National Education Policy 2020 Hub
Official policy document viewer and interactive executive summary for educational leaders.
Key Pillars & Clauses
5+3+3+4 Pedagogical Structure
Section 4Replaces the 10+2 system with a 5-year Foundational stage (ages 3-8), 3-year Preparatory stage (ages 8-11), 3-year Middle stage (ages 11-14), and 4-year Secondary stage (ages 14-18).
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Section 2Highest priority of the education system: universal acquisition of foundational reading, writing, and math by Grade 3 under the national NIPUN Bharat Mission.
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Section 4.11Wherever feasible, the medium of instruction until at least Grade 5 (preferably Grade 8) will be the home language, mother tongue, local language, or regional language (e.g. Gujarati or Hindi).
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Section 4.25Every student in Grades 6-8 will take a fun vocational course (carpentry, pottery, metalwork, gardening, coding, electrical) with 10 bagless days of local artisan internships.
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Section 4.35Reforms report cards from single-score exams to multi-dimensional, self, peer, and teacher evaluations covering cognitive, socio-emotional, and psychomotor domains.
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