UPSC Mains 2020 · GS IV · Q1(b) · 10 marks · 150 words

"Education is not an injunction, it is an effective and pervasive tool for all round development of an individual and social transformation". Examine the New Education Policy, 2020 (NEP, 2020) in light of the above statement.

हिन्दी में

"शिक्षा एक निषेधाज्ञा नहीं है, यह व्यक्ति के समग्र विकास और सामाजिक बदलाव के लिए एक प्रभावी और व्यापक साधन है ।" उपरोक्त कथन के आलोक में नई शिक्षा नीति, 2020 (एन.इ.पी., 2020) का परीक्षण कीजिए ।

Family, Society and Education

How a topper answered the closest question

Toppers wrote this one in a test series: “How does the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 seek to restore the ethical and holistic purpose of education beyond mere employability? Reflect on the ethical significance of this shift.”

Sandeep BadadAIR 82 · CSE 2025 · 133 wordsTheir whole copy

Opening · a date or context

NEP 2020 was designed to bring education system that prepares children for both life and livelihood.

Body · points

NEP: Holistic education

  1. Employability → Vocational education till grade VIII ↳ Quality, multidisciplinary higher education

  2. Ethical education → Curriculum with Indian ethos ↳ Team building ↳ Value development through sports and physical activities → Eg 'Pledge' in schools.

Ethical significance of shift

(1) Creates a good citizen, not just a good labour.

(2) Ignites conscience → moral values of society progresses.

(3) Responsable citizen of future emerge.

(4) Value education builds a generation with character.

(5) Intune with gandhiji's "knowledge with conscience".

(6) Can address national issues like corruption, patriarchy, communalism.

Close · a way forward

Education is intelligence plus character. And investing in it gives best return. As envisaged through NEP 2020 to creat a Amrit Pedhi for Amritkaal.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Main) Examination 2020, General Studies Paper IV, Q1(b). The paper on upsc.gov.in. Themes and links to toppers’ answers are by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.