HRD Ministry drafts new National Educational
Policy: 19 changes recommended
From compulsory BEd as a minimum qualification for teaching to the duration of Under-graduation in India, National Educational Policy Chairman Dr. Kasturirangan introduced changes before the HRD ministry.
Aim of National Educational Policy
- To equip students with the necessary skills and knowledge
- To eliminate the shortage of manpower in science, technology, academics and industry
- The Draft National Education Policy, 2019 is built on the foundational pillars of Access, Equity, Quality, Affordability and Accountability.
Background work
For this, the MHRD initiated an unprecedented
collaborative, multi-stakeholder, multi-pronged, bottom- up people-centric,
inclusive, participatory consultation process.
The extensive consultations undertaken across multiple
levels of online, expert and thematic, and from the grassroots ranging from
village, block, urban local bodies, district, state, zonal and the national
level, provided an opportunity to every citizen to engage in this massive
exercise.
Several in-person and in-depth deliberations across a
wide spectrum of stakeholders were held.
Subsequently, a 'Committee for Evolution of the New
Education Policy' under the Chairmanship of Late TSR Subramanian, Former
Cabinet Secretary, was constituted, which submitted its report in May, 2016.
Based on this report, the ministry prepared 'Some Inputs for the Draft National
Education Policy, 2016'.
Changes
1. The committee has proposed to rename MHRD as Ministry
of Education (MoE).
2. In school education, a major reconfiguration of
curricular and pedagogical structure with Early Childhood Care and Education
(ECCE) as an integral part of school education is proposed.
3. The committee also recommends Extension of Right to
Education Act 2009 to cover children of ages 3 to 18. A 5+3+3+4 curricular and
pedagogical structure based on cognitive and socio-emotional developmental
stages of children: Foundational Stage (age 3-8 yrs): 3 years of pre-primary
plus Grades 1-2; Preparatory Stage (8-11 years): Grades 3-5; Middle Stage
(11-14 years): Grades 6-8; and Secondary Stage (14-18 years): Grades 9-12.
Schools will be re-organized into school complexes.
Schools will be re-organized into school complexes.
4. It also seeks to reduce content load in school
education curriculum.
5. There will be no hard separation of learning areas in
terms of curricular, co-curricular or extra- curricular areas and all subjects,
including arts, music, crafts, sports, yoga, community service, etc will be
curricular.
6. It promotes active pedagogy that will focus on the
development of core capacities: and life skills, including 21st century skills.
7. The committee proposes for massive transformation in
teacher education by shutting down sub-standard teacher education institutions
and moving all teacher preparation/education programmes into large
multidisciplinary universities/colleges.
8. The 4-year integrated stage-specific B.Ed. programme
will eventually be the minimum degree qualification for teachers.
9. In higher education, a restructuring of higher
education institutions with three types of higher education institutions is
proposed-
Type 1: Focused on world-class research and high quality
teaching
Type 2: Focused on high quality teaching across
disciplines with significant contribution to research;
Type 3: High quality teaching focused on undergraduate
education. This will be driven by two Missions -Mission Nalanda & Mission
Takshashila.
10. There will be re-structuring of Undergraduate
programs (e.g. BSc, BA, BCom, BVoc) of 3 or 4 years duration and having
multiple exit and entry options.
11. A new apex body Rashtriya Shiksha Ayog is proposed to
enable a holistic and integrated implementation of all educational initiatives
and programmatic interventions, and to coordinate efforts between the Centre
and states.
12. The National Research Foundation, an apex body is
proposed for creating a strong research culture and building research capacity
across higher education.
13. The four functions of standard setting, Funding,
Accreditation and Regulation to be separated and conducted by independent
bodies: National Higher Education Regulatory Authority as the only regulator
for all higher education including professional education.
14. Creation of accreditation eco-system led by revamped
NAAC.
15. Professional Standard Setting Bodies for each area of
professional education and UGC to transform to Higher Education Grants
Commission (HEGC).
16. The private and public institutions will be treated
on par and education will remain a 'not for profit' activity.
17. Several new policy initiatives for promoting
internationalization of higher education, strengthening quality open and
distance learning, technology integration at all levels of education, adult and
lifelong learning and initiatives to enhance participation of under-represented
groups, and eliminate gender, social category and regional gaps in education
outcomes were also recommended.
18. Promotion of Indian and classical languages and
setting up three new National Institutes for Pali, Persian and Prakrit.
19. Indian Institute of Translation and Interpretation
(IITI) has been recommended.
The path breaking reforms recommended will bring about a
paradigm shift by equipping our students, teachers and educational institutions
with the right competencies and capabilities and also create an enabling and
reinvigorated educational eco-system for a vibrant new India.
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