Lok Sabha Question No. 4106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: New Curriculum under NEP
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## New Curriculum under NEP

## †4106. SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL: SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI):

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the status of implementation of New Education Policy(NEP);

(b) whether the new curriculum has been prepared for the University level courses under the said policy;

(c) the manner in which the new curriculum is different from the old curriculum; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a):  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 including Ministry of Education, Union and State Governments, education-related Ministries, State Departments of Education, the regulatory bodies of school and higher education, in a synchronized and systematic manner.  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.

Ministry  has  inter-alia  launched  several  initiatives  under  NEP,  2020  like  Vidya-Pravesh  School Preparation Module; Indian Sign Language as a Subject at secondary level; NISHTHA 2:0 (National  Initiative  for  School  Heads'  and  Teachers'  Holistic  Advancement)  for  Secondary Teachers; SAFAL (Structured Assessment for Analysing Learning Levels); Online Module on AI (Artificial Intelligence) 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; etc.

In  this  direction,  a  number  of  initiatives  have  also  been  taken  by  the  Ministry  of  Education, University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), other relevant Ministries/Departments, State/UT Governments and other stakeholders towards implementation of NEP 2020 for enhancing the quality of education at all levels.

To  address  the  issue  of  limited  access  due  to  language  barrier,  JEE  (Mains)  and  NEET  (UG) conducted in 13 languages, first year degree programme to be made available in 13 languages on MOOCs. To promote flexibility of courses and multiple Entry/Exit, Academic Bank of Credit has been  set  up  and  Guidelines  on  Multiple  Entry/Exit  have  been  issued.  To  address  the  issue  of access, regulations have been amended enabling more HEIs to offer online / ODL programmes and also offering of online course component has been increased from 20% to 40% in a degree programme. For internationalisation of Higher Education, Guidelines on Internationalisation have been issued. Initiative of NEAT to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions to enhance youth employability has been started.

(b) to (d): The NEP 2020 envisages the revision of the Choice Based Credit system (CBCS) for instilling  innovation  and  flexibility.  It  also  envisages  setting  up  of  facilitative  norms  for  issues such  as  credit  transfer,  equivalence  etc.,  and  moving  towards  a  criterion  based  grading  system that  assesses  student  achievement based on the learning goals for each programme and moving away from the high stakes examinations towards more continuous and comprehensive evaluation. Accordingly, UGC  revised  guidelines on adoption of  Choice Based  Credit  System  and instructional template for facilitating implementation of CBCS as per NEP, 2020. The Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUGP) seeks to equip students with the capacities in fields across the arts, humanities, languages natural sciences, social sciences, critical thinking, soft skills along with  rigorous  specialization  in  a  chosen  disciplinary  or  interdisciplinary  major  and  minor.  The framework specifies curriculum components of FYUGP along with the credit apportionment. A suggestive credit structure for FYUGP with 160 credits is also given in the framework.

The draft Curricular Framework and Credit System for the Four Year Undergraduate Programme is available on the UGC website for comments / suggestions / feedbacks from stakeholders.

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