The crux of the National Education Policy-2020, formulated after a gap of 34 years, is rooted in the 21 st century, said the Special Chief Secretary, School Education, B. Rajasekhar.
Addressing a conclave of Principals of private schools, organised by The Hindu FIC and SRM University, A.P. campus, in Vijayawada on Thursday, Mr. Rajasekhar said the NEP was a wake-up call. “It says business as usual will not take you anywhere and calls for radical reforms like the school restructuring programme,” he said, insisting that chucking out the “10 plus 2” model of education and bringing in “5 plus 3 plus 3 plus 4” is the need of the global education system. “Multiple entries and multiple exits are a futuristic thought,” he said, citing the example of the Finland education model where many students would opt for only vocational education and later, come back to the mainstream education.
