Topic: Issues relating to development and management of Social Sector/Services relating to Health, Education, Human Resources.
4. National Education Policy (NEP), if properly implemented, has the potential to offset enormous learning losses wreaked upon by the pandemic. Comment. (250 words)
Difficulty level: Moderate
Reference: Live Mint
Why the question:
The latest NEP aims to transform the basic architecture, culture and approach of Indian education. Not by jettisoning the past, but by building on the good parts of it, while squarely confronting the bad.
Key Demand of the question:
To write about the potential of NEP in offsetting learning losses caused by the pandemic.
Directive word:
Comment– here we must express our knowledge and understanding of the issue and form an overall opinion thereupon.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Begin by giving context NEP, its aims and objectives.
Body:
In the first part, mention the impact of the pandemic on learning outcomes. Use the recent ASER report to substantiate.
Next, mention major components of NEP. Write how some aspects of NEP can help put education back on track – basic literacy and numeracy, National Curricular Framework, school complexes and school autonomy etc
Conclusion:
Conclude with a way forward.
