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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the National Education Policy 2020. It has a target of Gross Enrollment Ratio of how many percent by 2035?
A
50
B
25
C
60
D
75
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -NEP, 2020 aim to increase the GER to 100% in preschool to secondary level by 2030 whereas GER in Higher Education including vocational education from 26.3% (2018) to 50% by 2035.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 29 July 2020, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the National Education Policy 2020. The policy targets making way for large-scale, transformational reforms in both school and higher education sectors. This policy will replace the National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scholarships for people of all ages to study Indian Languages, Arts, and Culture with local masters and/or within the higher education system will be established. NEP 2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century and replaces the thirty-four year old National Policy on Education (NPE), 1986.

Detailed explanation-4: -It focuses on remoulding India into a global knowledge superpower by making school education more holistic, multidisciplinary, flexible, suited to 21st-century requirements and aimed at bringing out the individual capabilities of each student.

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