Rajya Sabha member and chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on education, women, children, youth and sports, Dr Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said on Sunday 29th August, 2021 that the new education policy has opened floodgates for innovation and experimentation. 

He was addressing the round table meeting of Mission 5151, an initiative of the Gramodaya Chamber of Commerce and Technology (GCOT). 

He said integration of knowledge emanating from rural India is very important for the country to progress. 

He suggested that cow milking too could be a certificate course; and any individual who completes four such certificate courses in related fields could be considered for a valid degree from an educational institution of repute in the country. 

Earlier, Delhi Vasanth, Founder of GCOT and Trustee of Mission 5151 said, Covid-19 pandemic has forced India to look at and opt for traditional means of medicine which has proven to be highly effective in saving lives.

He observed that historically, Indian villages had knowledge of medicine indigenously but unfortunately the country lost that with time. He stressed the need to restore that great legacy of India for the benefit of the future generations. 

Prof R. Limbadri, Chairman, Telangana State Council for Higher Education and vice chancellors of various universities attended the event.

What is the New Education Policy 2020? 

The New Education Policy 2020 was approved by the Union Cabinet ministry at a meeting by Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji on Wednesday, 29th July, 2020. 

The New Education Policy 2020 brings transformation reforms in the education system of schools and also in higher education. 

It replaces the 34 years old education by making a move towards strengthening India as a global power. 

It includes the renaming of the HRD (Human Resource Development) ministry back to the Education Ministry which was changed at the time of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, in 1985. 

The NEP 2020 Promotes the spirit of “Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat”. 

The main purpose of this policy is to fill the gap between current learning outcomes and those desired.

The New Education Policy 2020 suggest greater education institutions and also increase in the national annual outlay for education to 6 per cent of GDP.

Some benefits from New Education Policy 2020 are :

• Strong learning foundation and powerful academic growth
• Comprehensive development for students of all grades
• Flexibility in choice of subjects
• Skill development
• Better student assessment
• New platforms and techniques of teaching-learning

What are the major changes in the New Education Policy 2020? 

The New Education Policy 2020 can become a turning point in future. Some have welcomed it with open minds and others are still confused about it. 

To make it easy to understand for common people, here are some changes highlights :

• All the higher education institutions except medical and law colleges will be governed by a single regularator. 
• M Phil courses have been discarded. 
• Board exams will be based on application knowledge. 
• Both the public and private higher education institutes will be governed under the same norms
• Home language, mother tongue or regional languages are going to be used as a medium of instruction up to class
• All entrance exams for higher education institutes and universities will be held commonly.
• School curriculum will be reduced to core concepts; integration of vocational education from class 6.
• 10+2 study culture discontinue and new structure of 5+3+3+4 will be followed, subjecting to the respective age group of 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years.

What is the 5+3+3+4 Class System Under National Education Policy 2020? 

It is the new Curriculum For Early Childhood Care And Education which will replace the 10+2 curriculum structure with a 5+3+3+4 structure. 

The new education system offers 12 years of school education with 3 years of pre-schooling/Anganwadi, because 3-6 years of age is globally recognized as the crucial age for the mental development of the child. 

That’s why the new Curriculum issued corresponding ages that is 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years of age, respectively. 

The NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) creates the National Framework for Early Childhood Care and Education (NCPFECCE) for children up to 8 years old. 

Strengthened educational systems like Anganwadis and Kindergartens will focus on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE).

What are the changes School Curriculum And Pedagogy (teaching method)? 

Keeping in mind the overall development of students, the school curriculum and teaching methods are changed. 

These includes the following points 

• 21st Century key skills.
• Reduction in previous curriculum content
• More flexibility in choosing the subjects
• No distinguishing between science, commerce and maths.
• Vocational education will include internships and will be imparted from class 6th onwards.
• Sanskrit will be an optional third language subject at all levels of the school. Other than Sankrit, other languages will also be available as optional subjects till 5th to 8th classes. 
• All students will take 3rd, 5th and 8th-year exams which will be taken by the competent authority. 10th and 12th classes will still appear for the board exams but the pattern will be restructured aiming at the integrated development of the child.

What are the changes in Higher Education under New Education Policy 2020? 

Undergraduates will now have the option to choose the number of years as per their requirement ranging from 1-4 years with appropriate certification.

For example, certificate after 1 year, advanced diploma after 2 years, license after 3 years and research license after 4 years. 

As per the policy of the new education system, by 2030, a teacher will require a minimum of B.Ed degree of 4 years for teaching in any institution. Continued action will be taken against lower quality Autonomous Teacher Training Institutions (TEIs).

All types of occupational education and training will be a fundamental part of the higher education system, to strengthen the base of the students for different professions. 

An internship of 10 days in a year will also be provided to the students in local vocations according to the area or region. 

