1. Holistic development of learners
NEP 2020 is about 21st century skills and holistic learning.
Four C's of 21st century skills need to be incorporated in
teaching learning i.e.
Communication
Collaboration
Critical Thinking and
Creativity
Help next generation of students to prepare for life and
navigate uncertain features.
Will equip the students to be successful not only in school but
in work and in life.
2. • Presently students have more focus on preparing for exams, a
system involving years of learning by rote learning ,copious
note taking etc.
• With the emphasis on NEP students will learn to organised
their learning.
• Will learn to manage the information and acquire knowledge
themselves.
• Will empower them to be lifelong learners.
• Teaching and learning will be conducted more interactively,
questions will be encouraged and classroom sessions will
regularly contain more fun, creative, collaborative and
exploratory activities for students for deeper and more
experiential learning.
3. • Teachers have a major role to play in creating and
environment that fosters a mind set of life long learning.
• They have the power and influence to spark curiosity, to
help students developed the ability to explore and ask
question.
• Teachers can bring this shift by making learning
interactive.
• Students will be given increased flexibility and choice of
subjects to study,
• particularly in secondary school- including subjects in
physical education, the arts and vocational crafts- so that
they are free to design their parts of the study and life
plans
4. Multilingualism and the power of language
• Cognitive development and intellectual development of a
child takes best when he/she is taught in his/her mother
tongue.
• According to NEP wherever possible the media of instruction
in the school till grade 5 and preferably till grade 8 and
beyond will be home language or mother tongue or local
language.
• Multilingualism is the ability of a speaker to communicate
effectively in 3 or more languages.
• According to NEP children will be exposed to a variety of
languages with emphasis on mother tongue from the
foundation stage.
5. • To enhance global knowledge and mobility and to
learn the culture of the world foreign languages like
Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, French, German,
Spanish or Russian will be offered at the secondary
level.
• To facilitate learning by students of hearing
impairment Indian Sign Language i.e. ISL will be
standardised across the country and National and
State curriculum materials developed
6. National textbooks with local content and
flavour
• Students and teachers are dependent on the text books for the
teaching learning process.
• NEP emphasizes on constructivist learning rather than rote
learning hence this would require parallel changes in textbooks
of schools.
• NEP envisions that quality text books will be printed or
published at the lowest possible cost and on time.
• High quality textbook materials will be developed by NCERT in
collaboration with the SCERTs.
• Downloadable PDF printable version of all text books will be
available to reduce the logistical burden and also to conserve
the environment.
• Weight of a school bags must be reduced.
