Question

What is the benefits of New Education Policy 2020 ??

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Answer 1

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The New Education Policy 2020 has been approved by the Union Cabinet and has renamed the HRD Ministry as Education Ministry. Also, there will be a single regulator for all the higher education and MPhil to be discontinued. During the announcement of the New Education Policy, Prakash Javadekar informed that the main agenda behind introducing the same is the need of the hour and it will prepare the students to face the challenges of the new world. The NEP will promote skill-based education and enhance the practical skills of the students.

Answer 2

Benefits of New Education Policy 2020

• It will help students to develop scientific temper from a young age. The NEP aims to make it easier to set up new quality of higher educational institutes which will be at par with the global standards.
• The NEP says students until Class 5 should be taught in their mother tongue or regional language. The policy also proposes phasing out of all institutions offering single streams and that all universities and colleges must aim to become multidisciplinary by 2040.
• The New Education Policy expands age group 6-14 years of mandatory schooling to 3-18 years of schooling. The NEP introduces hitherto uncovered three years of pre-schooling, age group of 3-6 years under the school curriculum. The new system will have 12 years of schooling with three years of Anganwadi/ pre-schooling.