Conclusion 

The Union Budget 2021-22 has already set  the announcement to qualitatively strengthen 15,000 schools across India to implement NEP.

Education is everyone’s right. Everyone is a stakeholder and should therefore be invited to contribute to actualize the vision of the (NEP) New Education Policy 2020 to make India’s education system strong, inclusive, and equitable.

A meeting was chaired by PM Modi earlier this week to discuss whether Class 12 exams should be held or not. On Tuesday, CBSE announced that the 12th Class board exams have been cancelled. But some student requests PM to allow farewell for Class 12

“Government of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health as well as future of our youth,” PM Modi tweeted.

As the announcement was made, all the Class 12 students were all over the moon with this news. They all took to twitter to show their happiness and shared various memes, showing their reactions to this announcement.

One Student requests PM on Twitter

One of the students tweeted, requesting PM to allow them to have Farewell. This student’s name is Kuki Aggarwal and his tweet has been going viral. He tweeted to PM Modi, “Sir farewell to kraa do…wo 12^th B wali neha ko saree me dekhana tha”. In English, it roughly translates to “Sir, please allow the farewell… I wanted to see Class 12 B’s Neha in a saree”.

This tweet has got more than 2.5K likes and hundreds of different reactions. Some are funnily supporting him, while others are adding jokes to his tweet.

One user replied to his tweet saying, “12^th B wali neha k papa wants to know your location” while another user with the name of “Neha class 12-b said, “ sorry kuku mne wse bhi saree nii phnni thi mne gown ka socha tha”.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised once again on Thursday. This time he suddenly joined the virtual meeting of the students and started talking to them. This virtual meeting was called by the Ministry of Education. Along with the students, their parents were also present in this meeting. There was no plan beforehand to join the PM in this meeting. Everything happened suddenly.

It has been learned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was involved in this virtual meeting for a very short time. He also talked to some students. After the cancellation of CBSE’s 12th examination, now the biggest question is about the assessment itself. There is a discussion everywhere that if exams have not been held, then on what basis will the pass/fail be done? It is being said that in the meeting, the Prime Minister also talked to some children about this issue. He asked the students the method of marking.

12th exams canceled due to corona

Due to Corona infection, there was a demand to cancel the CBSE board’s 12th examinations. The decision to cancel the board exam was taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Modi on June 1. Earlier the 10th board exams had been cancelled.

How will the result of the students be prepared?

Now the biggest question is that how will the results of the students be ready? Its rules have not been clarified yet. But CBSE Secretary Anurag Tripathi says that it will take two weeks to decide the marking criteria. In the meeting also, PM Modi had told the CBSE officials that the results of the students should be prepared on the basis of well-defined criteria.

PM Narendra Modi chaired a meeting on Tuesday on the Class 12 CBSE Board exams and the decision taken in the meeting says that exams will be cancelled because of the conditions caused by Coronavirus.

Earlier, two options were being discussed about holding the exams. One was to hold the exams of only important subjects and the other was to hold a short duration exam. But now, keeping the current situation in mind, it has been decided to cancel the exams.

“Government of India has decided to cancel the Class XII CBSE Board Exams. After extensive consultations, we have taken a decision that is student-friendly, one that safeguards the health as well as future of our youth.”, said PM Modi in a tweet.

The health aspect has been specifically stressed by the Prime Minister. The safety of the students should not be compromised with.

Ever since this announcement has been made, the students have been over the moon with this news. The whole twitter is celebrating with various memes.

Over 14 lakh students were going to appear for the CBSE Class 12 exams. And all of them are at ease now. Since mid-April the cancellation of the exams has been requested by the student. Many famous personalities also supported this decision.

Along with CBSE board, CISCE has also cancelled Class 12 exams. They are looking for an alternative assessment criteria.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, students have been requesting the board to cancel the CBSE class 12 exams. While the exams have not been cancelled, there is good news for the students.

On Sunday it was decided that CBSE class 12 exams will be held between July 15 and August 26. Two options had been proposed by the Central Board. One is taking the exams for main 19 subjects at notified centers or holding small duration exams for all the subjects at the schools of students.

Although some say the duration will be 30 minutes and others say it will be 90, the point is that it will be a short-duration exam. Most of the states agreed with this format. However, only 4 states (Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa and Andaman & Nicobar) opined that the exams should not be held.

Union Education Ministry is in open to the idea of converting existing schools into exam centres. But the final decision in this regard is to be taken on June 1.

A high-level meeting was held yesterday to discuss whether Class 12th Board Exams 2021 will be held or not. Most of the states were suggesting to conduct the Exams, of course keeping the safety a priority at the same time. Others, however, were in the favor of holding exams once the students and teachers are vaccinated.

This meeting was attended by Union Education Minster and Education Ministers of all the states along with Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Smriti Irani.

