The new National Education Policy (NEP) of India: will it be a paradigm shift in Indian higher education?
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https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2022.2078901
The Government of India introduced the National Educational Policy (NEP) in 2020. The policy aims to achieve the set goals phase-wise with spirit and intent by the prioritisation of action points in a comprehensive manner that entails careful planning, monitoring and collaborative implementation, timely infusion of requisite funds and careful analyses and reviewing at multiple implementation steps. Creation of a National Research Fund, incorporation of a new Higher Education Commission of India and investments of an amount equivalent to 6% of the country’s GDP are envisaged. The policy was perceived as beneficial and damaging, as per the opinions expressed in various forums. From the author’s perspective, while some aspects of NEP are novel, most are already being practised to a certain extent. Implementation of NEP to cause a significant change in the education system needs escalation of academic, logistic and financial commitments from all stakeholders.
