West Bengal moves towards full implementation of NEP 2020

West Bengal is working towards full implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and will soon sign a pact with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for teacher support, State School Education Minister Dipak Barman said on Monday.

Speaking at a state-level workshop attended by district inspectors of schools and other education department officials from across the state at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town, Barman said the state was “somewhat behind” in implementing NEP 2020, and efforts were underway to complete the process expeditiously.

He said the state was also preparing to sign an MoU with NCERT to facilitate orientation programmes for teachers and provide technical and academic guidance for implementing the new education framework.

“Through the MoU, NCERT will guide us. They will help us address the difficulties in implementation, from technical issues to taking the framework down to the school level,” the minister said.