December 2023

Cabinet approved NEP, 2020

The cabinet has given green signal to the New Education Policy. After 34 years, there has been a change in the education policy. The notable features of the new education policy are as follows:

The formula

5 + 3 + 3 + 4 years 5 Years Fundamental

Nursery @4 Years
Jr KG @5 Years
Sr KG @6 Years
Std 1st @7 Years
Std 2nd @8 Years

3 Years Preparatory 6. Std 3rd @9 Years 7. Std 4th @10 Years 8. Std 5th @11 Years

3 Years Middle 9. Std 6th @12 Years 10. Std 7th @13 Years 11. Std 8th @14 Years

4 Years Secondary 12. Std 9th @15 Years 13. Std SSC @16 Years 14. Std FYJC @17 Years 15. Std SYJC @18 Years

Special and important things:

10th board is over, Board will be in 12th class only, MPhil will be closed, college degree of 4 years
Now students up to 5th standard will be taught in mother tongue, local language and national language only. The rest of the subject, even if it is English, will be taught as a subject.
Examination will be held in the semester from 9th to 12th class.
Schooling will be taught under the 5+3+3+4 formula.
At the same time, the college degree will be of 3 and 4 years.
That is, certificate on the first year of graduation, diploma on the second year, degree in the third year.
3 year degree is for those students who do not want to take higher education. Whereas students pursuing higher education will have to do a 4-year degree. Students doing 4-year degree will be able to do MA in one year.
MA students will now be able to do PhD directly.
Students will be able to do other courses in between. The gross enrollment ratio in higher education will be 50 percent by 2035.
At the same time, under the new education policy, if a student wants to do another course in the middle of a course, then he can do the second course by taking a break from the first course for a limited time.
Many reforms have also been made in higher education. The reforms include graded academic, administrative and financial autonomy etc.
Apart from this, e-courses will be started in regional languages. Virtual Labs will be developed. A National Educational Scientific Forum (NETF) will be started.
The credit-based eight-semester format of the NEP-UGCF (undergraduate curriculum framework) is an attempt to meet global education standards while also imbuing it with Indian wisdom.
Academic year 2024-25 will be the last one featuring the choice-based credit system (CBCS) and the following year will finally witness the complete cycle of the fully implemented NEP-UGCF. Please note that there are 45 thousand colleges in the country. There will be same rules for all institutions, government, private, deemed.

By order :- (Honorable Education Minister, Government of India) NVSHQ

Historical blunder

Macaulay’s English Education Act of 1835 was mostly intended to create puppets who only looked Indian but were completely anglicised.

Bharatiya shiksha pranali

The NEP 2020 document aims at re-asserting what’s lost and re-affirming what’s past, meaning thereby transforming the entire ‘Indian education system’ into ‘Bharatiya shiksha pranali'

Ministry of Education sets minimum age for Class 1 admissions at 6 years

in line with NEP 2020, emphasising developmental readiness and uniformity nationwide

This policy emphasises the importance of early childhood care and education, recognising that children in the age group of 3–6 years require a different approach than the traditional 10+2 structure. India Today

March 2025

Books to cost less from 2025

NCERT textbooks to cost Less from next year.

"Since, the volume of printing of books is going to be hight, the prices of textbooks for some classes will be reduced to ensure there is no financial burden on parents," ~ Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.