In 1982, the then ruling government in West Bengal, abolished the teaching of English from its primary schools. Most of Indian parents don’t know English. In the early formative years of child, if they are not equally involved with schools and teachers, the child is left to fend for oneself thus increasing the chances of drop-out. The new education policy requires children to be taught in regional language / mother tongue, in primary classes. This empowers the whole family because with this parents can also be invested in child’s development, thus reducing drop-out rates.
The main arguments in favor of the
decision were to confront the elitism inherent in giving primacy to a “foreign”
language and to promote higher enrollment and reduce drop-out rates.
A few features of the new education
policy include:
· New school
structure will be 5+3+3+4
· Any degree will be
for a tenure of 4 years
· 6th std on wards
vocational courses available
· From 8th to 11
students can choose subjects
·All graduation
course will have major and minor
·Example - science
student can have Physics as Major and Music as minor also. Any combination he
can choose
·All higher
education will be governed by only one authority.
·UGC AICTE will be
merged.
·All University
government, private, Open, Deemed, Vocational etc will have same grading and
other rules.
·New Teacher
Training board will be setup for all kinds of teachers in country, no state can
change
·Same level of
Accreditation to any college, based on its rating collage will get autonomous
rights and funds.
·New Basic learning
program will be created by government for parents to teach children up to 3
years in home and for Pre-school 3 to 6
·Credit system for
graduation for each year student will get some credits which he can utilize if
he takes break in course and come back again to complete course
·All schools exams
will be semester wise twice a year
·The syllabus will
be reduced to core knowledge of any subject only
·More focus on
student practical and application knowledge
Now we can hope our education system will be at par with modern
countries and future of our children will be bright.

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