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'Nai Talim' was not merely to train oneselves the entire world and the NEP addresses this
in an occupation, but to develop a more responsibility, which aims at developing many
humane person. The true education should be technology-based content and courses.
easily accessible to all and should be of use AUTONOMY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
for everyone in his day to day life. INSTITUTIONS
NEP TO PREPARE GLOBAL CITIZENS Higher education institutions need to be

The NEP stresses on ‘How to think’. The empowered through autonomy. There are two
emphasis is on inquiry-based, discovery- types of debates about autonomy. One says
based, discussion-based and analysis-based that everything should be done strictly under
learning methods for children which would the Government control, while the other says
enhance their urge to learn and participate in that all institutions should get autonomy by
the classes. It wants that a student should get default. The Prime Minister said, “The first
the opportunity to follow his passion. It often opinion comes out of mistrust towards non-
happens that when a student looks for a job Government institutions while autonomy
after doing a course, he finds that what he has is treated as an entitlement in the second
studied does not meet the requirement of the approach. The path to good quality education
job. Many students also leave the course, so lies in the middle of these two opinions.”
l NEP to increase Gross Bachelor’s Degree after 3 l y 2030, the minimum
the NCTE
HIGHER EDUCATION l UG education with l Multidisciplinary l A dedicated unit for digital
Enrolment Ratio in higher
years and Bachelor’s with
B
education from 26.3%
Research after 4 years.
degree qualification for
(2018) to 50% by 2035.
teaching will be a 4-year
3.5 crore new seats to be
integrated B.Ed. degree
Education and Research
added
Universities at par with
IITs, IIMs to be set up
infrastructure, digital
multiple entry-exit options.
l National Curriculum
content and capac-ity
For example, Certificate
Framework for Teacher
building to be created in
after 1 year, Advanced
Education, NCFTE 2021
the MHRD to look after
Diploma after 2 years,
e-education needs
to be formulated by
in order to take care of the needs of all such TO DEVELOP STRONG TEACHING SYSTEM
students option of multiple entry-exit has been
The NEP focuses on developing a strong
provided in the NEP. teaching system where teachers can produce
It also provides for a ‘Credit Bank’ where good professionals and good citizens. There
students can have the freedom to leave a is a great emphasis on teacher training in the
course in-between and resume when they NEP. Prime Minister quoted former President
want to do so. Prime Minister said, “We are Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, “The purpose of
moving towards an era where a person will education is to make good human beings with
have to constantly reskill and upskill himself.” skill and expertise. Enlightened human beings

DIGNITY OF LABOUR OUTLINED can be created by teachers.” n
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