Major Initiatives launched on One Year of NEP 2020

The Ministry of Education has launched some major NEP 2020 initiatives with a booklet on one-year achievements of the NEP implementation today to commemorate one year of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020). The booklet has been launched virtually by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. The three major NEP 2020 initiatives have also been launched. These include:

1. NIPUN Bharat FLN tools and resources on DIKSHA, which is a separate vertical for FLN resources developed under DIKSHA to assist and mentor states/UTs and teachers for implementing NIPUN Bharat
2. Virtual School of NIOS for Classes 9-12 students for providing them advanced digital learning platforms through virtual live classrooms and virtual labs
3. Alternate Academic Calendar 2021-22 of NCERT containing a week-wise plan of interesting and challenging activities, concerning learning outcomes, themes, and chapters taken from the syllabus or textbook.

Union Education Minister along with Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr. Virender Kumar has also launched, ‘Priya’- Accessibility booklet developed by NCERT in collaboration with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disability for ingraining the concept and significance of accessibility in children right from their formative years itself as a move towards inclusive education.

During the launch, Education Minister said: "Education is not merely a competition to acquire degrees but is a transformative tool to leverage knowledge for character building and eventually nation-building. The government is working to facilitate up-gradation of infrastructure in schools, such as ensuring that internet reaches village schools across the country.”

The Department of School Education and Literacy took the implementation of the NEP 2020 on a mission mode and has prepared a flexible, interactive, indicative, and inclusive NEP implementation plan called SARTHAQ. The Department has accomplished 62 major milestones in this one year, which will transform the school education sector. These include- NIPUN Bharat Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, aligning of the Samagra Shiksha scheme with the NEP 2020, Vidya Pravesh- a three months School Preparation Module, Blueprint of National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR), capacity building of Secondary teachers under NISHTHA, Assessment reforms, Digital content on DIKSHA, etc.

By: Manshi Bisht

Reference: https://www.ndtv.com/education/nep-2020-education-minister-launches-academic-calendar-other-initiatives