After so many conflicts regarding the draft NEP 2019, now, according to Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the draft for the Centre’s National Education Policy (NEP) is a “good wishful” document but there is no roadmap for how the changes will be implemented.
Just have a look on what Delhi Education Minister, Manish Sisodia said about NEP 2019:
Without any step-wise implementation plan the NEP may end up in a disaster ike the no-detention policy.
“Overall, the NEP 2019 is a good draft except a few small things here and there the concepts they have talked about are good. They have set targets that one has to reach rooftop but policy does not talk about step one that how will they reach there,” said Manish Sisodia.
He pointed on the no-detention policy, that the same happened with no-detention policy and the right to education was made a fundamental right and no-detention policy was implemented without any preparatory measures.
Instead of saying that the BEd one year BEd programmes will be changed they would have said that next year books will be replaced, in the third year examination pattern will be revamped and then no-detention policy will be implemented.
“Teachers did not know what to do and how. They just knew that they were not supposed to fail children. Similar thing can happen here, NEP implementation may end up like the no-detention policy,” he said.
Manish Sisodia has said that the draft is a good wishful but there is no roadramp for the implementation.They must fix the linkages and there should be an year-wise timeline for implementation.
Some Positive Aspect Of NEP:
The NEP draft suggests that students be allowed to take a board examination in a given subject in whichever semester they take the corresponding class in school, that is whenever they feel most ready.
It also called for a policy to allow students to repeat subjects in the board examination if they feel they can study and do better.