- The New Education Policy (NEP) brought some major changes to the traditional education system in India.
- With the new policy, the Indian government wants to universalise early childhood care education (ECCE) from ages 3 to 6 by 2030 — to align with the United Nations’ sustainable development goal.
- Two of these major changes — the new 5+3+3+4 model and teaching in home language — are likely to change the way primary students are educated in the country.
The Indian government, on July 29, replaced a 34-year-old National Policy on Education, framed in 1986, with a New Education Policy. NEP is aimed at paving the way for transformational reforms in school and higher education systems to make India a global knowledge superpower. It is pertinent to note that this new policy is unlikely to be rolled out at any reasonable scale before 2022-2023.
With it, the Indian government wants to universalise early childhood care education (ECCE) from ages 3 to 6 by 2030 — to align with the United Nations’ sustainable development goal. The government is also aiming to achieve Foundational Learning & Numeracy Skills through the National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy by 2025.
This is likely to change the way we lay the building blocks of education and how primary students learn in the country. Two of the major changes — the new 5+3+3+4 model and teaching in home language — will have a direct impact on primary education.