NEP 2020: Need of the Hour?
education.gov.in The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released a draft proposing Grade 10 examinations to be held twice a year, with nearly a month’s gap between them. This move is being hailed as a major reform aimed at tackling the entrenched coaching mafia and the culture of rote learning, where memorization is often valued more than creativity and imagination. The rise of coaching centers, driven purely by profit, is a betrayal of the true essence of education. Their students are pushed into a goal-oriented system that prioritizes results over actual learning. This reform is the government’s trump card —a direct challenge to this exploitative coaching culture. In India, the student-teacher relationship is more than just an exchange of knowledge; it shapes perspectives, nurtures growth, and fuels the transfer of wisdom, much like one candle lighting another. But in this ecosystem, coaching institutes have positioned themselves as catalysts—whether for progress ...