Ministry of Education
Implementation of NEP, 2020
Posted On: 07 FEB 2024 6:59PM by PIB Delhi
After the announcement of National Education Policy, 2020, the Ministry of Education has
communicated to all States/UT Governments for taking steps for implementation of NEP 2020.
Some of the provisions/highlights of NEP 2020 are as follows:
(i) Ensuring Universal Access at All Levels of schooling from pre-primary school to Grade 12;
(ii) Ensuring quality early childhood care and education for all children between 3-6 years;
(iii) Introducing New Curricular and Pedagogical Structure (5+3+3+4);
(iv) Ensuring no hard separations between arts and sciences, between curricular and extra-curricular activities,
between vocational and academic streams;
(v) Establishing National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy;
(vi) Emphasis on promoting multilingualism and Indian languages; 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/regional language.
(vii) Assessment reforms –Introducing Board Exams on up to two occasions during any given school year,
one main examination and one for improvement, if desired;
(viii) Setting up of a new National Assessment Centre, PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and
Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development);
(ix) Equitable and inclusive education –Ensuring special emphasis to be given on Socially and Economically
Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs);
(x) Establishing a separate Gender Inclusion fund and Special Education Zones for disadvantaged regions and
groups;
(xi) Robust and transparent processes for recruitment of teachers and merit-based performance;
(xii) Ensuring availability of all resources through school complexes and clusters;
(xiii) Setting up of State School Standards Authority (SSSA);
(xiv) Providing Exposure of vocational education in school and higher education system;
(xv) Increasing GER in higher education to 50%;
(xvi) Introducing Holistic Multidisciplinary Education with multiple entry/exit options;
(xvii) Introducing Common Entrance Exam for Admission to HEIs to be offered by NTA;
(xviii) Establishment of Academic Bank of Credit;
(xix) Setting up of Multidisciplinary Education and Research Universities (MERUs);
(xx) Setting up of National Research Foundation (NRF);
(xxi) Framing ‘Light but Tight’ regulation;