CRACK THE REFORM CODE

Educational reform is unfinished business. More resources and full adoption of NEP are a must to end disparities, fill vacancies and train teachers

- KAUSHIK DEKA

Considering what the ruling BJP had promised in its election manifesto-universal, quality and future-ready education as envisioned by the New Education Policy, 2020-the education ministry pretty much knows what it has to do. The immediate priorities will have to bridging the learning gap in schools, making higher education industry-relevant and freeing entrance examinations of malpractices and glitches.

The ministry has already laid down certain tasks for its first 100 days: digitisation drive for effective monitoring of schools down to block level, standard assessment systems across school boards to check dropout levels, new courses to develop skills and more collaborations with foreign universities.