India, May 1 -- There is a silent revolution unfolding in India's classrooms -but it may be our greatest economic investment yet: an education renaissance sparked by the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. It isn't driven by headlines or hype, but by the quiet force of human spirit-confidence, motivation, persistence, and faith.

We've seen it playing out in front of our own eyes across the country. In a modest school in Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, grade 3 children crowded around to read aloud-not out of obligation, but with a sense of pride. Once unsure about their potential, each sentence they read was a quiet declaration of their self-belief. In Haryana, a teacher sat alone in an empty classroom, poring over her lesson plan late into the...