Teachers play an important role in the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 iStock
The Nagaland Board of School Education (NBSE) recently conducted a one-day seminar titled "Creating Curricular Connection in the Classroom vis-à-vis Multi-Disciplinary Approach (NEP 2020)". The Seminar was held on 12 July, Tuesday at the Capital Convention Centre in Kohima.
According to the Commissioner and Secretary, School Education, and State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Kevileno Angami, educators and teachers should be key players in the successful implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in Nagaland. She urged the audience to advance and adjust to changes as she gave the keynote address at the seminar.
“The policies and dialogues will just be on paper and in the workshop rooms if it’s not implemented. Therefore, you (teachers) have to play a very critical role… As teachers and educationists, one has to nurture the children to become problem solvers and be able to take responsibility in the future,” Angami said in her address.
Angami further added, “It is not just academics anymore. Creativity and ability to take up opportunities and the ability to change challenges into opportunities are the attributes which we have to bring in children. We are to create and provide holistic education to our children.”
The importance of developing 21st-century abilities as well as integrated and interdisciplinary methods must be understood by educators. The teaching community must coordinate, work well together, and be driven by a desire to change students' lives via the development of their skills and character, as the NEP is implemented on the ground.
The National Education Policy (NEP) that came into effect in 2020 proposes a complete restructuring of the Indian educational system with a particular focus on fundamental reading, numeracy, and 21st-century skills to prepare students for what lies ahead. However, while it suggests the changes and modifications, it also highlights that the success of much of the Policy depends on the competence of the teachers who will be taking the reforms forward.