National Education Policy 2020: A Prudent Vision of India’s Soft Power in the Emerging World Order

Abstract

India has been a point of attraction for world throughout the history as ‘Golden Bird’ as land of spiritualism, architectural marvels and cultural heritage. Buddhist ‘Middle Path’ to Kautaliya’s pragmatic political thought and Gandhi’s strategy of Satyagraha and non-violence attract appreciation around the world. The two decades of 21st century has immensely boosted India’s soft power. Yoga and Ayurveda have assumed prominent place in the life and practice of people worldwide with celebration of ‘International Yoga Day’. The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has placed special emphasis on the rich heritage of culture, knowledge and thought as its guiding light are very attractive option and way of life. With pandemic underway, our yoga practice assumed added importance and popularity to deal with multiple socio-psychological and physical issues. The vision of the NEP once translated in practice can prove to be an unbeatable soft power to facilitate India to achieve its global leadership position in the emerging world order.

Post-COVID-19 era: An Enabler for the Implementation of Blended Learning in Compliance With the NEP 2020

“…In addition, education institutes must be proactive to implement numerous measures of NEP with the main aim of Right-To-Education to all the sections of the society ( Batra, 2020 ). As a result, India can emerge as a knowledge superpower ( Khushnam, 2022 ) to cater the needs of global community in the near future.…”

Ancient Indian Education: It’s Relevance and Importance in the Modern Education System

“…We draw the corollary from ancient education. The National Education Policy has placed special emphasis on the rich heritage of ancient Indian culture, taking Yoga, Ayurveda and Spiritualism as the guiding path and this has translated India today into a global power (Khusnam P. N. (2022) [3]). Changes in reforms are placed in such a way that learning outcomes bring the highest quality equity and integrity into the system right from schooling to higher education.…”