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Explain the sociological significance of the New Education Policy and its thrust on vocationalization and skill development.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Visions of Social Change in India

The National Education Policy, 2020, drafted by a committee chaired by K. Kasturirangan, is the first comprehensive education policy since 1986. Sociologically it matters less as an administrative blueprint than as a redefinition of what counts as knowledge, when socialisation begins, and how education is tied to the division of labour.

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