I believe the sheer mention of the fact that education should be\nprovided to all students with a focus on historically marginalized,\ndisadvantaged, and underrepresented groups is a move in the right direction. It\ncorrectly identifies education as a great leveler and addresses the critical\nissues faced by many in our country who do not have access to proper education\neven today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The policy aims to promote a student\u2019s holistic development in both\nacademic and non-academic spheres, and thus is a move away from the traditional\nfocus on just academics. It also aims to provide flexibility to students such\nthat they can choose their learning trajectories and programs, and thereby\nchoose their own paths in life according to their talents and interests, as\nopposed to the hard separations between arts and sciences, between curricular\nand extra-curricular activities, between vocational and academic streams, etc.\nthat are currently in place. The focus is on conceptual understanding rather\nthan rote learning and learning-for-exams, thereby promoting creativity and\ncritical thinking to encourage logical decision-making and innovation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Education is a public service and access to quality education must\nbe considered a basic right of every child, and the policy aims to seek\nsubstantial investment in a strong, vibrant public education system as well as\nencourage and facilitate true philanthropic private and community\nparticipation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The policy focuses on Early\nChildhood Care and Education<\/strong>, since over 85% of a child\u2019s cumulative brain\ndevelopment occurs before the age of 6, indicating the critical importance of\nappropriate care and stimulation of the brain in the early years in order to\nensure healthy brain development and growth. Presently, quality ECCE is not\navailable to crores of young children, particularly children from\nsocio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Strong investment in ECCE has the\npotential to give all young children such access, enabling them to participate\nand flourish in the educational system throughout their lives. The policy also\nhighlights the significance of Anganwadis (also known as “courtyard\nshelter”, which is a type of rural child care center in India which helps\npoor children to eat food stomach full. They were started by the Indian government\nin 1975 as part of the Integrated Child Development Services program to combat\nchild hunger and malnutrition) in carrying out the ECCE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The ability to read and write, and perform basic operations with\nnumbers, is a necessary foundation and an indispensable prerequisite for all\nfuture schooling and lifelong learning. However, various governmental, as well\nas non-governmental surveys, indicate that we are currently in a learning\ncrisis: a large proportion of students currently in elementary school – estimated\nto be over 5 crore in number – have not attained foundational literacy and\nnumeracy, i.e., the ability to read and comprehend basic text and the ability\nto carry out basic addition and subtraction with Indian numerals. As per the\npolicy, the highest priority of the education system will be to achieve\nuniversal foundational literacy and numeracy in primary school by 2025. The\npolicy highlights the importance of collaboration and volunteering, by stating\nthat if every literate member of the community could commit to teaching one\nstudent\/person how to read, it would change the country\u2019s landscape very\nquickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Further, the policy highlights that children are unable to learn optimally when they are undernourished or unwell. Hence, the nutrition and health (including mental health) of children needs to be addressed, through healthy meals and the introduction of well-trained social workers, counsellors, and community involvement into the schooling system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Author<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manik loves to spend time with his family, listening inquisitively to the stories his grandparents share. He has always been passionate about helping society and thus gave up his Investment Banking career to pursue his passion. 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