The fine-print of the National Education Policy 2020
Hindustan TimesThe National Education Policy 2020 was launched by the Union government on July 29, 2020 with an aim to transform the country's education system — aligning it with needs of the future while keeping it “rooted in Indianness”. In the last two years, the government has announced various reforms, from introducing a common admission test for undergraduate and postgraduate admissions to offering multiple entry-exit options, a major push for online education to opening doors for foreign universities in India, many of which have already started taking shape at the ground level. An ABC platform To enable multiple entry and exits, the NEP 2020 advocated bringing all recognised higher education institutions under the ambit of the Academic Bank of Credit that would allow students to switch between institutions, as well as enter or exit from the programme as they deem fit. International universities The NEP 2020 included new guidelines for academic collaborations between Indian and foreign universities, opening doors for foreign universities to set up campuses in India, and also allowed top Indian higher education institutions to set up their campuses abroad. “Indian knowledge System” In line with NEP 2020, which advocated that high quality higher education should be made available in regional or Indian languages, the All India Council for Technical Education allowed its affiliated colleges to introduce engineering and other technical courses in regional languages.