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ne:
28.
11.
2020)

1.Bi
asedmedi
aisar
eal
thr
eatt
oIndi
andemocr
acy
.Comment
.

or

Di
scusst
hechal
l
engesi
nimpl
ement
ati
onofr
ural
progr
ammesi
nIndi
a.

(
250wor
ds)

2.Wr
it
eapr
eci
sinabout200wor
ds.

TheUni onCabi netcl earedanewNat ionalEducat ionPol icy( NEP)pr oposi ngsweepi ngchanges
i
n schooland hi ghereducat ion.An NEP i s a compr ehensi vef ramewor kt o gui de t he
dev elopmentofeducat i
oni nthecount ry.A17- memberEducat ionCommi ssion, headedbyt hen
UGCChai rper sonDSKot hari
,wasconst itutedt odr aftanat ionalandcoor dinat edpol icyon
educat i
on.Basedont hesuggest i
onsoft hisCommi ssion, Par li
amentpassedt hef irsteducat i
on
policyi n1968.AnewNEPusual lycomesal ongev er yfewdecades.I ndi ahashadt hreet odat e.
The f i
rstcame i n 1968 and t he second i n 1986,underI ndi ra Gandhiand Raj i
vGandhi
respect i
vely;theNEPof1986wasr ev i
sedi n1992whenPVNar asi mhaRaowasPr imeMi ni ster.
Thet hirdi stheNEPr eleasedWednesdayundert hePr i
meMi nist ershi pofNar endr aModi .The
NEPpr oposessweepi ngchangesi ncludi ngopeni ngupofI ndi anhi ghereducat iont of or eign
univ ersiti
es,di smant li
ngoft heUGCandt heAl lIndi aCounci lf orTechni calEducat i
on( AICTE) ,
i
nt roduct ion ofa f our-yearmul ti
disciplinar y under graduat e pr ogramme wi th mul tiple exi t
opt ions,anddi scont i
nuat ionoft heM Phi lprogr amme.I nschooleducat i
on,t hepol icyf ocuses
onov er hauli
ngt hecur ri
cul um,“ easier”Boar dexams,ar educt ioni nt hesy l
labust or etain“ core
essent i
als”andt hr uston“ experientiallear ningandcr i
ticalt hinki ng” .Inasi gnificantshi ftf rom
the1986pol icy ,whi chpushedf ora10+2st ruct ureofschool educat i
on, thenewNEPpi tchesf or
a“ 5+3+3+4”desi gncor r
espondi ngt ot heagegr oups3- 8y ear s( foundat ionalst age) ,8- 11
(prepar atory),11- 14( mi ddl e),and14- 18( secondar y).Thi sbr ingsear lychi l
dhoodeducat i
on
(alsoknownaspr e- schooleducat ionf orchi ldrenofages3t o5)undert heambi toff or mal
school i
ng.Themi d- daymealpr ogr ammewi llbeext endedt opr e-schoolchi ldren.TheNEPsay s
student sunt ilCl ass5shoul dbet aughti nt heirmot hert ongueorr egi onallanguage.Thepol i
cy
alsopr oposesphasi ngoutofal linst i
tutionsof feri
ngsi ngl est reamsandt hatal luni versitiesand
collegesmustai m t o becomemul t
idisciplinar yby2040.TheNEP onl ypr ovidesa br oad
directionandi snotmandat oryt of ollow.Si nceeducat ioni saconcur rentsubj ect( bot ht he
Cent r
eandt hest ategov ernment scanmakel awsoni t),ther eformspr oposedcanonl ybe
i
mpl ement edcol labor ativelybyt heCent reandt hest ates.Thi swi llnothappeni mmedi atel y.The
i
ncumbentgov ernmenthassetat argetof2040t oi mpl ementt heent i
repol icy.Suf ficient
fundi ngi sal socr uci al;the1968NEPwashamst rungbyashor tageoff unds.Thegov er nment
planst osetupsubj ect-
wisecommi tteeswi t
hmember sf rom rel
evantmini
str
iesatbot hthe
centralandstat
elevelstodev elopi
mpl ementati
onpl ansf oreachaspectoftheNEP.Thepl ans
willli
stoutacti
onst obet akenbymul tipl
ebodies,includingt heHRDMi ni
str
y,stat
eEducation
Depar t
ments,schoolBoards, NCERT,CentralAdvisoryBoar dofEducationandNat i
onalTest
ing
Agency ,amongot hers.Planningwil
lbef oll
owedbyay earlyjoi
ntrevi
ew ofprogressagai
nst
targetsset
.

3.Answert
hef
oll
owi
ngquest
ionsbasedont
heabov
epassage.

a.Commentont
her
ati
onal
eandt
oneoft
hepassage.

b.Whatar
emaj
orchangesascompar
edt
o1986pol
i
cy?

c.Maj
orchal
l
engesi
nimpl
ement
ati
on.

d.Themosti
mpor
tantmodi
fi
cat
ioni
nyourper
spect
ive

e.Whati
sthet
argety
earf
ori
tsi
mpl
ement
ati
onandwhy
?