VISION OF NEP 2020 FOR ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY IN EDUCATION

Abstract

NEP 2020 underscores the importance of environment education, aiming to create environmentally aware and responsible citizens who contribute to sustainable development and conservation efforts. Environment education will be integrated into school and undergraduate curricula, community outreach initiatives, and public awareness campaigns through this policy. It is important to start early because children are highly receptive to learning and can develop lifelong habits and attitudes towards the environment. Environmental education is the need of the hour. As the world’s progressing in its environmental problems such as climate change, global warming, deforestation and pollution the need of environmental education is necessary. Different countries of the world have taken initiative towards environmental education for the masses so has India. In new education policy 2020 sustainable development has been given due importance. This paper focuses on the need of environmental education in India and the vision of educational policy in it.