Highlights of

New Education Policy-2020

 Ensuring Universal Access at All Levels of schooling from pre-primary school to Grade 12;
 Ensuring quality early childhood care and education for all children between 3-6 years; New
Curricular and Pedagogical Structure (5+3+3+4);
 No hard separations between arts and sciences, between curricular and extracurricular
activities, between vocational and academic streams;
 Establishing a National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy;
 Emphasis on promoting multilingualism and Indian languages; The medium of instruction
until at least Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond, will be the home
language/mother tongue/local language/regional language.
 Assessment reforms - Board Exams on up to two occasions during any given school year, one
main examination and one for improvement, if desired;
 Setting up of a new National Assessment Centre, PARAKH (Performance Assessment,
Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development); Equitable and inclusive
education - Special emphasis given on Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups
(SDGs);
 A separate Gender Inclusion fund and Special Education Zones for disadvantaged regions
and groups;
 Robust and transparent processes for recruitment of teachers and merit-based
performance;
 Ensuring availability of all resources through school complexes and clusters;
 Setting up of State School Standards Authority (SSSA);
 Exposure to vocational education in school
 and higher education system;
 Increasing GER in higher education to 50%; Holistic Multidisciplinary Education with multiple
entry/exit options;
 NTA to offer Common Entrance Exam for Admission to HEIs;
 Establishment of Academic Bank of Credit; Setting up of Multidisciplinary Education and
Research Universities(MERUs);
 Setting up of National Research Foundation (NRF);
 'Light but Tight' regulation;
 Single overarching umbrella body for the promotion of the higher education sector including
teacher education and excluding medical and legal education- the Higher Education

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 Commission of India (HECI)-with independent bodies for standard setting- the General
Education Council; funding-Higher Education Grants Council (HEGC); accreditation- National
Accreditation Council (NAC); and regulation- National Higher Education Regulatory Council
(NHERC);
 Expansion of open and distance learning to increase GER.
 Internationalisation of Education
 Professional Education will be an integral part of the higher education system. Standalone
technical universities, health science universities, legal and agricultural universities, or
institutions in these or other fields, will aim to become multi-disciplinary institutions.
 Teacher Education - 4-year integrated stages specific, subject-specific Bachelor of Education
 Establishing a National Mission for Mentoring.
 Creation of an autonomous body, the National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) to
provide a platform for the free exchange of ideas on the use of technology to enhance
learning, assessment, planning, and administration. Appropriate integration of technology
into all levels of education.
 Achieving 100% youth and adult literacy.
 Multiple mechanisms with checks and balances will combat and stop the commercialization
of higher education.
 All education institutions will be held to similar standards of audit and disclosure as a 'not-
for-profit' entity.
 The Centre and the States will work together to increase public investment in the Education
sector to reach 6% of GDP at the earliest. Strengthening of the Central Advisory Board of
Education to ensure coordination to bring overall focus on quality education.
 Ministry of Education: To bring the focus back to education and learning, it may be desirable
to re-designate MHRD as the Ministry of Education (MoE).

CBCS: Choice-Based Credit System

 Option to choose or learn other subjects also
 Grading system for evaluation
 CGPA: Cumulative Grade Point Average
 Approach is student-centric
 Choice of courses, intra-disciplinary, skill-based courses
 Core courses: compulsory study
 Elective course: Chosen by students interest

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 Project
 Generic elective
 Ability enhancement courses
 Skill enhancement courses
 Foundation course: two types
1. Compulsory: content to improve knowledge
2. Elective: values, man-making education
 Semester system followed
 Letter grades and grade point system
 Online system also

Grade and Code

 O: Outstanding: 10
 A+: Excellent:9
 A: Very Good: 8
 B+: Good: 7
 B: Above average: 6
 C: Average: 5
 P: Pass:4
 F: Fail: 0
 Ab: Absent: 0
 SGPA: Si: Semester Grade Point Average
 CGPA: Ci: Cumulative Grade Point Average
 (total program grade)

Digital Initiatives in Higher Education

NMEICT: National Mission on Education through Information and Communication
Technology

CEC: Consortium for Educational Communication 1993

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 SWAYAM: Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring
Minds.
 IT massive open online courses (MOOCs)
 Out-of-school kids (9 to 12): National Open School Society
 9th to 12th: NCERT
 Undergraduate (non-English): CEC
 Postgraduate (non-English): UGC
 Engineering: IIT Madras
 Management: IIM Bangalore
 Out of college: IGNOU
 Teachers training: NITER, Chennai
 4 Modes:
 。 Videos
 。Content(pdf/doc)
 。Self-assessment
 。Discussions
 2016, notified that the SWAYAM course can add
 credits to programme

SWAYAM PRABHA:
 Educational DTH channels
 24*7
 GSAT 15 Satellite
 Broadcasted from BISAG, Gandhinagar
 Contents by: NPTEL,IITs,UGC,CEC, IGNOU,
 NCERT, NIOS
 INFLIBNET centre maintains a web portal Project completed within 3 months'
time.Swayamprabha.gov.in

