New National Education Policy curriculum for students in 2022: Modi

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, September 11

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said when India completes 75 years of Independence in 2022, every student should be learning as per the National Education Policy-2020. This is our collective responsibility, he said while addressing a conclave on School Education in 21st Century where he called upon teachers, administrators, voluntary organisations and parents to cooperate and participate in this mission.

Noting that the marksheet had become a “pressure sheet for students and prestige sheet for families”, the PM said the new policy aimed at removing this pressure.

The NEP will reduce the syllabus and make learning a fun-based and complete experience, the PM said, also allaying reservations regarding the medium of instruction, the language. He also noted that the Ministry of Education had received over 15 lakh suggestions from teachers on the NEP implementation within a week.

He said the students under the new policy would learn under a curricular that is scientifically oriented to make the country ready for challenges in the 21st century. It is a curriculum that focuses on critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, curiosity and communication, the PM said, stressing on the importance of promoting new age learning and knowledge about coding, artificial intelligence, data science and robotics.

While the existing system is limited, the new policy offer many opportunities to students who may want to change their subject at a later stage, he said.

Limitations in the current system is the main reason for a large number of drop-outs, he added.

It is as important to change the education system as changing an old blackboard or pin-up board, the PM said. Education is much more than marks and mark-sheets, he also said.

The PM also said schools were free to teach any language, but the medium of education till Class V should be the mother tongue or the local language.

He also gave several suggestions to participating educationists, especially on employing practical aspects in the learning process.

The NEP-2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century which was announced after 34 years of the previous National Policy on Education 1986.