Reaction to the New Education Policy 2020 by Mr. Rustom Kerawalla, Ampersand Group

New Delhi, July 30, 2020: The New Education Policy 2020 is aimed at bringing transformational changes in the Indian education system with a global perspective. The policy has a multi-disciplinary, value-based approach focussing on holistic education along with life-skills with special emphasis on skill development to improve the high employability rate among our students.

The policy lays special emphasis on Early Child Care Education (ECCE) and development by including a play-based multi-faceted curriculum. The universalisation of ECCE will lay the foundation for the development of every child and will able to honour unique skill-sets at an early age.

The integration of co-curricular subjects at par will help students honour their hobbies and skills and make value addition in the areas of preference. Project-based learning, vocational learning at an early age, and learning of life skills and inclusion of technology will help a child realise ambitions, gain multi-dimensional knowledge and universal skills and lay the foundation for higher education. In addition, a new system of self, peer, and teacher assessment will give parents and children a 360-degree progress report imbibed with new skills learned during the academic year.

Also, the inclusion of professional and choice-based disciplines as part of the higher education will give students a whole new dimension towards honouring soft-skills. This approach to universalising education will help the nation attain the SDG4 goals by 2030.

Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)