Learning Experience

Every few decades, India gets a new National Education Policy—a framework to guide the development of education in the country. The first education policy was passed in 1968, the second in 1986 and the third was approved by the cabinet on 29 July last year. This policy will provide the vision for India’s education not just now, but for decades to come.

The 2020 edition of the NEP promises some sweeping changes in India’s education system. It plans to overhaul the 10+2 structure of school education into a 5+3+3+4 model, bringing preschool education into the ambit of formal schooling. It seeks to introduce pedagogic and curriculum reforms, including with respect to the flexibility of subjects and synergy between streams of learning, as well as changes in the assessment system. It aims to promote