January 19, 2021 Tuesday 11:51:57 AM IST
NEP 2020: Implementation Plan for School Education
The
National Education Policy, 2020 is the third in the series of National
Education Policies (1968 and 1986 modified in 1992) in India and is the
first education policy of the 21st century. NEP 2020 covers wider spectrum of school education from pre-primary to senior secondary. The
recommendations given have varied timelines as the policy is made for
next 20 years. Therefore, the implementation of NEP is being carried out
in a phased manner. ShikshakParv was organised from 8th to 25th
September 2020 for discussing various recommendations of NEP 2020 and
its implementation strategies. Around 15 lakh suggestions were received
from the stakeholders, which are being examined.To
achieve the goals and objectives of NEP 2020, DoSEL has prepared a
draft implementation plan with Task lists linking each recommendation
with tasks, responsible agencies to carry out the task, timelines and
outputs. This task list was shared with the States/UTs/Autonomous Bodies
on 10th September, 2020, to provide their feedback/suggestions till 12th
October, 2020. Autonomous Bodies of this Department and 31 States and
UTs provided 7177 suggestions/ feedback on the task list. These have
been analysed by expert groups and important suggestions have been
incorporated in the final version of implementation plan. In
addition to above, a series of national workshops on Implementation of
NEP 2020 and revision of Samagra Shiksha was held under the
chairpersonship of Secretary (SE&L) on 10th November, 27th November
and 2nd December, 2020 covering all States and UTs. The document is being finalised and will be released shortly. Appropriate
care is being taken to make this implementation plan realistic,
flexible and collaborative by inviting suggestions from all corners of
the society. It is hoped that this implementation plan so finalised with
the inputs of all associates will be able to translate the vision of
the policy in the field and will reach to grass root level creating
adequate awareness and motivation and competencies among concerned
stakeholders, thereby transforming the school education in the
country. The
major portions of NEP will be covered under the new National Curriculum
Framework (NCF) and centrally sponsored schemes. Groundwork for NCF is
initiated and it is likely to be developed in the next academic session,
that is 2021-22. The
department has initiated implementation of NEP by undertaking following
activities in accordance with the recommendations of the policy :To undertake 50 hours of mandatory Continuous Professional development of teachers, 18 modules of 4-5 hours each comprehensively covering all aspects of elementary education have been launched under NISHTHA on 6.10.20 for in service teacher training (CPD) in the online mode on DIKSHA platform. This has so far seen more than 3.4 cr course wise registrations and 2.8 cr completions from more than 23 lakh teachers.In-principle approval has been given for setting up the National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission. A Committee has been formed for preparing framework on FL&N, codification of learning outcomes etc. E-learning has been expanded through DIKSHA.
DIKSHA provides access to a large number of curriculum linked e-content
through several solutions such as QR coded Energized Textbooks (ETBs),
courses for teachers, quizzes etc. Till date DIKSHA houses over 3600 QR
coded textbooks (tagged with e-content) from 29 states, 1.44 lakh e
Contents and more than 300 courses.The department has launched an initiative called ‘Manodarpan’ for mental health and wellbeing of students.
It aims to provide emotional support and counselling to the students
under distress. Issuance of advisory guidelines, web page and national
toll-free number, interactive online chat options and, national-level
database and directory of counsellorsare part of the initiative. MoU has been signed
between Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) and
NCERT to develop Indian Sign Language dictionary for school education.CBSE exam reforms have been initiated;
CBSE will introduce improvement examination from the year 2021 and will
introduce English and Sanskrit in 2 levels from the session 2021-22
(already offers Mathematics and Hindi at two levels). Competency based
questions have been introduced in the Board exams for class X and XII in
a phased manner, increasing by 10% every year.Learning
Outcomes upto Secondary level have been notified and draft of learning
outcomes for senior secondary level have been released for inviting
suggestions.The
department is also aligning its existing schemes i.e, Samagra Shiksha,
Mid Day Meal and Padhna Likhna Abhiyan with the recommendations of NEP
2020. 86 paras of NEP have been proposed to be covered/integrated under the revised scheme of Samagra Shiksha which includes phased introduction of: 1
year of Balvatika and TLMs to all children, Launch of National Mission
of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, upgradation of schools upto
senior secondary level including residential schools and KGBVs, Holistic
Progress Card (HPC) and tracking of learning outcomes as well as
transition of children, appointment of Hindi and Urdu Language Teachers,
Capacity building of teachers (50 Hrs CPD), Bagless days and
internships, Support for OOSC, Activities of PARAKH, Separate stipend
for CWSN girl child; provision for identification of CWSN and Resource
Centre at block level, Provision for Hub and Spoke model in vocational
education, Provision for Smart classroom and DIKSHA, Support for
Assessment Cells in SCERT etc., etc. States
and UTs are also constituting their own Task Force to steer
implementation of the NEP provisions in their respective jurisdiction.
