“Education is Liberation, knowledge is Power”. On 30 June , Seminar on NEP- 2020 was conducted at Akal Academy Holi Barara . All the teachers actively participated in Seminar. The main objective of this Seminar was to create awareness about the newly launched National Education Policy-2020 amongst teachers and to familiarize them with the skills to help them understand its nuances, curriculum changes, shift in the pedagogical skills and its implementation for the 360 degree holistic development of its stake holders, the students. Principal , Mrs. Jasmeet Kaur shared that the New Education policy came into existence when the Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi approved the National Education Policy-2020 on July 29, 2020. This is the third Education Policy in India after independence (1968, 1986 and 2020).The new National Educational Policy-2020 seeks to introduce and implement a sea of changes across all levels of education in India, including the essential understanding of education in the country. Further she apprised the educators that the New Education Policy is based on the pillars of “access, equity, quality, affordability, accountability” and it will radically transform India into a “vibrant knowledge hub”. She talked about the PISA and Skill development programs for preparing future ready students. She shed light on the creation of a new structure in place of old, i.e., replacing 10+2 with 5+3+3+4. She shared that the substantial impetus placed on vocational education or hands-on learning in the new policy will give rise to multiple hybrid jobs.
