Critiquing national education policy- 2020 with reference to school education: promises, problems and prospects

have become interested as a result of the several committees' recommendations to raise the budgetary allocation for education to 6% of the GDP over time. This research seeks to describe the issues and priorities of NEP 2020. Data has been collected from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) website, the information (policy documents) was being used to analyse the data. The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) is formulated to revamp education system and lay down road map for new India. It was approved by Indian cabinet on 29th July 2020. This paper is a maiden attempt to highlight NEP 2020 and study India 2.0 vision towards overall transformation education system to meet the challenges of 21st Century. This study is based on secondary data and exploratory in nature. Findings are based on a systematic review of existing literature. It was found that one of the main objectives of NEP 2020 is to increase student’s enrollment in all educational institutions such as elementary school, professional and higher education by 2030. To achieve that it has suggested progressive reform in the existing education and governance systems. NEP 2020 is largely a very progressive document, with a firm grasp on the current socio-economic landscape and the prospect to meet future challenges. If implemented properly; then it has got everything to make India global hub in education by 2030.