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The focus areas of the New Education Policy are which of the following?

1.Establishment of community colleges
2.Setting up of skill missions in rural India
3.Institutional restructuring in the educational sector
4.Imparting of holistic education
5.Transforming the regulatory system of higher education
A1, 2 & 3 only
B2, 3 & 4 only
C1, 4 & 5 only
D3, 4 & 5 only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 3, 4 & 5 only
Explanation

The New Education Policy focuses on institutional restructuring in the education sector, imparting holistic education and transforming the regulatory system of higher education.

Statement 3 seeks to reorganise institutions into large multidisciplinary establishments.

Statement 4 aims at a holistic, well-rounded education across disciplines.

Statement 5 calls for an overhaul of how higher education is regulated.

Statement 1 establishing community colleges and Statement 2 setting up rural skill missions are specific programmes rather than these broad focus areas.

The policy's larger goal is to raise the gross enrolment ratio and quality of Indian higher education.

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