Karnataka becomes the first state in the country to launch National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020. The NEP was launched today on 23rd August 2021 through the Virtual Press Conference in Bengaluru by Union Education Minister Mr.Dharmendra Pradhan and State Higher Education Minister of Karnataka Mr.CN Ashwath Narayan.
The Implementation of NEP 2020 will include major and landmark initiatives like the revision of the entire course structure and curriculum in the colleges and multiple programmes will be offered to the students.
The higher education ministry issued the order earlier this week to implement National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 from this academic year. The ministry also added that admission modules to private, aided, and government colleges in the state will be followed from the current academic year (2021-22) under the NEP Policy 2020 launched on August 23. The admissions to all the courses will be facilitated through the Unified University and College Management System (UUCMS) under National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020.
During the virtual launch of NEP, it was also announced that Karnataka will be launching the research and development policy soon which will aim to boost research and quality research practices in the state. The NEP implementation will be done according to the guidelines of NEP 2020.