Empowering Women through Education: A Study of India’s New Education Policy (NEP 2020)

Since time immemorial, education has been found to contribute towards the cause of promoting gender equality and women empowerment. As a country with centuries of history of given social hierarchies and patriarchal customs that curtailed women with access to education, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is a milestone in reforms that seek to instigate inclusivity, equity, and empowerment. This scholarly research paper reviews the relationship between women empowerment and education in the form of a critical analysis of NEP 2020. It evaluates the role of the provisions in the policy, gender inclusion fund, skill development, digital literacy, and flexible learning paths in addressing the long-existing gender gaps in the country and the empowerment of women to be involved in all sectors of national development.

Women Empowerment, Education, NEP 2020, Gender Equality

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