NEW EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Modi Government in its early days of the second innings of rule, has developed a new education policy which is supposed to bring a complete revolution in the Indian Educational System. As per the reports by the Human Resource Ministry, a few notable and crucial points which are expected to come into force by 2021 are:

1.    8 Semesters to be divided between 9^th Grade and 12^th Grade, examinations to be conducted every six months.

2.    Under Graduation duration to be extended by one year, i.e., UG Course of 4 years.

3.    A first year pass candidate to be eligible for a Certificate course, a second year pass candidate eligible for a Diploma course, a third year pass candidate eligible for a Honours and a fourth year pass candidate is eligible for Post Graduation.

4.    A candidate who completes his first year of Post Graduation is eligible for a Ph.d Degree.

5.    A candidate pursuing medical or engineering will be allowed to take arts as an optional subject. Similarly, arts and commerce students will be allowed to opt for computer science as an optional subject.

6.    According to the new policy, students upto 2^nd grade will be compulsorily supposed to study their mother-tongue. After 2^nd grade, students along with their mother-tongue will be made to study an additional Indian language plus any foreign language. The process of implementing such an important change is underway as cited by the sources.

As per the sources, a panel of 10 great scholars chaired by K. Kastoori Rangan were working on the preparation of this new draft policy from the past three years. This new educational policy is expected to bring a radical change in the country.