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NEP ki Samajh 2023: A Short Video Competition on Implementation of NEP 2020 for All Students by Ministry of Education [Cash Prize Upto Rs. 30k]: Apply by July 14

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Jul 12, 2023
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Online entries are invited for the NEP ki Samajh – A Short Video Competition on Implementation of NEP 2020 Ministry of Education in collaboration with MyGov.

About NEP 2020 at a Glance

National Education Policy 2020 has been announced on July 29, 2020. The National Education Policy 2020 proposes various reforms in school education as well as higher education including technical education. A number of action points/activities for implementation in school education as well as higher education are mentioned in the National Education Policy 2020. Details of the salient features of NEP 2020 are as follows-

Ensuring Universal Access at All Levels of schooling from pre-primary school to Grade 12;
Ensuring quality early childhood care and education for all children between 3-6 years;
New Curricular and Pedagogical Structure (5+3+3+4);
No hard separations between arts and sciences, between curricular and extra-curricular activities, between vocational and academic streams;
Establishing National Mission on Foundational Literacy and Numeracy;
Emphasis on promoting multilingualism and Indian languages; The medium of instruction until at least Grade 5, but preferably till Grade 8 and beyond, will be the home language/mother tongue/local language/regional language.
Assessment reforms – Board Exams on up to two occasions during any given school year, one main examination and one for improvement, if desired;
Setting up of a new National Assessment Centre, PARAKH (Performance Assessment, Review, and Analysis of Knowledge for Holistic Development);
Equitable and inclusive education – Special emphasis is given on Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SDGs);
A separate Gender Inclusion fund and Special Education Zones for disadvantaged regions and groups;
Robust and transparent processes for recruitment of teachers and merit-based performance;
Ensuring availability of all resources through school complexes and clusters;
Setting up of State School Standards Authority (SSSA);
Exposure of vocational education in school and higher education system;
Increasing GER in higher education to 50%;
Holistic and Multidisciplinary Education with multiple entry/exit options;
NTA to offer Common Entrance Exam for Admission to HEIs;
Establishment of Academic Bank of Credit;
Setting up of Multidisciplinary Education and Research Universities (MERUs);
Setting up of National Research Foundation (NRF);
‘Light but Tight’ regulation;
The single overarching umbrella body for the promotion of the higher education sector including teacher education and excluding medical and legal education- the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI)-with independent bodies for standard setting- the General Education Council; funding-Higher Education Grants Council (HEGC); accreditation- National Accreditation Council (NAC); and regulation- National Higher Education Regulatory Council (NHERC);
Expansion of open and distance learning to increase Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER).
Internationalization of Education
Professional Education will be an integral part of the higher education system. Stand-alone technical universities, health science universities, legal and agricultural universities, or institutions in these or other fields, will aim to become multi-disciplinary institutions.
Teacher Education – 4-year integrated stage-specific, subject-specific Bachelor of Education
Establishing a National Mission for Mentoring.
Creation of an autonomous body, the National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) to provide a platform for the free exchange of ideas on the use of technology to enhance learning, assessment, planning, and administration. Appropriate integration of technology into all levels of education.
Achieving 100% youth and adult literacy.
Multiple mechanisms with checks and balances will combat and stop the commercialization of higher education.
All education institutions will be held to similar standards of audit and disclosure as a ‘not-for-profit’ entity.
The Centre and the States will work together to increase public investment in the Education sector to reach 6% of GDP at the earliest.
Strengthening of the Central Advisory Board of Education to ensure coordination to bring overall focus on quality education.

NEP, 2020 aim to increase the GER to 100% in preschool to secondary level by 2030 whereas GER in Higher Education including vocational education from 26.3% (2018) to 50% by 2035.

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About NEP ki Samajh Competition

National Education Policy was announced on 29th July 2020.
The competition is hosted with the aim to encourage young people to tap into their creativity to compose and submit short videos about their experiences with NEP.
The competition is also aimed at motivating the youth of India to take advantage of the plethora of learning solutions offered by NEP.
Ministry of Education in collaboration with MyGov is hosting a Short Video Competition on the Implementation of NEP 2020 to raise awareness about the student-centric aspects of NEP amongst young people on the Theme: “NEP Ki Samajh”.
Participants need to answer either 1, 2 or 3 of the questions given below.
The participant must submit separate short video entries for each question. The length of each short video should be between 45-60 seconds.

Objective of Short-Video Competition

To engage young people aged between 18-23 and spread awareness about the student-centric components of NEP.
To generate real-life, relevant audio/ video bytes to utilize as promotional material in future NEP awareness/ implementation campaigns.

Points to Remember

The competition is open to only Indian Citizens
The competition is open to all young people belonging to the age group of 18-23
Answer a minimum of 1 or a maximum of 3 among the 11 questions
Each entry form submission should have a minimum of 1 short video or a maximum of 3 short videos.
Each question should be answered in the form of a 45 – 60 sec short video.
The Participant can submit their entry via YouTube (Unlisted Link), Google Drive, Dropbox, etc., and ensure that the link can be accessible. Entry shall lead to disqualification automatically if Access is not granted.

Awards

The 10 Best entries will be rewarded with a cash prize of Rs. 3000/- each.

Terms and Conditions

The Competition is open for all Pan India young people belonging to the age group of 18-23.
Participants are to ensure that their MyGov Profile is accurate and updated since this profile shall be used for further communication.
This includes details such as name, photo, complete postal address, email ID, and phone number, state. Entries with incomplete profiles will not be considered.
Entries once submitted copyrights will solely be with the Ministry of Education.
Participants will be asked for identification of proofs if deemed as winners.
Each question is to be answered in the form of a 45 – 60 sec short video.
The entry must not contain any provocative, objectionable, or inappropriate content.
The participant & profile owner should be the same.
A mismatch will lead to disqualification.
Videos can be shot on a Mobile camera also. Please ensure the videos shot, are in good quality in a ratio of 16:9 in Horizontal format.
Videos shot using vertical formats will not be accepted.
The submitted entry must be original and Copied entries or plagiarized entries will not be considered under the contest.
The submitted entry must not infringe on the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party.
All entries will be the intellectual property of the Ministry of Education, Government of India and UGC.
Participants shall not exercise any right or claim over it at a future date.
The organizer reserves the right to cancel or amend all or any part of the competition/guidelines/evaluation criteria etc., at any time.
The short video submissions may be used by the Ministry of Education, Government of India & UGC/AICTE for promotional/ or display purposes, Information, Education and Communication materials, and for any other use as may be deemed appropriate.
MoE/UGC/AICTE will have full rights and controls over entries/videos which include their use for public consumption.
Upon submitting the entries, the entrant accepts and agrees to be bound by these terms and conditions mentioned.
The video format should be .mov/mp4 format.
Non-conformity to guidelines will lead to the disqualification of the participants.