NEP 2020: ‘Focus on specific provisions and develop models for implementation’

UGC member Prof. M.K. Sridhar suggests moving away from talk on what is there in the education policy

Stressing on the need to focus on how to implement the National Education Policy – 2020 (NEP 2020), Prof. M.K. Sridhar, a member of the University Grants Commission (UGC), said that the need of the hour is to develop models for implementation of specific aspects of the policy rather than repeatedly discussing what is there in the policy.

“Much is talked about what is there in NEP 2020. The question, however, is how we implement it. We need not discuss what has to happen in the country or State or in other universities. We need to focus on what has to happen in our institution as per the policy. It means that we, as an institution, need to devise models of implementation of specific aspects of NEP 2020, which could be adopted by other institutions. General talk on implementation without the development of specific models wouldn’t be of much use,” said Mr. Sridhar, who was a member of the NEP 2020 drafting committee.