New Dimension in Evaluation System in Secondary Level: NEP 2020

Abstract

The Government of India developed the National Policy on Education (NPE) with the goal of encouraging education among Indians. India's policies span both rural and urban areas for primary education through college. Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi (1968), Rajiv Gandhi (1986), and Narendra Modi (2020) issued the first and second NPEs on behalf of the Indian government, respectively. The National Education Policy of India 2020 (NEP2020), approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020, outline the vision of the new education system of India. The recommendations of an expert committee led by Dr. Kasturirangan, the former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), served as the foundation for the New Education Policy.It takes the place of the earlier 1986 National Policy on Education. The policy aims to establish an education system that is deeply ingrained in Indian culture and immediately contributes to the country's transformation by offering top-notch education to all, positioning India as a global leader in knowledge. This paper mainly focuses on NEP 2020 and evaluation system in secondary level. This paper also outlines the salient features of NEP and how they affect the existing education system. Education is a concurrent subject, so for the successful implementation of the new education policy the state and the Centre have to come forward accordingly. Timely infusion of necessary resources viz. human, infrastructural, and financial should be taken care of both central and state level for satisfactory implementation of the new education policy. It is hoped that the new evaluation system will play a more important role in education in the future.