Higher education system of India and new education policy: An exploratory study

In the future years, India will encounter numerous problems, some of which are economic, others social, and yet others technological. Despite the fact that it is a developing country that has greatly decreased extreme poverty over the previ o us tw o decad es and h as op ted to pursue sustainable development goals (World Bank, 2020). There are still significant tasks to be completed, particularly concerning poverty, inequalities, employment, and the educational outcomes students achieve in this country. Education plays a critical and decisive role in this scenario of contingencies. The National Education Policy 2020 has become the framework for educational reform in India, assisting the country in the development of a new educational system while also bolstering those economic and social indices that still need to be improved. This new educational Policy comprises significant and comprehensive reforms that will affect all academic stages and areas and the curriculum structure. The keys to this reform can be summarised as follows: promoting equity, developing a holistic learning model, improving student access to various educational levels, establishing a multidisciplinary higher education institution, strengthening an inclusion school and education model, or improving teacher and professional training.