1. 10+2 board structure is dropped.
2. New school structure will be 5+3+3+4
3. Up to 5 Pre-school, 6 to 8 Mid School, 8 to 11 High School, 12 onward Graduation.
4. Any Degree will be 4 years.
5. 6th std onward vocational courses available.
6. From classes 8 to 11, students can choose subjects.
7. All graduation courses will have major and minor.
Eg. A science student can have Physics as Major and Music as Minor. He can choose any
combination.
8. All higher education will be governed by only one authority.
9. UGC, AICTE will be merged.
10. All University, government, private, Open, Deemed, Vocational etc will have same grading and
other rules.
11. New Teacher's Training Board will be set up for all kinds of teachers in the country, no state can
change.
12. Same level of Accreditation to any college. Based on its rating, college will get autonomous rights
and funds.
13. New basic learning programme will be created by the government for parents to teach children up
to 3 years in home and for pre-school 3 to 6.
14. Multiple entry and exit to and from any course.
15. Credit system for graduation for students of each year will get some credits which he/she can utilise
if he/she takes a break in course and come back again to complete the the course.
16. All schools' exams will be semester wise, twice a year.
17. The syllabus will be reduced to the core knowledge of any subject.
18. More focus on student's practical and application knowledge.
19. For any graduation course, if a student completes only one year, he/she will get a basic certificate,
if he/she completes two years then he/she will get a Diploma certificate and if he/she completes
full course then he/she will get degree certificate. So. no year of any student will be wasted if he/
she breaks the course in between.
20. All graduation course feeds of all Universities will be governed by a single authority with capping
on each course.
Highlights of the NEP 2020
1. What's 5+3+3+4?
* 5 represents the foundational stage (in two parts - 3 years of Anganwadi or pre-school + 2 years
primary school in Class I-II, together covering ages 3-8. It will have flexible, multilevel play or
activity-based learning and the curriculum and pedagogy of national early childhood care and
education.
* The first 3 stands for the preparatory stage (Class III-V, covering ages 8-11). It will have
experimental learning across the sciences, mathematics, arts, social sciences and humanities.
* The second 3 is the middle stage (Class VI-VIII, covering ages 11-14) with subject-oriented
pedagogical and curricular style.
* 4 is the secondary stage (Class IX-XII in two phases - IX and X in the first and XI and XII in the
second, covering ages 14-18). It will have more emphasis on depth, critical thinking. Flexibility
in choice of subjects enhanced.
2. No rigid separation between academic streams, extracurricular, vocational streams in schools;
vocational education to start from Class VI with Internships.
3. Teaching up to at least Class V in mother tongue or regional language.
4. Report cards will be a comprehensive report on skills and capabilities instead of just marks and
statements.
My take.
A comprehensive plan and should be able to streamline the education system of our country.
Tailpiece.
Got up at 6, the chores and was ready by a half past 9. Today, the rain was on hold despite the forecast of heavy rains. A quiet day otherwise!
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