Critical Analysis of NPE-1986 and NEP-2020

Akshita Gupta

Abstract: Quality education is the need of the hour and the Government is trying to accomplish the same through National Education Policy 2020 (NEP-2020). It has brought in drastic changes in the education system and it would not be wrong to say it has completely evolved the system of education from NPE. National policy on Education was launched in 1986. This policy emphasizes a 10 + 2 system of education, along with the 3 years of graduation, which was followed by post-graduation of 2 years, and then 2 years of MPhil, followed by 3 to 5 years of Ph.D. This policy had many drawbacks, which needed to be covered. NEP launched in the year 2020 covers a lot of new areas eliminating drawbacks of previous policy. It includes 5 + 3 + 3 + 4 years of school education, followed by 4 years of graduation, one or two years of masters and then Ph.D.

Keywords: Education, National, Multilingual, Holistic