Dehradun, Aug. 2 -- Thirty-four years after the previous education policy (in 1986), the GOI released a New Education Policy (NEP) on July 29th, 2020. Development of a national education policy for a country as vast and diverse as India is no mean feat. Education in India faces a gamut of issues, to name a few, early childhood education, affordability, access, equity, sustainability, developing life-long learners, digitization, multidisciplinary approach, and most importantly employability in tune with a global marketplace. An extensive consultative process seems to have gone before the publication of the NEP-2020.

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