The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 paras 4.27, 5.25 and 5.6 highlight the importance of agriculture in education. They have emphasized the need to teach at schools or school complexes as ‘master instructors’, for the purpose of promoting local professions, knowledge, and skills, e.g., local art, music, agriculture, business, sports, carpentry, and other vocational crafts. Para 4.27 has mentioned that “Knowledge of India”, incorporates agriculture alongwith with other themes in an accurate and scientific manner throughout the school curriculum. The National Curriculum Framework under NEP 2020 is incorporating agriculture in the curriculum framework.
The information was given by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Subhas Sarkar in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
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