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NEW HOPE
EDUCATION NEW DAWN
India to lead in

KNOWLEDGE

ECONOMY

rime Minister
Narendra Modi
Pasked Indians to work
hard to ensure that the 21st Century belongs to
India. Knowledge economy can play an important
role in achieving this objective with the launch of
National Education Policy (NEP). This will make way
for a large-scale transformational reforms in both school
and higher education sectors to make India a self-reliant
Nation on the line of ‘Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat’.
EDUCATING ALL The school education, higher education curricula and
l About 2 Crore dropouts to be brought pedagogy aim for holistic development of students
back into the mainstream by equipping them with the key 21st century
l The 10+2 structure of school curricula skills. The Government has also changed
to be replaced by a 5+3+3+4 curricular name of the HRD Ministry to Ministry
structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, of Education.
11-14, and 14-18 years, respectively
l Uncovered age group of 3-6 years to
be brought in under school curriculum, MAKING EDUCATION INCLUSIVE
which is recognised globally l National Mission on Foundational Literacy
l Mother tongue/local language/regional and Numeracy to be set up by Shiksha
language as the medium of instruction up Mantralaya
to Grade 5 but preferably till Grade 8 and l Sanskrit to be offered from school to higher
beyond education as an option for students. Other
l The Centre and State Governments classical languages of India to be offered as
will work together to increase the public options as well
investment in Education sector to reach l National Assessment Centre, Performance
6 per cent of GDP Assessment, Review and Analysis of
l Union Minister of Education inaugurated Knowledge for Holistic Development
46 online AICTE Training and Learning (PARAKH) to be set up
(ATAL) Academy Faculty Development l Setting up of Gender Inclusion Fund and also
Programmes (FDPs) to train teachers of Special Education Zones for disadvantaged
higher education institutions regions and groups
l The Government launched 'KAPILA' l National Educational Technology Forum will
Kalam Program for IP Literacy and be created to provide a platform for the free
Awareness Education campaign to exchange of ideas on the use of technology
bring awareness towards patenting of to enhance learning, assessment, planning,
inventions administration

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