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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”background:white”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The NEP 2020 aims at making “India a global knowledge superpower”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>In school education, the policy focuses on overhauling the curriculum, “easier” Board exams, a reduction in the syllabus to retain “core essentials” and thrust on “experiential learning and critical thinking”.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>AIMS AND OBJECTIVES</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:56px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>Opening up of Indian higher education to foreign universities,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:56px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> Dismantling of the UGC and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:56px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>Introduction of a four-year multidisciplinary undergraduate programme with multiple exit options</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:56px; margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> Discontinuation of the M Phil programme.</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></li>
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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>WHAT CHANGES DOES NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POLICY BROUGHT ?</span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:10px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>Pushed for a 10+2 structure of school education,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:10px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> The new NEP pitches for a “5+3+3+4” design corresponding to the age groups 3-8 years (foundational stage),</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:10px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> 8-11 (preparatory), 11-14 (middle), and 14-18 (secondary).</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:10px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> This brings early childhood education (also known as pre-school education for children of ages 3 to 5) under the ambit of formal schooling.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:10px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”> The mid-day meal programme will be extended to pre-school children. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:10px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>The NEP says students until Class 5 should be taught in their mother tongue or regional language.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:10px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:115%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:black”>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.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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