UGC Directs Universities To Organize Awareness Campaign On New Education Policy

University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities to create awareness about the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 amongst teachers, students, officials and other stakeholders in the higher education system. The Union Cabinet approved National Education Policy 2020 on July 29.

New Education Policy:

The NEP will bring a complete overhaul of the school and higher education system in India. The policy, among other things, has proposed extension of Right to Education Act 2009 to cover children of ages 3 to 18 and also seeks to reduce content load in school education curriculum.

ALSO READ: Admissions 2020: IGNOU Extends Online Application Deadlines Till August 16

For Higher Education, the policy has proposed setting up of a 'single overarching umbrella body for the entire higher education'. The Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) will have distinct and independent bodies which will each assume separate functions of accreditation, funding, and academic standard setting. These bodies will replace autonomous bodies like University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), and National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

ALSO READ: UGC Vs Students: SC Asks To Clarify Stand On Final Exams, Next Hearing on Aug 10

UGC:

UGC has shared the NEP document in both Hindi and English along with the salient features of the policy for the universities to use.

The commission has asked universities to conduct webinars. And related online activities to discuss various policy highlights and implications of NEP 2020.

ALSO READ: UGC Asks Universities To Organize Week-Long Sanskrit Events

The commission has also asked institutes to use various social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook. In addition, WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube etc. as well as electronic and print media. The initiatives taken in this regard can be shared on the University Activity Monitoring portal of UGC.

Stay tuned with the newstrack to get fastest updates.

Click @englishnewstrack to follow us on Facebook.

and @newstrackmedia to follow on Twitter.