<p>The&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;government&nbsp; of&nbsp; India &nbsp;&nbsp;splashed&nbsp;&nbsp; a&nbsp;&nbsp; news&nbsp;&nbsp; that&nbsp; &nbsp;hogs&nbsp; the&nbsp; limelight&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; people&nbsp; in &nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp; country,&nbsp; it&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;dominated&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp; both &nbsp;&nbsp;print&nbsp; and&nbsp; electronic&nbsp; medias. The &nbsp;&nbsp;pith&nbsp; and&nbsp; substance&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp; this&nbsp; national&nbsp; educational&nbsp; policy&nbsp; triggered&nbsp; a&nbsp; wide&nbsp; range&nbsp; of&nbsp; landscape&nbsp;&nbsp; in &nbsp;&nbsp;the&nbsp; country&nbsp; to&nbsp; discuss&nbsp; the issue&nbsp; with&nbsp; full&nbsp; length&nbsp; and&nbsp; breadth&nbsp; about&nbsp; &nbsp;the&nbsp; growth&nbsp; and&nbsp; development&nbsp; of &nbsp;this&nbsp; sector&nbsp; in&nbsp; this&nbsp; country.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp; education&nbsp; sector&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; past, present&nbsp; and&nbsp; future&nbsp;&nbsp; are&nbsp; altering&nbsp; according&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; times&nbsp; it required. In&nbsp; the&nbsp; past&nbsp; &nbsp;the&nbsp; colonial&nbsp; force&nbsp; vehemently&nbsp; and&nbsp; vociferously&nbsp; opposed&nbsp; the&nbsp; &nbsp;conventional&nbsp; way&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; education&nbsp;&nbsp; system, where&nbsp; in&nbsp; this&nbsp; pattern&nbsp; of&nbsp; education it &nbsp;&nbsp;is&nbsp; available&nbsp; only&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; higher&nbsp; classes&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; society. The&nbsp; colonial&nbsp; forces&nbsp; observed&nbsp; this&nbsp; system &nbsp;and&nbsp; introduced&nbsp; English, Science&nbsp; etc&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; curriculum&nbsp; so&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp;&nbsp; students&nbsp; can&nbsp; get&nbsp; &nbsp;exposure&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; western&nbsp; way&nbsp; of&nbsp;&nbsp; education&nbsp; and&nbsp; idealism. After&nbsp; the&nbsp; post-independence&nbsp; era&nbsp; the&nbsp; Government&nbsp; of&nbsp; India&nbsp;&nbsp; launched&nbsp; various&nbsp; committees&nbsp; to&nbsp; bring&nbsp; the&nbsp; sweeping&nbsp;&nbsp; reforms&nbsp; in&nbsp; this&nbsp; sector&nbsp;&nbsp; but&nbsp; it&nbsp; didn&rsquo;t&nbsp; trickle&nbsp; down to&nbsp; the&nbsp; lowest&nbsp; ebb &nbsp;of&nbsp; this&nbsp; sector due&nbsp; to&nbsp; the &nbsp;&nbsp;myriad&nbsp; of&nbsp; problems.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;&nbsp; Government&nbsp; &nbsp;of&nbsp; India&nbsp;&nbsp; appointed&nbsp;&nbsp; a&nbsp; very&nbsp; prominent &nbsp;&nbsp;committee&nbsp; under&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; stewardship&nbsp; of&nbsp; Dr. Kasturi&nbsp; Ranagan, to&nbsp; bring &nbsp;&nbsp;sweeping&nbsp; reforms&nbsp; in &nbsp;&nbsp;this&nbsp; sector. The&nbsp; committee&nbsp; took&nbsp; on&nbsp; the&nbsp; baton&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; &nbsp;government&nbsp; &nbsp;and&nbsp; held&nbsp; wide&nbsp; range &nbsp;of &nbsp;extensive&nbsp; consultations&nbsp; with&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; all&nbsp; walks&nbsp; of&nbsp; people&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; society&nbsp; and&nbsp; &nbsp;brought&nbsp;&nbsp; its&nbsp; recommendation&rsquo;s&nbsp;&nbsp; under&nbsp; National&nbsp; Educational&nbsp; Policy-2020 . This&nbsp; policy&nbsp; was&nbsp; brought&nbsp; after&nbsp; a&nbsp; time&nbsp; gap&nbsp; of&nbsp; 34&nbsp; years&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp; bring&nbsp; transformational&nbsp; reforms&nbsp; in&nbsp; school&nbsp; and&nbsp; higher&nbsp; education.&nbsp; There&nbsp; are&nbsp; plethora&nbsp; of&nbsp; issues&nbsp; where&nbsp; elephant&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; room&nbsp; needs&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;patient&nbsp; hearing&nbsp; for&nbsp; addressing&nbsp; it .</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp; aim of&nbsp; this &nbsp;&nbsp;new policy&nbsp; is&nbsp; to&nbsp; universalize&nbsp; the&nbsp; education &nbsp;in&nbsp; primary&nbsp; and&nbsp; secondary&nbsp; level &nbsp;&nbsp;by&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;keeping&nbsp; an&nbsp; ambition&nbsp; of&nbsp; 100%&nbsp; &nbsp;Gross&nbsp; enrolment&nbsp; ration&nbsp;&nbsp; by&nbsp;&nbsp; 2030&nbsp; and&nbsp; in&nbsp; &nbsp;higher&nbsp; education&nbsp;&nbsp; it&nbsp; aimed&nbsp; to&nbsp; attain&nbsp; 50%&nbsp;&nbsp; by&nbsp; 2035&nbsp; but contradicting&nbsp; to this recommendation the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; union&nbsp; and&nbsp; state&nbsp; government&nbsp; are&nbsp; allocating&nbsp; smidgen&nbsp; funds&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; budget&nbsp; preparations,&nbsp;&nbsp; due&nbsp; to&nbsp; this&nbsp; government&nbsp; schools&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp; colleges &nbsp;are&nbsp; underfunded, with skeleton&nbsp; staff, infrastructure&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; schools &nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp; colleges&nbsp; &nbsp;are&nbsp; below&nbsp; the&nbsp; par, government&nbsp; schools&nbsp; and&nbsp; colleges&nbsp; are&nbsp; located&nbsp; only&nbsp; in &nbsp;the&nbsp; urban, semi-urban and&nbsp;&nbsp; Tehsil &nbsp;&nbsp;levels ,&nbsp; the&nbsp; outreach&nbsp;&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; education&nbsp; institutions&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; remote&nbsp; areas&nbsp;&nbsp; didn&rsquo;t&nbsp; gone&nbsp; down&nbsp; well,&nbsp; the&nbsp; quality&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; education&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; government&nbsp; schools&nbsp;&nbsp; is&nbsp; fragile, the&nbsp; drop&nbsp; outs&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; schools&nbsp; and&nbsp; colleges&nbsp; are&nbsp; staggering,&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; void &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;between&nbsp; &nbsp;the&nbsp; &nbsp;job&nbsp; market&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; education&nbsp; is quite&nbsp; apparent, the&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;children&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; marginalized&nbsp; sections&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; society&nbsp; are&nbsp; become&nbsp; sole&nbsp; breadwinners&nbsp; for&nbsp; their&nbsp; family&nbsp; and&nbsp; due&nbsp; to&nbsp; this &nbsp;&nbsp;they&nbsp; are&nbsp;&nbsp; deprived&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; education, etc&nbsp; are&nbsp; &nbsp;pertinent&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;and&nbsp; endemic &nbsp;woes .