the new education policy

ET Analysis: BJP has chosen pragmatism over ideology for NEP 2020

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ET Analysis: BJP has chosen pragmatism over ideology for NEP 2020

NEW DELHI: The first discussions on the New Education Policy were initiated on January 26, 2015, six months after the NDA came to power. The idea was clear –– to replace the Congress-era policy of 1986 and bring in a 21st century vision for education with a clear stamp of ‘BJP’ on it. Five and … Read more

View: There’s a flip side to Modi government’s National Education Policy 2020

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View: There’s a flip side to Modi government’s National Education Policy 2020

The New Education Policy (NEP) has some good suggestions, but is marred by serious defects: homogenisation, centralisation outside political influence, enmity towards private enterprise in education, self-propagation of governing body ideology across generations of a higher education institution and refusal to recognise caste as a disabling factor that calls for explicit remedial measures. Together, these … Read more