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EW SPOTLIGHT FEATURE

View on NEP-2020 of Founder Director Mr. Sachin Vats,
Gurukul The School, NH-9, Ghaziabad
India Needs Intent of

Implementation

“To paint a new landscape, one must start with SACHIN VATS,
a fresh canvass and a clean brush.” Founder Director

would for sure, recreate his record and
explore new frontiers of knowledge and
learning for children of India. And, here came
the unveiling of a unique, creative, innovative,
logical and systematic system of training and
preparing minds with global vision.
With the increased grant of empowerment
and autonomy to the stakeholders, National
Education Policy, has especially kindled a
streak of joy in the clan of young edupreneurs
like who had ventured into the education
sector with a heart pumping with passion and
a vision resolute to contribute to the upscaling
of prevalent systems and the realignment of
he progress and success quo of and analysis inspired holistic approach to cliched pedagogies. My happiness is simply
a country depends on the ASK- learning is evidently tiled upon the findings over-brimming on seeing the limelight turning
Attitude, Knowledge and Skill of neurosciences viz multiple intelligences, towards a holistic education system and self-
Tof its human resource. Trans- varied learning styles and socio-psychological sufficiency of learners as well as country at
times, trans- cultures, trans- civilizations and versatility. large.
trans- nations, a country is what its citizens By and large, the final depiction and The prime focus of any progressive country
are. With human capital being the biggest manifesto of NEP 2020 quite bravely is to nurture and optimise the potential of its
asset, the role of education is to optimise its streamlines the ambits of pre-school, formal human capital to make them future ready and
potential and channelise its output for the schooling and higher education. Embracing adaptable. We are the largest market for the
larger good of humanity. the local languages, creating dedicated entire world beside having the potential to
Sovereign India’s 3rd National Education spaces to upskill faculty, accommodating become absolutely Aatmnirbhar. In a country
Policy, announced after a wait of 34 years, multiple entry points in mainstream education like India where 50 % of its total population
catalogues a radical facelift of the country’s and accommodating a heretofore unimagined is aged below 25 years, the biggest
existing education system by opening up budget of 6% of country’s GDP for National responsibility of a creditable education
the playfield for learners’ linear as well as Research Foundation, says it all about the system is to nurture the learners with core
horizontal progress along the curricula. enormous macro vision and the minute values and cultural legacies, to sensitise
This 21st century flexi- possibility system microscopic detailing put into the entire them for communal and environmental
strewn with multi-disciplinary, multi- lingual assembling. responsibilities, besides equipping them
and multi- effectual syllabi envisions to The Committee to shape the New with a world of opportunities in terms of
accommodate the pursuits of vocational Education Policy being headed by the employment as well as empowerment, so that
and non-vocational subjects right from great space scientist Padma Vibhushan the youth does not just avail but also creates a
Early Childhood Education. A clear K. Kasturirangan, was itself a reason to be confluence of new era opportunities.
inscription of student-centric approach that hopeful. Those of us in the education fields A quick dive into the New Education
crochets critical thinking, enquiry-based, were already excited and sure that the mind Policy gives a feeling that it aims at
discussion and discovery-driven, research that opened the frontiers of space for India, answering a lot of long due questions that

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