</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The&nbsp;&nbsp; new&nbsp; policy&nbsp; initiative&nbsp; to&nbsp; teach&nbsp; in&nbsp; vernacular&nbsp; languages&nbsp; up to&nbsp; class&nbsp; 5th&nbsp; is&nbsp; a&nbsp; bold&nbsp; step&nbsp; but&nbsp; how&nbsp; can&nbsp; a&nbsp; &nbsp;kid&nbsp; get&nbsp;&nbsp; compete&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; children&nbsp; those&nbsp; who&nbsp; are&nbsp; getting&nbsp; train in&nbsp; English&nbsp; medium. This will &nbsp;give&nbsp;&nbsp; a&nbsp; big&nbsp; advantage&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; kids&nbsp; those&nbsp; who&nbsp; are&nbsp; nurtured&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; private&nbsp; medium&nbsp; schools&nbsp; under&nbsp; English medium, they&nbsp;&nbsp; easily&nbsp; can get&nbsp; job&nbsp; with&nbsp; their &nbsp;rich &nbsp;communicative&nbsp; skills. &nbsp;The&nbsp; proficiency&nbsp; of&nbsp; English&nbsp; language&nbsp; among&nbsp; our&nbsp; school&nbsp; teachers&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; government&nbsp; schools&nbsp; and&nbsp; colleges&nbsp; are&nbsp; below&nbsp; the&nbsp; par &nbsp;and &nbsp;it&nbsp; needs&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp; be&nbsp; more&nbsp; focused&nbsp; on&nbsp; &nbsp;mid-term&nbsp; training&nbsp; modules&nbsp; for&nbsp; developing&nbsp; their&nbsp; fluency&nbsp; in&nbsp; the &nbsp;English.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After&nbsp; going&nbsp; through&nbsp; the entire National&nbsp; educational&nbsp; policy&nbsp; with&nbsp; full length&nbsp; and&nbsp; breadth , I would&nbsp; like&nbsp; to&nbsp; suggest&nbsp; few&nbsp; recommendations&nbsp; for&nbsp;&nbsp; strengthening&nbsp; this&nbsp; sector&nbsp; with&nbsp; more&nbsp; vigor&nbsp; and&nbsp; vitality. The government&nbsp; should&nbsp; increase&nbsp; the&nbsp; allocation&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; funds&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; budget&nbsp; preparations&nbsp; and&nbsp; should&nbsp; be&nbsp; devoted&nbsp; completely &nbsp;to&nbsp; it , it&nbsp; should&nbsp; constitute&nbsp; research&nbsp; and&nbsp; development&nbsp; centers&nbsp; for&nbsp; strengthening&nbsp; this&nbsp; sector&nbsp; and &nbsp;should &nbsp;channelize&nbsp; its &nbsp;wide &nbsp;&nbsp;experience&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp; policy&nbsp; formulations&nbsp; and&nbsp; implementations,&nbsp;&nbsp; scuttle&nbsp; the&nbsp; political&nbsp; influence &nbsp;at&nbsp; every&nbsp; level&nbsp; of&nbsp; functioning&nbsp; and&nbsp; policy&nbsp; formulation, make&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; institutes&nbsp; as&nbsp; centers&nbsp; of&nbsp; excellence&nbsp; so&nbsp; that&nbsp; they&nbsp; will