The National Education Policy, 2020(NEP 2020)
Why in News ?
-The NEP 2020 announced in July 2020 by a cabinet decision aims at making “India a global knowledge superpower”.
-The Cabinet has also approved the renaming of the Ministry of Human Resource Development to the Ministry of Education.
-The NEP cleared by the Cabinet is only the third major revamp of the framework of education in India since independence.
-The two earlier education policies were brought in 1968 and 1986.