Pedagogical Transformation in Indian Education: A Learner Centered Perspective of NEP 2020

The present Indian education system is changing according to its way of teaching and learning. Before, our formal education system mainly focused on teacher-centered teaching, memorization, and examination results. At that time, students were listening to the teacher, memorizing that, and reproducing that in examinations. But, NEP 2020 specified their aims to transform this teacher-centered approach to learner-centered, meaningful learning, flexibility, and practical learning. It encourages students to actively participate in discussion, problem solving, practical skills, and real-life activities, and this policy gives special importance to creativity, critical thinking, and overall development of the students. Therefore, in 2020, the teacher-centered approach was transformed to the learner-centered approach of learning, where learners actively participate in the teaching-learning process and construct their own knowledge.