The presentation describes the pattern of education at school level after tne National Education Policy of 2020 in India

1. NATIONAL EDUCATION
POLICY (NEP) 2020:
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SYSTEM
Lalit Kishore

2. NEP History
 Third NEP in 2020
 Second NEP in 1986
 First NEP in 1968
 Process of NEP-2020
 Committee Formed in 1917
 Dr K Kasturirangan appointed as Chairperson
 Draft report in 2019
 .Cabinet Approval in 2020
 Implementation delay 2020-2022 (COVID Lockdown)
 Enforced 2023 academic session

3. School System under NEP-
2020
 5+3+3+4 pattern / four-stage or 15 year
schooling
 Age group: 3 to 18 years
 Four stages:
 Foundational stage
 Preparatory stage
 Middle stage
 Secondary stage

4. Foundational Stage Features
 5-year duration
 Age group 3-8 years
 Pre-primary stage (First 3 years)
 Age: 4, 5, 6 years
 Pre-schooling, school readiness
 Play-way school/Anganwadi/Bal Vatika
 No exam and no uniform code
 Early-primary stage (Next 2 years)
 Grades: 1, 2
 Age: 7, 8 years
 Literacy, numeracy competencies
 No exam and no uniform code

5. Preparatory Stage
 Age group: 9-11 years
 Grades: 3, 4, 5
 Learning approach: Activity based
 Medium: Mother tongue/regional language/
national language
 English may taught
 Exam and certification

6. Middle stage
 Age group: 12-14
 Grades: 6, 7, 8
 Languages (up to three), maths, EVS
 Computer education, Coding
 Vocational/ Technical education
 Internship: 10 days
 Approach: Competency based instruction
 Thinking: Comprehension, reasoning and analysis
 Exam and certification

7. Secondary Stage
 Age group: 15 to 18 years
 Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
 Semester system with exam and certification
 No streaming but multi-subjects curriculum
 Approach: Competency based mastery, project
work
 Thinking: critical thinking, problem solving,
synthesis
 Additional foreign language

8. RECAP