STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE ON NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY 2020 AT HIGHER EDUCATION LEVEL

Abstract

National Education Policy 2020 is one of the most important issues in the history of education in India. This educational policy has brought about a holistic change in all levels of education which we all need to be knowledgeable of especially the students. Hence this research was to study the knowledge of higher education level students towards National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. A descriptive type survey method of research and a qualitative approach was used. 200 higher education students as samples through a Convenience Sampling technique were taken and data were collected through a self-developed standardized questionnaire contained with close-ended questions. The qualitative analysis method was used for data analysis, and percentage calculation was done. It was found that 35.71 % of HEI students have Low knowledge 32.46 % have high knowledge, 29.22% have average knowledge, and 2.59 % have Very Low and Very High knowledge of National Education Policy 2020. KEYWORDS: Knowledge, National Education Policy 2020, Students, Higher Education.