According to the National Education Policy-2020 approved by the Union Cabinet, every child at the middle stage of education children would be required to learn at least one vocation and provided several cultural experiences as available and decides upon at the local level by involving community.
The exposure to various crafts like carpentry, electric gadgetry, metal work, gardening, pottery, artists, electrical gadgets, etc. could be the options. It has been visioned that by 2025, at least 50% of learners through the school system and higher education system would be subjected to vocational education.
Furthermore, during an academic session, 10-day bag-less period, holidays' exposures and internship with local vocational skill experts will be the mechanisms along will be availability of on-line vocational courses.
Moreover, every state/district will be assisted to set-up “Bal Bhavans” as a special daytime boarding institutions to ensure children's participation in art, career and play related activities.
Many educators see the situation in which two kinds of school systems will be formed. The government system will be seen as the washed down system for rural and deprived groups while the education in the private and corporate sector as the sought after system for the advantaged groups with stress on academic learning under general education up to grade 12.
According to educationist and activist, Dr. Anil Sadgopal, the NEP-2020 will enhance the pace of privatization and corporatization of education in India to turn education into the profit-driven industry involving politicians, businessmen and corporate houses.
I express the emergent scenario in the following limerick.
LIMERICK
There is nothing neither national nor public
In education policy of 2020 of Indian republic
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Education has become commodity for sale
For the private and the corporate without fail
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General education will stop at grade six automatic
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