Archive · 26 May 2025
Alternative Education Policy Challenges NEP 2020
Some people have come up with a new idea for how schools and colleges should work in India.
They don't like the current plan, called NEP 2020.
Their new plan wants everyone to get free education.
They also don't like it when companies try to make money from schools.
They think it's important to learn in a regular classroom.
They disagree on how doctors should be trained, too.
The new plan is trying to be different from the one the government has.
People's Education Policy (PEP) challenges aspects of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
PEP critiques NEP 2020's approach to privatization and industry collaboration in education.
The alternative policy proposes universal, free education and rejects certain centralized schemes.
PEP advocates for reinstating the 10+2+3 system and prioritizing formal classroom education.
The draft policy opposes aspects such as the integration of Ayush with modern medicine.
- Who
- All India Save Education Committee
- What
- Released a draft of the People’s Education Policy (PEP)
- When
- May 26, 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- To provide an alternative to the National Education Policy 2020
PEP Proponents
NEP 2020 Supporters
Education Approach
PEP Proponents
Proposes universal, free education and wants to end central schemes.
NEP 2020 Supporters
Advocates for market-driven frameworks and partnerships between education and industry.
Foreign Universities
PEP Proponents
Objects to foreign universities, fearing they will cater to the elite and charge high fees.
NEP 2020 Supporters
Promotes the entry of foreign universities to raise standards.
Medical Education Standards
PEP Proponents
Opposes national-level entrance or exit examinations, wanting universities to decide on syllabi.
NEP 2020 Supporters
Supports a national-level standard-setting body with uniform standards.
- Policy Name
- People’s Education Policy (PEP) 2025
- Target
- National Education Policy (NEP) 2020
- Proposer
- All India Save Education Committee
- Key Proposals
- Universal, free education; end central schemes
- Contrasted
- Privatization, market-driven approach in education
