'Disruption' is central to development of curriculum in restructuring education

Sadly, the education programs in the face of rapidly changing global scenarios have unwittingly remained anachronistic while economy, technologies, business and industries, and cultures have changed over the years, resulting in a mismatch of the former with the latter.

- S. K. SAIDAPUR

Most educational institutions, the colleges and universities are still struggling to implement NEP-2020 proposed 4 years ago while some States have squarely rejected it stating that they will have their own State Education Policy (SEP). In all fairness, the universities should have seized this opportunity immediately by incorporating all needed and utilitarian changes, keeping the essence of the policy intact, instead of getting stuck with trivial bottlenecks and deferring its implementation indefinitely.

The central philosophy of the new policy is restructuring the curriculums and the pattern of education. By the way, the term 'curriculum' broadly refers to an entire academic program (courses and activities).

Whereas, the term 'syllabus' refers to unitized content of a paper. Here, I am highlighting some 'crucial nuances' which need serious consideration while developing curriculums and restructuring education, making it apt for overcoming heaps of contemporary challenges.

First and foremost, it is vital to grasp the urgency of revamping the country's education programs and also make them successful. My arguments are as follows: