National Education Policy 2020: An Approach Towards Inclusive Multidisciplinary and Internationalization

To satisfy the 21st century’s educational needs, the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a reform roller and it creates revolutionize in the Indian education system. This current piece of work investigates three revolutionary aspects of the policy: equity and inclusion, holistic and multidisciplinary learning and internationalization of education. It demonstrates the way NEP 2020 is trying to create creativity, critical thinking, and ethical values both by alternative learning routes and by choice-based curricula with the help of experiential learning. The equity commitment of the policy can be seen in the efforts such as Specially Gender Inclusion Fund, Education Zones and the application of technology to reduce learning inequalities. Secondly, the internationalisation agenda makes India the centre-stage of global education by drawing scholars together, student-faculty exchange, and international campus establishment. According to secondary and policy reviews, this paper finds that the NEP 2020 roadmap is vision-based to have an inclusive, innovative and global-friendly environment. The system of competitive education is based on Indian cultural ethos and embraces international standards. This research is based on available literature and employs secondary data by way of descriptive and analytic research ways of making meaning of policy directions. The results indicate that implementation of NEP 2020 enhances the quality of education, inclusion and international competitiveness as well as aligns India's international standard for learning ecosystem.

Inclusive education, Holistic education, Internationalization

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