Lok Sabha Question No. 3336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Status to Implementation of NEP, 2024
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3336 ANSWERED ON 16/12/2024

## Status to Implementation of NEP, 2024

## 3336.   Shri Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  current  status  of  the  implementation  of  the  New  National  Education  Policy  (NEP), 2024, including achievements and areas where progress has been delayed;
- (b) the challenges encountered in integrating the 5+3+3+4 education structure; and
- (c) the steps undertaken by the Government to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the policy reforms along with any recent assessment reports on their impact?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a): A  number  of  transformative  changes  have  taken  place  both  in  school  and  higher education after  announcement  of  National  Education  Policy (NEP  2020).  In  School Education several initiatives have been taken such as alignment of Samagra Shiksha with the recommendation of the NEP; National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding  and  Numeracy  (NIPUN  Bharat)  for  ensuring  foundational  literacy  and numeracy  by  the  end  of  Grade  2;  Vidya-Pravesh  Guidelines  for  Three-month  Play-based School Preparation Module; PM e-VIDYA to unify all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable coherent multi-mode access to education; DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) as One Nation One Digital Platform having e-Books and e-Contents; launch of National Curriculum Framework for Foundational Stage (NCF-FS) and Jadui Pitara for play-based learning teaching material tailored for children between the age group of 3 to 8 years; National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) to  address  the  entire  educational  journey  uptil  secondary  stage.  PARAKH  (Performance Assessment,  Review,  and  Analysis  of  Knowledge  for  Holistic  Development);  NISHTHA (National  Initiative  for  School  Heads'  and  Teachers'  Holistic  Advancement)  Elementary, Secondary, FLN  &  ECCE;  Vidya Samiksha Kendra; Integrated Teacher Education Programme; National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST); National Digital Education  Architecture  (NDEAR)  for  creating  a  unifying  national  digital  infrastructure  to energise  and  catalyse  the  education  ecosystem,  implementation  of  a  scheme  'New  India Literacy Programme or ULLAS' targeting all nonliterates age 15 years and above, etc.

PM SHRI Scheme  has  been  launched  with  an  aim  to  develop  more  than  14,500  selected schools  as  exemplar  schools  that  offer  leadership  to  other  schools  in  the  neighbourhood, showcasing all the initiatives of NEP 2020.

(b): NEP  2020  envisages  modification  of  the  extant  10+2  structure  in school education with a new pedagogical and curricular restructuring of 5+3+3+4 covering ages 318.  Accordingly, the curricular and pedagogical structure and the curricular framework for school education is to be guided by a 5+3+3+4 design, consisting of the Foundational Stage (3 years of Anganwadi/preschool + 2 years in primary school in Grades 1-2; both together covering  ages  3-8),  Preparatory  Stage  (Grades  3-5,  covering  ages  8-11),  Middle  Stage (Grades 6-8, covering ages 11-14), and Secondary Stage (Grades 9-12 in two phases, i.e., 9 and 10 in the first and 11 and 12 in the second, covering ages 14-18).

Additionally, the National Curriculum Framework for the Foundational Stage (NCF-FS) and National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) has been launched by the Department of School Education and Literacy. These are the first ever integrated Curriculum Frameworks  for  children  between  ages  3-18  in  India  and  it  is  a  direct  outcome  of  the 5+3+3+4 'curricular and pedagogical' structure that NEP 2020 has come out with for School Education. Based on these National Curriculum Frameworks, textbooks for classes 1,2, 3 and 6 have also been prepared.

Further,  Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  major  responsibility  of implementation  of  NEP  2020  following  prescribed  norms  and  standards  falls  under  the domain of the States and UT Governments.

(c): To create awareness and discuss innovative ideas for NEP implementation, a series of workshops / consultation-cum-review meetings have been held with States/UTs, Educational Institutions,  other  stakeholders  from  time  to  time.  Implementation  of  NEP  2020  was discussed in National Education Ministers' Conference  held in June 2022; National Conference  of  Chief  Secretaries  held  in  June  2022  and  December  2023;  7th  Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog held in August 2022; Akhil Bharatiya  Shiksha Samagam 2022,  2023  and  2024,  9th  Governing  Council  Meeting  of  NITI  Aayog  held  on  27th  July 2024.  There  has  been  wide  publicity  with  a  positive  and  encouraging  response  from stakeholders on NEP 2020.

NEP  2020  provides  different  timelines  as  well  as  principles  and  methodology  for  its implementation.  It  also  envisions  operationalization  of  the  entire  policy  in  the  decade  of 2030-40,  following  which  another  comprehensive  review  will  be  undertaken.  Education being  in  the  concurrent  list  of  Constitution,  Centre  and  States  are  equally  responsible  for providing quality education to all. Accordingly, Ministry of Education, State Governments, education-related  Ministries,  the  regulatory  and  implementing  bodies  of  school  and  higher education such as University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education, National  Council  for  Teacher  Education,  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and Training,  Central  Board  of  Secondary  Education,  Universities/Colleges/Schools  etc.  have taken several initiatives for implementation of NEP 2020. Monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the NEP is an ongoing process.