The National Education Policy (NEP), approved by the Union Cabinet recently, has proposed sweeping changes in school and higher education. Though many issues are addressed in the NEP, this article by Prof. G.L. Shekar emphasises on three interesting propositions — Early childhood care and education, Multidisciplinary approach and Technology-enabled education. — Ed
The National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) pitches for a new pedagogical and curricular structure of school education, 5+3+3+4 (covering ages 3-18) against the current 10+2. The first 5 years of the total 15 years of education is ‘foundational’ and is further divided into two parts; 3+2. Here, the first 3 years is pre-school and any 3-year-old child can commence education.
