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Purpose: The New Education Policy (NEP-2020) aimed to revitalize the early childhood care and education (ECCE) program as ≈ 85 % of child’s cumulative brain proliferation occurs prior to 6 years. This initiative is made with special emphasis for socio-economically disadvantaged background communities to ensure better paradigm development of each preschooler. It will allow each child to flourish in life and enhance its skills to give better output in the future and be a useful citizen for the nation. Current digital India and Atma Nirbhar Bharat make it imperative to revitalize each member of the community with mandatory basic skills. For instance, basic financial transactions, online job application forms, electricity bills, fee payments, home shopping, and many more. The pandemic situation has amended the turmoil among the community, which again necessitates basic learning among people. India had made a remarkable stride through initiatives like “Right to Education Act” and “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan” to ensure the maximum spread of literacy across the nation. With the current unprecedented scenario, a spurring behavior needs to be established to identify key features of NEP-2020, its role, implication, future impact and role of various stakeholders associated. The Present review aims to understand an imperative approach of NEP-2020 towards preschooler’s development and its significance for disadvantaged groups and non-literate members of the community. Design: Identifying the significance of preschool education programs and implementation strategies proposed by NEP 2020. Originality/ Value: The positive impact of NEP-2020 in the development of foundation skills of preschoolers and spread of ECCE program to each section of community to ensure well development of preschooler’s stage. Paper type: Review article.

Purpose: Adult Education Program is an imperative platform to spread literacy, raising awareness, functional amenabilities and sensitize each member of the community irrespective of age, region and religion. National Adult Education Program (NAEP) was initiated on 2nd October, 1978 to spread literacy among community belonging to the age groups 15-35 years. However, with emergence of various implementing challenges and demands of the community, Adult Education was transfigured to Lifelong learning to engulf people of all age groups and all regions with special emphasis on socially and economically deprived sections of the community. Design/ Methodology/ Approach: Present review highlights the role of New Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in proliferating adult education and lifelong learning programs in the current digital world. The emergence of Digital India and Atma Nirbhar Bharat makes it indispensable for each member of the community to be well aware of the basic skills that are imperative to be an independent and useful member of the society. To address the unforeseen challenges observed in India’s education landscape after COVID-19 pandemic scenario, it become inevitable to sensitize each member of the community with updated knowledge and skills. Findings/Result: As explained by Maclver who was a member of American Sociological Society, has explained the concept of society as a web of social relations. Current scenario has made it imperative to realize the significance of Adult education and lifelong learning. The author suggested that Adult Education and Lifelong Learning is a web of Skill Development Program. In current digital India and Atma Nirbhar Bharat, where technology advancements has emerged on a significant height, Adult Education and Life Long Learning plays a vital role in making the society economically independent. Originality/New knowledge: The novelty in current review and NEP 2020 lies in transition from National Education Policy 1986 aiming at spreading functional literacy among community to NEP 2020 aiming at enhancing skill development and dissemination of skill development programs among community to make them economically independent and a useful member in the society. Paper type: Review Article

The cleanliness drive most popularly known as “Swacch Bharat Mission” started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 2nd October, 2014 to 2nd October, 2019 as a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th Anniversary lays its foundation from Gandhi’s effort to eradicate the Untouchability and humiliation of Indians on account of their unhygienic lifestyle and poor sanitation habits. Receiving a negative feedback from white Europeans about Indians lifestyle, he observed, analyzed and accepted the views received by European’s, instead of defending them. Mahatma Gandhi motivated Indians to self-groom themselves to become capable to compete with white European’s, instead of fighting for Independence. Modi took over the drive in order to complete the incomplete task planned and furnished by Mahatma Gandhi. This drive is supported not only by each Indian citizen, but also by each educational institute, academic institutes, research institutes and many more. As a part of this program we also conducted a cleanliness drive in Daddu Majra colony, Chandigarh. The program begun while delivering talks to group of people of the colony highlighting the significance of cleanliness in day-today life of an individual as well as community. The role of community and collective effort of people in maintaining clean environment while practicing appropriate sanitation and hygienic conditions was discussed. The community was well motivated and inspired to work collectively for up liftment of their village area while maintaining proper surroundings, cleaning them regularly to prevent themselves from harmful diseases such as malaria and dengue. A special session was also conducted for Women in order to guide them to ensure proper disposal of their wastes during menstrual cycles and taking care of other hygienic practices during their periods. People were also motivated to spread awareness in their nearby developing villages and other rural areas and encouraging people to use proper toilets during disposal of their wastes. A well supportive behavior was shown by the community indicating the interest of community in amending their lifestyles by practicing appropriate hygienic practices.

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