• PUNYASHIL SHALIKRAM TEMBHURNE

Abstract Education is the basic ingredient for achieving full human potential. Women education is a long-standing worldwide issue as no nation can talk of development when half of its population is disabled. Time and again, the issue of women education is put forth so that nation’s human resource irrespective of gender can be harnessed and attend gender balance. The National Policy on Education 1986 recognizes ‘Education’ as the major tools that can help liberate the country from backwardness and lead it onwards to progressive developed nation. “Free and Compulsory Education for All” was initiated but the implementation aspect is yet to be realized in practice. After 34 years, there is a change in the education policy in India with the introduction of the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP). This new policy aims at universalization of education in India with 100% gross enrolment ratio by 2030 for school education and 50% by 2035 for higher education. The first such move as the formation of a Gender Inclusion Fund toward equitable education for girls who are underprivileged and creating Special Education Zones is included in the provision. Within the goal, it also intends to improve women leadership capacity through positive civil dialogues with women leaders involved in the education system. If implemented, this will bring a record participation rate in higher education, decrease gender gaps at all levels and ensure the practice of gender equity and inclusion in society. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the New Education Policy 2020 on women education.

Keywords: NEP, Women Education, Gender, Gender inclusion fund, Special Education Zone,

"National Education Policy2020 and Gender, Women's Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.a238-a241, July-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307027.pdf

"National Education Policy2020 and Gender, Women's Education", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no. ppa238-a241, July-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307027.pdf