Six years after India tore up a 34-year-old education framework, classrooms look genuinely different — but the policy’s own funding target, learning deadline, and language formula remain unresolved. On July 29, 2020, the Union cabinet approved the National Education Policy 2020, based on recommendations from the Kasturirangan Committee, replacing a policy that has, for the…
In Paikmal block of Odisha’s Bargarh district, a quiet renovation is underway. Anganwadi centres — the community childcare that anchor India’s early childhood system — are being repainted with alphabet murals, fitted with interactive number walls, and stocked with teaching-learning materials, NITI Aayog said in a July 18 update on the initiative. The upgrade sits…
Getting children into school has been the central obsession of education policy for as long as most of us can remember. And honestly, the world has pulled it off in ways that would have seemed impossible a few generations ago. Enrollment numbers have gone up, attendance is tracked, and governments have built schools in places…
NEP 2020 is transforming India’s education system by focusing on foundational learning, flexible structures, and mother-tongue instruction. With digital platforms like DIKSHA and PM e-VIDYA, it is making quality education more accessible, inclusive, and future-ready. A System Built for a Different Era India’s education system was built for scale, not depth. Millions of children were…
