Globalization in the Indian School Education System: A Critical Policy Analysis of Indian National Education Policy 2020 in the K–5 School Context

• In Event: AERA Graduate Student Research in Progress Roundtable Session Three
  In Roundtable Session: Examinations of Local, State, and National Education Policies: District Implementation, Youth Engagement, Systemic Equity (Table 6)

Abstract

The recent release of the Indian National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 envisions bringing a significant transformation in the school system with 21st-century education ensuring a global positioning of the Indian education system. In view of the proposed pedagogical, curricular, and structural reforms in the Indian School education system K-5 in the NEP 2020. With the nuances of policy re-thinking in globalization in education, the paper aims to analyze a) policy borrowing and policy learning in the NEP 2020 and b) equity gaps in the Indian school system in pedagogical and curricular contexts. A document analysis drawn from Critical Policy Discourse (CDA) approach and focus group approach is employed to analyze India's National Education Policy NEP 2020. The policy analysis in a complex education system like India suggests balancing local, national, and global education in a culturally linguistically diverse nation. The analysis warrants research on developing resources for multilingual learners in disseminating the proposed pedagogical and curriculum reforms to close the equity gaps and investigate the role of school affiliations, school leaders, and teachers' perspectives on policy implementation as the next steps in this study.

Author

• Jyoti Senthil, University of Bath
  Presenting Author