone technical
                    education institutions                                         universities, health science
                                                    Professional education -
                 governed by the same set of                                          universities, legal and
                                                   integral part of the higher
                    norms for regulation,                                         agricultural universities, -aim
                                                       education system
                 accreditation and academic                                       to become multi-disciplinary
                          standards                                                        institutions
Integration of technology -to
                                       improve classroom processes,
   Autonomous body, the                 support teacher professional         Promote online                         Indian Institute of
    National Educational                    development, enhance                                                     Translation and
Technology Forum (NETF), to                 educational access for             and digital                      Interpretation (IITI) to be
         be created                       disadvantaged groups and
                                     streamline educational planning,
                                                                                education                              established.
                                     administration and management

Sanskrit and all Indian language                                           Efforts to preserve and promote       Multiple mechanisms with
                                      National Institute (or Institutes)
  institutes and departments                                                all Indian languages including    checks and balances will combat
                                      for Pali, Persian and Prakrit will
   across the country will be                                              classical, tribal and endangered   and stop the commercialization
                                                  be set up.
   significantly strengthened.                                              languages will be undertaken           of higher education.

                                                             Central Advisory Board of
                                                          Education will be strengthened
                  All education institutions will be                                         Desirable to re-designate MHRD
                                                         ,remodelled and rejuvenated for
                     held to similar standards of                                              as the Ministry of Education
                                                              developing, articulating,
                        audit and disclosure                                                               (MoE)
                                                            evaluating, and revising the
                                                                vision of education
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