What you need to know about the new education policy ...!
The Union Cabinet has approved the new draft Education Policy 2019 draft report submitted by a committee headed by former ISRO chief Kasturi Rangan.....
Here a few things We need to know about that......
What is the National Education Policy?
👉 The National Education Policy was formulated by the Central Government to promote education in India.
👉 It includes various guidelines related to school education, higher education, vocational education, and adult education.
When were education policies issued before this?
👉 India's first national education policy was introduced in 1968 under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The Second National Education Policy was introduced in 1986 under Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
What is NEP 2019?
👉 When the central government headed by Prime Minister Modi took charge, it decided to raise the standard of education in line with the changing circumstances. To this end, in 2017, ISRO set up a committee headed by former President Kasturi Rangan to formulate a new education policy. The group includes Alphonse Kannandan, Ramshankar Kuril, M.K. Sreedhar, TV Kattimani, Mazar Asif, Kishan Mohan Tripathi, Manjul Bhargava and Vasuda Kamath were present.
How many sections of schooling is divided ?
👉 LKG should be divided into pre-primary education up to class 2, primary education up to class three to five, secondary education up to class six to eight and secondary education up to class IX to class XII.
What are the key features of the new education policy?
👉 Introducing old education systems such as kurukulam, school, etc., to find out the learning ability of students by conducting national performance test in 3rd, 5th, 8th classes, completing general education with 8th standard, selecting and studying subjects for future study from 9th to 12th standard, compulsory mother tongue education up to 8th standard, Trilingual education program in all states, compulsory education up to 12th standard, nutritious breakfast and lunch in primary education.
Why is the new education policy being opposed?
👉 The policy of reversing our education system, the act of usurping the power of the state government, the need to seek coaching centers for education, the need to start educating students at the age of three,
👉 the transfer of the power to create textbooks to schools across the country to NCERT will make teachers in the states incompetent.
