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National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to achieve a Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) of 100% in school education by:

Correct answer: (C) 2030.

National Education Policy 2020 aims to achieve a Gross Enrolment Ratio of 100% in school education by 2030.

  1. (A)

    2040

  2. (B)

    2025

  3. (C)

    2030

  4. (D)

    2035

Explanation

NEP 2020 sets the school-education GER target at 100% by 2030. The date matters because NEP uses separate timelines for different education stages: school education is linked to universal enrolment by 2030, while higher education has a different GER target of 50% by 2035. NEP 2020 was approved on 29 July 2020 and introduced a wider reform package including the 5+3+3+4 school structure, multilingual education, and a stress on foundational literacy and numeracy. The decisive school GER deadline is 100% by 2030.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 2040 is too late because NEP 2020 targets 100% GER in school education by 2030.
  • (B) 2025 is too early because NEP 2020 gives a longer timeline for universal school-education enrolment.
  • (D) 2035 relates to the higher-education GER target of 50%, not the school-education GER target of 100%.

Concept

This tests NEP 2020 targets under social-sector policy in the Indian Economy syllabus. It recurs in RAS because education indicators such as GER connect welfare policy, human capital formation, and government reform targets.

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