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Education plays an important role in nation building, its growth and development of the citizens. A well-defined, visionary, futuristic and systematic education policy is essential for the country, at school and college levels to develop the education system so as to progress further and bring social advancement. An education policy refers to the rules and principles that govern the operation of educational systems. It is the document that provides operational guidelines to the associated institutions and sections, to implement, process and assess the outcome and achievements. It also tries to answer questions regarding the goals of education, strategies employed for achieving these goals and for identifying tools for assessing their impact. NEP 2020 is the first policy of the 21st century approved by the union Cabinet of India on 29th July, 2020. It outlines the vision of how India’s new education system is going to be, for the next 20 years. This paper reflects the findings from the analysis of NEP 2020 and various documents and policies related to Indian school education system and also outline the important findings as well as new reforms. It also depicts the innovative proposals and the highlights, on various aspect of school education. Finally, it throws light on impact of NEP 2020 on the stake holders and gives some suggestions proposed for its effective implementation towards achieving its objectives.

School Education, NEP-2020, Implementation strategies, innovative proposals, reforms