Lok Sabha Question No. 160 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-29
Subject: National Education Policy
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ramesh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 160 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.11.2021

## National Education Policy

## 160. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  for  effective  implementation  of  National Education Policy, 2020;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any special guidelines/directions have been issued to States/UTs regarding the Policy; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  and  (b):    As  per  National  Education  Policy  2020  (NEP 2020), implementation of the Policy requires  multiple  initiatives  and  actions,  which  will  have  to  be  taken  by  different  bodies  in  a synchronized and systematic manner. The policy provides different timelines as well as principles and methodology for its implementation. Accordingly, Ministry has written to all its implementing agencies, regulatory bodies, State/UT Governments, other stakeholder Ministries/Departments, etc for taking steps for implementation of NEP 2020.

In pursuance of the goals and objectives of the NEP 2020 and to assist States, UTs and other organisations  in  this  task,  the  Department  of  School  Education  &  Literacy  has  developed  an indicative  and  suggestive  NEP  Implementation  Plan  for  School  Education,  'Students'  and 'Teachers' Holistic Advancement through Quality Education (SARTHAQ)'.

Further, various Committees/Expert Groups have been constituted by the both the Departments i.e.  D/o  Higher  Education  and  D/o  School  Education  &  Literacy  of  the  Ministry  and  other implementing  agencies  under  its  control  for  effective  implementation  of  various  aspects  of National Education Policy 2020.

On 29.07.2021, Ministry has launched several initiatives under NEP, 2020 like Vidya-Pravesh School Preparation Module; Indian Sign Language as a Subject at secondary level; NISHTHA 2:0 for Secondary Teachers; SAFAL (Structured Assessment for Analysing Learning Levels); Online Module  on  AI  for  Public  Awareness;  Setting  up  of  Academic  Bank  of  Credit;  Guidelines  on Multiple Entry/Exit in Academic Programmes offered in Higher Education Institutions; 1 st Year Engineering  Programmes  in  Regional  Languages;  Guidelines  for  Internationalisation  of  Higher Education; National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR) & National Education Technology Forum (NETF) etc. Apart from these, several other initiatives have also been taken by Government of India.

(c) and (d): After announcement of NEP 2020, a list of suggestive actionable points and various activities envisaged in NEP 2020 were identified and shared with State/UT Governments. A series of  workshops/VCs  have  been  held  with  States/UTs  to  discuss  innovative  ideas  for  NEP implementation. In this regard, several communications have been made with State/UT Governments requesting to take appropriate measures towards implementation of NEP 2020 vide letters dated 30.07.2020, 16.09.2020, 06.04.2021, 29.07.2021, 10.08.2021  and 07.09.2021. States/UT Governments have also started taking initiatives towards implementation of NEP 2020.

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