New Education policy 2020. 10+2 System to End & 5+3+3+4 system of school started.

New Education policy 2020.  10+2 System to End & 5+3+3+4  system of school

5+3+3+4 format

- The 10+2 system will be divided into 5+3+3+4 format.

- The first five years of school will comprise of the foundation stage. 

- Including three years of pre-primary school and class 1 and class 2.

-The next three years will be divided into a preparatory stage from classes 3 to 5.

- Later, three years of middle stage (classes 6 to 8), and four years of secondary stage (classes 9 to 12).

- Schools will not have any rigid formation of streams of arts, commerce, science, etc

Students can take up whichever courses they want.

Mother tongue as medium of instruction

- The policy document states that children learn and grasp non-trivial concepts more quickly in their home language.

- The NEP only recommends the mother tongue as medium of instruction, and not make it compulsory.

- Wherever possible, the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond, will be the home language, mother tongue, local language or the regional language.

- This will be followed by both public and private schools,”

Inclusive education

- Efforts will be made to incentivize the merit of students belonging to SC, ST, OBC, and other SEDGs.

- The National Scholarship Portal will be expanded to support, foster, and track the progress of students receiving scholarships.

- Private HEIs will be encouraged to offer larger numbers of freeships and scholarships to their students. 

- Special funds have been earmarked for special education.

Multi-disciplinary approach

- Standalone Higher Education Institutes and professional education institutes will be evolved into multi-disciplinary education.

-The new education policy aims for “broad-based, flexible learning”.

- Institutions offering single streams (such as technical education) must be phased out, and all universities and colleges must focus on becoming multidisciplinary by 2030.

- Further, by 2030, the aim is to set up at least one large multidisciplinary HEI in or near every district.

NO UGC, AICTE, NCTE

- Higher Education Commission of India(HECI) will be set up as a single overarching umbrella body for entire higher education, excluding medical and legal education.

- Public and private higher education institutions will be governed by the same set of norms.

- Exit options in degree courses

The undergraduate degree, which are of 3 to 4-year duration will have multiple exit options.

- After completing one year, if a student decides to drop out, s/he will get a certificate in a discipline or field including vocational and professional areas.

- On dropping out after two and three years, students will get a diploma and a Bachelor’s degree, respectively.

- The four-year multidisciplinary Bachelor’s program, however, will be the preferred option. 

- It will give a degree with research if a student has pursued a project along with it.

Academic Bank of Credit

- It will digitally store the academic credits earned from various recognized HEIs

So that the degrees from an HEI can be awarded taking into account credits earned.

- Currently, a similar programme is being run where a student can opt for a course related to their degree on SWAYAM – online portal by the government. 

- Credits associated with that course will be given to the student and help in their assessment for their degree course also.