ADULT EDUCATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LIGHT OF NEP 2020

National Education Policy 2020 launched by the Government of India opens up new avenues and areas for
discussion in the academia. In a densely populated nation like India, New Education Policy 2020 serves the
purpose of educating the adults and introducing new certificate and degree courses as per the demand of the
time. Of course, institutes of higher education should form new syllabi and introduce new courses for the adults
that can make them self-reliant. Andragogy and skill development programmes go together. In fact, Pradhan
Mantri Koushalya Vikas Yojana is intended for catering certificate courses to the unemployed youth that can
get a job or they can be self-employed. In the era where the formal school education becomes non affordable for
the marginal classes, NEP provides them to get minimum qualification and enter the employment market
successfully. The present paper attempts to examine Adult Education and Skill Development in the light of
NEP 2020.