Written by: Ushasi Dey
Edited by: Yashi Shah
"The Ultimate Aim Of Education Is To Enable Individuals To Become Architect Of Their Own Education And Through That Process To Continually Reinvent Themselves", says Elliot W. Eisner
The new educational policy was launched on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The policy has squashed the 10+2 system and changed to 5+3+3+4 i.e 5 years of primary education, 3 years of preparatory stage, 3 years of the middle stage, and 4 years of secondary school. Exams will be only held for classes 5th, 8th, and 12th. In a new multi-disciplinary, the rigid distinctions between the streams that one has to pick in the 11th standard have stopped. The NEP says that the mother tongue or local regional language is to be a medium of instruction in all schools up to Class 5. No UGC, AICTE, NCTE exams will be taken. Public higher education will be governed by the same set of norms for regulation, accreditation, and academic standards. The new educational policy expands the age group 6-14 years to 3-18 years of mandatory schooling. Under the NEP, the undergraduate degree will be either a 3 or 4-year duration with multiple exit options within this period.The entire concept of Academic Bank Credits has come into effect. More importance will be paid to critical thinking and experiential learning rather than rote learning.
The downside of this new educational policy draft 2020 is that English will take a back seat if this is implemented. It is possible to learn both. But if we start learning English directly in Class 6, it will prove to be very hard on children who come from backgrounds that aren't privileged as those who are from upper-caste families.
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