Lets Teach Us a Lesson

Context: The success of the groundbreaking National Education Policy will fully depend on its implementation.

Determinants of Effective Implementation

• Increase in public expenditure (6% of GDP): this is going to be the most important determinant of the implementation. 
• As the Kasturirangan Committee draft had wisely suggested, this increase in public expenditure may be effected over some time.
• Stiff resistance from multiple quarters: because of its quest for transformative changes like 
• Overhaul of regulation in higher education
• Redesign of institutional architecture
• Commitment to shut down the hundreds of teacher education institutions
• Commitment to equalise the compensation of teachers across primary to secondary school
• The quality of early actions: will determine the trajectory of the long-term impact of NEP in fields like:  
• National Curricular Framework (NCF) must be a substantial improvement on the NCF of 2005.
• The need for legislative and legal acumen for the establishment of the proposed Higher Education Commission of India (HECI). 
• Need for a four-year degree course in multidisciplinary institutions.
• Ensuring truly collective national endeavour: The Centre and the state governments, irrespective of their political affiliation should be fully engaged in NEPs implementation.
• Maintaining the real spirit of the policy: in the form of ????
• Deep commitment to education as a social-human process.
• Importance of the culture of institutions and the system
• The centrality of the teacher.
• The clarity that quality follows equity and not vice versa. 
• Empowerment and autonomy.
• Unflinching commitment to public education.

Conclusion: Successful implementation of NEP 2020 will energise India’s quest to develop a just, humane and vibrant society.