What is aim and objective of New Education Policy NEP 2020?

The basic aim and objective of NEP 2020 are to make education universally accessible from primary to secondary level by the year 2030. It helps in building a relationship between the learner and society at large. Every child is special and has the right to get basic education, for which the government should make better provisions.

Early childhood care and education: The early child developmental stage encompasses physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive development between 0-8 years of age. As early education lays the foundation for education to be undertaken later in our lives and also plays a major part in the development of the cognitive capacity of an individual, so there has to be the provision of high-quality education Early Childhood Care Education (ECCE). Here attention needs to be laid on socially backward regions.

Foundation Literacy and Numeracy: NEP 2020 envisions the attainment of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy by all learners up to 3rd grade.
Curtailing drop-outs rates and ensuring universal access to education at all levels:
This new education policy of 2020 has focused on two things:
to lessen the drop-outs by ensuring proper infrastructure facilities.
by providing appropriate training to the teachers.

Also, to encourage students to continue their studies. The students are also monitored and facilitated with the proper educational environment. Also, the ones who had dropped out of school earlier are given adequate guidance to be on par with their peers.

Curriculum and pedagogy in schools: Learning of any sort should be holistic, integrated, enjoyable, and engaging to hold the attention of any learners towards the subject matter. NEP 2020 is a policy that emphasizes understanding the topic rather than an evaluation of rote learning, and for that, experiential learning is promoted at all stages.

Equitable and inclusive education: NEP 2020 policy stresses education accessibility to one and all and that all should be similarly looked upon. Students with special needs are also benefitted from this policy as several schemes are running under this policy that enables specially-abled students to be part of the education system. This aspect coincides with the SDG.

Efficient resourcing and effective governance through school complexes: The policy focuses on using teaching aids to make education in India pally with world-class standards. It also emphasizes proper governance of the educational institutions for which the teacher are provided with proper information and training time and again.
Standard setting and accreditation for school education: The policy envisions setting up the standard to be followed at all stages of education, including preschool to higher levels. This caters to the quality of infrastructure, the educational level of teachers, and the knowledge level of the students as well. This also helps in lesson assistance with adequate usage of teaching aids.

Technology in Education: There has been a lot of development in the space of technology where the teaching aids are also getting developed along with the digitalization of classrooms where lectures are taken virtually, and attendance is also taken virtually.

Reimagining vocational education and skill building: For holistic development, every student needs to work on his skills constantly, like-communication skills, presentation skills, etc. Vocational Training is also encouraged so that there is a better employment opportunities for people who do specific skill-based jobs.