On 29th July, the Union Cabinet approved the new Education Policy (NEP) and renamed the Human Resource Development Ministry as Education Ministry. The committee headed by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan suggested changes in the education system under the NEP 2020. It will replace the first NEP, which drafted in 1986 on the recommendations of the Education Commission headed by then UGC Chairperson D Kothari (1964) and updated in 1992.
Key Provisions of NEP 2020
1. School Education
