Embracing Indian Language, Art and culture into Formal Education: NEP 2020

Abstract

As India celebrated the fifth anniversary of the New Education Policy (NEP 2020), it served as a national mission guiding the way of ‘Viksit Bharat 2047.’ The New Education Policy announced by the Government of India (NEP 2020) has recommendations for both school and higher education. The NEP 2020 envisions the promotion of Indian languages, art, and culture in Chapter 22 of the document. The article analyses the need of the promotion of Indian language, arts, and culture; and discuss the importance of the status of Indian languages; provisions for school and higher education; the teaching of languages; and special provisions for the four-year B.Ed. Program course and language, provisions to promote arts, and the development of new institutions to enlighten the development of languages and related materials to convey to society. The policy gives importance to the Sanskrit language for its contribution to Indian culture.
The article also explains the policy envision about the development of a web portal and establishes awards and scholarships for those scholars who contribute and take part to learn and help to preserve the Indian language, arts, and culture