ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT SKILLS: ROLE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY (NEP) 2020

The National Policy on Education 1968, 1986, the Plan of Action 1992 and National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 are the policies initiatives by the Government of India which governs the education system in India. These policies have striven to empower the human resources and also played an effective role in bridging social hierarchies. The paper analyses these educational policies to highlight the importance of vocational education and the various initiates promoted by the government to increase the employability and entrepreneur skills of the human resources. The National Education Policy 2020 is discussed in the paper with special focus on the vocational education at the school and higher education level. The Skill Enhancement Course introduced in University of Delhi in the academic year 2022-23 is discussed in the paper to show the endeavour of the NEP 2020 to promote and streamline vocational education with the mainstream education. The paper argues that the policy initiatives of government have continuously promoted vocational education and made various efforts to mainstream it with other academic disciplines.