NDL: National Digital Library

 IIT Kharagpur, NMEICT and MHRD
 Single window platform that collects metadata from premier Indian and abroad institutions
 Digital repository of textbooks, articles, videos, audiobooks, lectures, simulations, functions
and other learning media.
 OAI, PMH, Server
 Mobile apps also
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 NAD: National Academic Depository
 MHRD initiative
 To facilitate digital issuance, storage, access and verification of academic awards issued by
academic institutions.
 Digital India initiative
 Digital verifiable certificates and storage system.
 App also

E Shodh Sindhu
 Group of three programs
1. UGC INFONET digital library
2. NLIST
3. INDEST AICTE
 15000+ International and e-books
 INFLIBNET, Gandhinagar
 Inflibnet.ac.in

Virtual Labs
 Online experiment labs
 Over 205 virtual labs in 9 engineering and science disciplines
 Vlab.co.in

E Yantra
 Implemented to incorporate robotics into engineering education
 Hands-on application of math, computer science, and engineering principles.
 Developed by IIT Bombay
 Eyantra.org

Campus Connectivity
 Broadband connections of 512 kbps.
 Optical fiber connectivity 1Gbps to Universities and Institutions
 Digital India Initiative

Talk to a Teacher
 IIT Bombay
 Live content from IIT Bombay classes

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 Free of charge, no registration, certification Amrita University, IIT Mumbai, IIT Kharag pur
also supporting now

Ask a Question
 IIT Bombay faculties answer questions from students all over India
 Live sessions also from 4 pm to 5 pm

E Acharya
 Also called an integrated e-content portal
 Cloud network called Baadal
 Portal for hosting all e-content projects developed or funded under NMEICT

E Kalpa
 Digital learning environment for Design
 E-learning programs for design
 Networking options also
 2015
 Website named 'D Source'
 160+ courses, resources, case studies, video
 lectures, examples of visual gallery

FOSSEE: The Free and Open Source Software for Education

 IIT Bombay
 To promote the use of open-source software in educational institutions
 Institutional materials, tutorials, awareness
 programs, events, internships etc.
 Fossee.in

VIDWAN
 Database of profiles of scientists or researchers and other facilities who are experts in speed
subjects.
 National Researchers Network
 Vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in

Spoken Tutorial
 Portal to learn free and open-source software

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 Tutorials in different languages
 Networking also

Central Cloud Infrastructure

 24*7 Datacenter
 Cloud is called Baadal. in IIT Delhi

NIRF: National Institutional Ranking Framework

 2015, MHRD
 Ranking Indian universities and institutions
 Parameters are:
 。 Teaching, learning and resources
 Graduation outcomes
 。Research and Professional Practices
 。Outreach and Inclusivity
 。Perception

GIAN: Global Initiative of Academic Networks

 2015
 International academic network of experts
 Also industry experts, and entrepreneurs, to motivate and draw solutions

UAY: Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana

 To promote innovation and development in
 Collaboration between Academia and Industry
 IITs and premium institutions
 Promote innovation that directly impacts the industry

IMPRINT: Impacting Research Innovation and Technology

 2015
 To address challenges and boost original scientific and technological research in 10 domains
1. Health care
2. Computer science and ICT
3. Advance materials
4. Water resource and river systems
5. Sustainable urban design

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6. Defence
7. Nanotechnology
8. Environmental science
9. Climate change
10.Energy security

TEQIP: Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme of

Government of India
 2002
 To improve the quality of technical education
 National and international level

PMMMNMTT: Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission

on Teachers and Teaching
 Rising quality of teaching
 Supply of qualified teachers
 Teaching profession's performance standards

RUSA: Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan

 Strategic funding, reforms and improvements in the higher education sector at the state
level

DIKSHA
 DIKSHA is a national digital platform It hosts e-learning content for school students,
teachers, and parents. It offers interactive lessons, worksheets, and assessments aligned
with the school curriculum.

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 Power Station Location Features

Rajasthan Atomic Power Station

(RAPS) Rawatbhata, Rajasthan
Largest Nuclear Power Station in India

Tarapur Atomic Power Station

Tarapur,
(TAPS)
Maharashtra
First Commercial Nuclear Power Station in India

Kakrapar Atomic Power Station First Nuclear Power Station in India to use
(KAPS) Kakrapar, Gujarat
Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor

Madras Atomic Power Station

Kalpakkam,
(MAPS)Tamil
Second
NaduCommercial Nuclear Power Station in India

First Nuclear Power Station in India to use

Kaiga Atomic Power Station
Kaiga,
(KAPS)
Karnataka
indigenous heavy water

Largest Nuclear Power Project in India under

Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project
Maharashtra construction

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant First Nuclear Power Station in India to be built with
(KKNPP) Kudankulam, Tamil
Russian
Nadu
Collaboration

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 Ensuring a just transition that benefits all workers and communities.
 Addressing the challenges faces by vulnerable countries.
 Holding all countries accountable for their climate commitments.

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Major Institues
 Takshashila or Taxila: now in northwestern Pakistan, 5th CE

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