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Saturday, December 20, 2025
TopicNEP 2020

Topic: NEP 2020

Two realities of NEP: Sensory classrooms & hi-tech labs, to kids sitting on floor & no teachers

To understand how National Education Policy is being implemented across different settings, ThePrint visited a model private school in Delhi and 2 govt schools in neighbouring Haryana.

NEP’s true potential is unrealised

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

NEP turns 5: Gains, gaps & ground realities, a report card on India’s biggest education reform

Many of the schemes recommended under the policy are now in place, but implementation is uneven. Stakeholders say it's too early to expect widespread results.

Just 35% govt schools in India have smart classrooms, Bihar & UP among worst performers—Centre to Parliament

Union Minister of State for Education Jayant Chaudhary presented the data in the Upper House Wednesday in response to a query by a BJP MP.

SubscriberWrites: What is the language of science?—reflection from multilingual India

In multilingual India, the future of science must be polyphonic—bridging English precision with regional inclusion to democratise discovery and empower every curious mind.

Indian universities must not mimic Ivy Leagues. Global rankings won’t build Viksit Bharat

The NEP sets the direction, but without funding, autonomy, and real implementation, it will remain a vision without velocity.

After beef ban & land use patterns, language is new friction point in idyllic Lakshadweep

Though Kerala HC has deferred order to implement three-language policy, residents point at growing frictions involving controversial policy changes & regulations in past few years.

Charaka Samhita to Arthashastra, new NCERT Class 7 science book highlights India’s scientific heritage

New textbook, Curiosity, is among the latest set of books released by NCERT under NEP 2020 & new National Curriculum Framework.

Mughals out, Magadha empire makes pages of new NCERT Class 7 textbook ‘rooted in Indian ethos’

New Class 7 social science textbook is latest in NCERT’s revamped series under NEP 2020 and new NCF, which stresses content ‘rooted in the Indian and local context and ethos’.

Former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, the brain behind NEP 2020, dies at 84

Kasturirangan also served as secy of Dept of Space and was pioneer of India’s remote sensing satellites. He passed away at 10.43 am at his home in Bengaluru after a prolonged illness.

On Camera

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.