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Madhya Pradesh launches National Education Policy 2020

Madhya Pradesh launches National Education Policy 2020

  • Government of India introduced the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, with the goal to transform and provide world-class education facilities to students.
  • Aligning with the aim of the Central Government, Madhya Pradesh on August 26 officially launched NEP 2020 in the State, becoming the second state to do so.
  • Prior to it, Karnataka officially implemented the new National Education Policy 2020.

NEP in Madhya Pradesh

  • Chief minister of state emphasised upon the comprehensive nature of policy while launching it in state.
  • He also asked the Vice-Chancellors of the universities of the State to not only be confined to their universities, but also asked them to visit colleges, tour, and show a new direction to the education system.
  • MP Government is planning to implement NEP 2020 within four years in all the regions of the state, including 16 government universities and 40 private universities.

NEP in Karnataka

  • Karnataka on August 23, became the first state in the country to officially implement National Education Policy.
  • The State will also have a new research and development and digitization policy, focusing on the students will be in place.
  • In addition to this, the primary and secondary education council will be established with the objective to transform and empower the knowledge landscape of Karnataka.

National Education Policy 2020

  • Union Government launched the New Education Policy on July 29, 2020,, to prepare Indian students for the challenges of the 21st century.
  • It replaced the 34-year-old National Policy on Education framed in 1986.
  • The Policy, duly recognizes the diversity, complexity, and plurality of our society, its traditions, cultures, and languages.
  • An outlay of 50,000 crores over five years was announced in Union Budget 2021-22 for National Research Foundation (NRF).
  • NRF is a soon-to-be-set-up autonomous body envisaged under NEP which will look after funding, mentoring, and building ‘quality of research’ in India.

Key Highlights of NEP

  • NRF will focus on funding research, primarily within the education system, with specific attention to colleges and universities.
  • It will encompass broad areas of sciences, technologies, social sciences, arts and humanities, and in the future, many other subject areas.
  • NEP imparts vocational education from class 6 onwards, progress card in place of the report card, 5+3+3+4 structure, multidisciplinary education with easy entry/exit options, and academic bank of credit.
  • It promotes imparting of education in the mother tongue of one’s region for building the foundational years of students.
  • Further, it also promotes student’s participation in sports and curricular activities, not limiting them to bookish knowledge.

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