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THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 29, 2020, 17:39:32 IST
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Common entrance exams to be held for admission to universities and higher education institutions, as per Govt's new Education Policy
School curriculum to be reduced to core concepts; integration of vocational education from class 6 under new National Education Policy, reports PTI
Common norms to be in place for private and public higher education institutions under Central govt's new Education Policy (PTI)
All higher education institutions, except legal and medical colleges, to be governed by single regulator
MPhil courses to be discontinued under new National Education Policy approved by Union Cabinet
Board exams to be based on knowledge application, as per New Education Policy approved by Union Cabinet (PTI)
National mission to focus on basic literacy and basic numeracy; major changes in the pedagogical structure of curriculum with no rigid separation between streams; all separations between vocational and academic and curricular and extra-curricular will also be removed (ANI)
Board exams will be low stakes & test actual knowledge instead of rote learning
Board exams will be low stakes & test actual knowledge instead of rote learning; Mother tongue to be a medium of in… https://t.co/NYJUgfjGJ2
— ANI (@ANI) 1596022379000The new policy is aimed at a transformational change in higher and secondary education
As on date, we have different norms for deemed universities, central universities, for different individual standalone institutions. New Education Policy says that for reasons of quality, norms will be same for all & not as per ownership: Amit Khare Higher Education Secretary (ANI)
National Assessment Centre- 'PARAKH' has been created to assess the students
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There are over 45,000 affiliated colleges in our country. Under Graded Autonomy, Academic, Administrative & Financial Autonomy will be given to colleges, on the basis of the status of their accreditation
Amit Khare Higher Education SecretaryE-courses will be developed in regional languages
E-courses will be developed in regional languages; virtual labs will be developed and a National Educational Techno… https://t.co/cY6bKKxEZX
— ANI (@ANI) 1596021713000Other features include graded academic, administrative and financial autonomy of institutions and a single regulator for all higher education, working under a self-disclosure based transparent system for approvals in place of numerous 'inspections': Government of India (ANI)
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to be renamed as Ministry of Education
We will have a single regulator for higher education in India: HRD ministry
Following the new education policy and reforms, we will achieve 50% Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by 2035, reports ANI quoting Amit Khare Higher Education Secretary
Cabinet approved National Education Policy 2020; Major reforms in higher education include a target of 50% gross enrollment ratio by 2035 and provision for multiple entry/exit: Government of India
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Cabinet under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given approval to a new education policy for the 21st century. It is important, as for 34 years there were no changes in the education policy
Union minister Prakash Javadekar
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