India, Sept. 12 -- The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 rightly envisaged a transformation of the schooling experience, to ensure a scientifically literate student population. It identified some of the important challenges the existing schooling system faces in providing science education. Lack of resources for advanced science education, including lab equipment, technology, and specialised materials, has been pointed out as a major challenge. The document talked of difficulties in finding and training good teachers in specialised science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics.

Five years after the implementation of NEP 2020, its concerns about science education remain un...