Fostering Innovation through Education: India's National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and Mainstreaming of Entrepreneurial Education

Author:Prateek Agrawal, Rajeev Sijariya, Monika Singh, Ajay Pratap Singh

Abstract:
This paper intends to argue that incorporating entrepreneurial education into school and college curricula is essential for developing a creative and resilient mindset in young people, transforming job seekers into producers and improving initiatives like Startup India. It divides its analysis into four main sections: an introduction that presents entrepreneurship as an essential component of education that aligns with SDG 4's objectives for skill development; a comparison of NEP's visionary reforms towards experiential, multidisciplinary learning with pre-NEP 2020 issues like rote learning, vocational silos, and skills mismatches; an analysis of new teaching methods, emphasising flexible structures like credit banks and interdisciplinary enterprise skills; and A list of crucial actions for implementing NEP 2020, including teacher training and innovation councils, have also been analysed. This paper is a descriptive study, which relies on government reports and documents to study the performance of NEP in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

Keywords:National Education Policy 2020, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Education, Pedagogy, Skill Enhancement Courses, Value Addition Courses.

DOI:10.46333/ijtc/14/2/21

International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 14 Issue:2)