Ending Fragmentation of Higher Education as Per National Education Policy 2020

As tertiary education becomes more recognised as a key factor in a nation’s ability to compete in a knowledge-driven global economy, it is now viewed as essential to that nation’s economy (OECD, 2008). Therefore, many developing nations are working to improve their educational systems by taking lessons from the experiences of established nations. Since independence, the Indian government has implemented three national education plans in an effort to achieve the same. To this day, the Indian educational system still has a lot of issues. This article makes an effort to identify the difficulties with the higher/tertiary education system in India and provide an explanation of the causes of these concerns. The introduction of NEP 2020 was heralded as a watershed moment in the development of the Indian educational system and was anticipated to drastically alter the educational landscape. The National Education Policy 2020 is also examined critically from the standpoint of higher education in this article. It is discovered that NEP 2020 envisions unachievable goals yet has the power to change the higher education sector in India. Finally, attention is given to the obstacles to NEP 2020’s successful implementation.