get&nbsp; excel&nbsp; in&nbsp; their&nbsp; fields, encourage&nbsp; the&nbsp; national&nbsp; level&nbsp; universities&nbsp; to&nbsp; tie&nbsp; up&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; international&nbsp; universities&nbsp; so&nbsp; that&nbsp; free flow&nbsp; of&nbsp; best&nbsp; brains&nbsp; will&nbsp; get&nbsp; due&nbsp; regard, allow&nbsp; the&nbsp; foreign&nbsp; universities&nbsp; to&nbsp; establish&nbsp; their&nbsp; campuses&nbsp; in the&nbsp; country&nbsp; so&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp; students&nbsp; will&nbsp; get&nbsp; acquaint&nbsp; with&nbsp; the&nbsp; international&nbsp; curriculum.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;According&nbsp; to&nbsp; the&nbsp; reports&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; reputed&nbsp; institutions&nbsp; like&nbsp; UNICEF, WORLD&nbsp; BANK&nbsp; etc&nbsp; wide&nbsp; in&nbsp; its&nbsp; lamented&nbsp; the&nbsp; poor&nbsp; allocations&nbsp; made&nbsp; by&nbsp; the&nbsp; union&nbsp; and&nbsp; state&nbsp; governments&nbsp; in&nbsp; achieving&nbsp; the&nbsp; quality&nbsp; of&nbsp; education&nbsp; that&nbsp; was&nbsp; enshrined&nbsp; has&nbsp;&nbsp; goal&nbsp; number&nbsp; 4&nbsp;&nbsp; under&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; sustainable&nbsp; development&nbsp; goals. The&nbsp; mid-day&nbsp; meals&nbsp; scheme&nbsp; should&nbsp; be&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; enlarged&nbsp; to&nbsp; all&nbsp; the&nbsp; government&nbsp; schools and&nbsp; colleges&nbsp; where&nbsp; the&nbsp; marginalized&nbsp; and&nbsp; down&nbsp; trodden&nbsp; children&nbsp; can&nbsp; get&nbsp; embrace&nbsp; it. The&nbsp; &nbsp;divergence&nbsp; between&nbsp; the&nbsp; government&nbsp; prescribed&nbsp; curriculum&nbsp; and&nbsp; demand&nbsp;&nbsp; in&nbsp; market&nbsp;&nbsp; is&nbsp; staggering&nbsp; due&nbsp; to&nbsp; this&nbsp;&nbsp; unemployment&nbsp; in&nbsp; the&nbsp; India&nbsp;&nbsp; is&nbsp; increasing&nbsp; to&nbsp; a&nbsp; greatest&nbsp; extent&nbsp; to&nbsp; ameliorate&nbsp; this&nbsp; situation&nbsp; the&nbsp; government&nbsp; should&nbsp; constitute&nbsp; a&nbsp; separate&nbsp; committee&nbsp; to&nbsp; after&nbsp;&nbsp; this&nbsp; issue&nbsp; so&nbsp; that&nbsp; the&nbsp; curriculum&nbsp; should&nbsp; compromise&nbsp; both&nbsp; academic&nbsp; and&nbsp; industry-driven . A&nbsp; very&nbsp; less&nbsp; number&nbsp; of&nbsp; Nobel&nbsp; Laureates&nbsp; are&nbsp; coming&nbsp; from&nbsp; the&nbsp; India&nbsp; due&nbsp; to the&nbsp; cash&nbsp; crunch&nbsp; research&nbsp; and&nbsp; development institutions&nbsp; and&nbsp; in order&nbsp; to&nbsp; rectify&nbsp; this&nbsp; mistake&nbsp; it&nbsp; should&nbsp; be&nbsp; more&nbsp; funded.</p>

<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp; government&nbsp; of&nbsp; India&nbsp; endorses&nbsp; this&nbsp; bill&nbsp; with&nbsp; good&nbsp; intentions&nbsp; and&nbsp; it&nbsp; will&nbsp; reach its&nbsp; zenith&nbsp; only&nbsp; after&nbsp; successful&nbsp; implementation&nbsp; of&nbsp; the&nbsp; reforms&nbsp; that&nbsp; was&nbsp; proposed&nbsp; in&nbsp; this&nbsp; policy. The&nbsp; government&nbsp; and&nbsp; the&nbsp; intellectuals&nbsp; should&nbsp; go hand-in-hand&nbsp; in&nbsp; ascertaining&nbsp;&nbsp; the&nbsp; loopholes&nbsp; and&nbsp; making&nbsp; it&nbsp; more&nbsp; robust&nbsp;&nbsp; and&nbsp; compete&nbsp; with the&nbsp; international&nbsp; standards.</p>
