THE NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, 2020: CHANGES IN THE LIGHT OF NPE 1986

The World is constantly changing, this change is natural and science & technological. Science and technology are progressing at a very fast pace, for example- artificial intelligence, machine learning, ICT, etc. The National Education Policy (NEP),2020 has been reformed keeping in mind all changes and building an Education framework that can strengthen economic and social indicators. The NEP 2020, provides high quality, equity, and integrity of the education system from pre-primary to higher education. This policy ensures to development of the students creative potential, skill, and critical and analytical thinking. The policy also states that every institution should provide effective necessary infrastructure so that students can easily access them. The purpose of this study was to analyze NEP 2020 and find out the changes, andcompare the changes of NEP 2020 concerning NPE 1986. It is qualitative and documentary research. The researcher has collected all the data from various websites and previous research papers. After analyzing all the data, the researcher found several changes in this policy with a previous policy like structural change (5+3+3+2), the curriculum must be progressive and non- adjectival, reduce the curriculum burden on students and introduce the inter-disciplinary subject, redesigned class 10 and 12 board exam, board exam will be held on class 3, 5, 8, 10 and 12. The evaluation system will be continuous and competence-based.