Draft education policy 2019 (India)

Since independence, we have number of education policies like:

1-University education committee(1948)

2-The committee of the midget(1952--53)

3-Kothari committee(1968)

4-National education policy(1986)

Draft national education policy submitted by Dr. Kasturirangan committee to the Union home ministry to replace national education policy 1986&1992.

Foundational pillars of new education policy 2019 are:

-Access

-Equity

-Quality

-Affordability

-Accountability

Aims-

1-Skills and knowledge- Everyone knows how the education system works in India. Colleges impart only theoretical knowledge which is not so useful in today's competitive world. Practical knowledge is essential to empower and equip students with the required skills and knowledge.

2-To fill the gap of shortage of manpower- Well it's not about population but we need skillful people to work in the field of science, academics, and industry.

The current draft has adopted inputs from the TSR Subramanian committee report 2016.

Several initiatives of the new policy are:

1-To internationalize higher education.

2-To strengthen quality open and distance learning.

3-Technology integration at all levels of education, adult and lifelong learning.

4-Representation of underrepresented groups.

5-To eliminate gender, social and regional gapes in education outcomes.

Other recommendations-

-To set up an Indian Institute of translation and interpretation(IITI).

-Promotion of Indian and classical languages like Pali, Persian and Prakrit.

-Reorganization of schools into school complexes.

-To reduce content load in the school education curriculum.

-Introduction of the semester system.

-Focus on research.

-High-quality teaching.

-State education commission.

IN THE LIGHT OF ABOVE MENTIONED EDUCATION POLICY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM.

I have been watching a Youtube video in which a person shared a video of the American school and education system. In America, they spent a huge amount of money on education. They have a very large area reserved for schools. They provide free education and other material to their students. They have digitized everything from study material to lectures. This has eased the burden of school bags from children. Government provides free laptops to students so that they can complete their assignments without much paperwork and time. In India instead of providing reservation if the government can provide free education and other facilities to their students then it will be a much better option and real social service for the upcoming generation. I hope that one-day vote bank politics will end in India and India may become the world power.