“I have requested the state governments to send me their detailed suggestions by May 25. I am confident we will be able to arrive at an informed, collaborative decision regarding the exams and remove uncertainity among students and parents by informing them of our final decision at the earliese,” Pokhriyal tweeted.

Here’s what some of the states have to say about the exams

Delhi suggested the conducting of the exams after the vaccination of the students and teachers is done. Tamil Nadu also thinks safety is important and said, “Like other states, Tamil Nadu also wanted to conduct the Class 12 board exams as it plays an important role in deciding students career.”

For long Karnataka has maintained that Board exams should be held once the conditions improve. Maharashtra also suggested to explore a non-examination option.

On the other hand, states including Punjab, Chattisgarh, and Assam are in favour of conducting the exam but while keep the safety the topmost priority.

So far, no final decision has been taken on announced on whether the exams are going to be held, postponed or cancelled.

Punjab Government: On 22nd May, Education Minister of Punjab Vijay Inder Singla announced that all the government, semi-government and private schools of the state will remain closed from May 24 to June 23 for teachers, staff members and students.

“School Education Minister @VijayIndrSingla announced that all schools including government, semi-government and private schools across the state will remain closed for summer vacations from May 24 to June 23. Schools will remain closed for teachers and other staff also,” the Punjab Government tweeted.

On Friday, the government announced that free uniforms will be distributed to over 13 lakh students studying in Class 1 to 8. Therefore, education department has released 80.92 crore rupees for it.

Both boys and girls will be given the uniform. The boys will be given shirts, turban, trousers, caps, sweaters, socks and shoes. Girls will be given salwar-kameez, sweaters, shoes and socks.

In total 13,48,632 students will benefits from this scheme and out of those 7,65,024 are girls, boys from SC category are 5,08,436 and from BPL category are 75,172.

“Captain Amarinder Singh led state government has continuously been taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of the students amid Covid-19 pandemic. Apart from providing the uniform at doorsteps, no students will be called in the schools for measurements. Instead, the staff would obtain the size from parents and provide free uniforms as per desired sizes,” Mr Singla said.

The second wave of Corona has killed many people. But you will be surprised to know that in such a situation, because of Corona, 1000 children have been orphaned. Many such children have lost their parents and are left alone. In such a situation, if someone wants to adopt such children, the process has been told for them.

If you get news of such children, then if you want to adopt them, then a legal process has to be completed. For this, you can complete this process through the Adoption Policy of the state.

You can read the Guideline given by CARA (Central Adoption Resource Authority) in India. According to Guideline, the entire process was completed. For this, you should visit this website www.cara.nic.in and follow the entire process. If you talk about the fees, then you only have to pay the registration fees, apart from that no other fees were charged.

Who can adopt a orphaned child?

Let us tell you that for parents who want to adopt a child, it is important for the future adoptive parents to be physically, mentally and emotionally stable and financially competent. Because the child should not have any trouble in future.

Whatever parents want to adopt a child, whether they have children before or not, they will have to follow these rules.

In the case of a married couple, the consent of both spouses will be required for adoption.

-A single woman can adopt any gender child.

A single male will not be eligible for adoption.

Children will not be given to couples who do not have a stable marital relationship for at least two years. According to KARA rules, the minimum age difference between the child and any of the prospective adoptive parents should not be less than twenty five years. Couples who have 3 or 4 children are not allowed to adopt a child.

Due to Corona, the exams of JEE main were canceled along with the exams of 10th and 12th. And now the UPSC IAS Exam 2021 has postponed the civil service prelims exam to be held on 27 June. The reason for this is also the increasing cases of Corona. This test was taken on 10 October. Information about this official website upsc.gov.in.

An official notice has been issued on the website. Students who have applied for this exam can get further information on the official website.

As per the notice issued, “Due to the circumstances arising out of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Union Public Service Commission has postponed the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2021, which was scheduled to be held on June 27, 2021. Now this exam will be held on October 10, 2021. “

Students for this exam were demanding to postpone it on social media. Last year too, this examination was postponed due to corona, to later in the month of October. This time too, it has been postponed to the 10 October. And all the students have been told to keep an eye on the official website for further information.

After the JEE main April exam, now the JEE main May exam is also postponed. The National Testing Agency (NTA) issued a notice giving this information. Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank has also given information about this on Twitter.

Due to this coronation of Corona, the Ministry of Education has asked all institutes to postpone all examinations to be held on Monday evening in May 2021. For this, a letter has been written to all heads of centrally funded institutions.

Higher Education Secretary Amit Khare has urged the institutes to stop all offline examinations in May. Online exams may continue. The letter also states that the decision will be reviewed in the first week of June 2021.

There was a lot of discussion on social media for this exam. Many students were demanding some updates for this exam. Students say that due to Corona, it would be right to postpone the examinations. Students are suggested to check the official website of the concerned department.