Under the New Education Policy, Studies will now Take Place only for 29 hours a Week in Schools of Uttar Pradesh. | 14 Sep 2023

Why in News?

On September 13, 2023, with the aim of implementing the new National Education Policy in letter and spirit, the State Government instructed the Education Department to prepare new rules for studies in schools under the National Curriculum Framework (NCF) of the new education policy. Under which now only 29 hours of teaching will be held in schools in a week.

Key Points

• Under the new education policy, it has been recommended to hold classes in schools for a total of 29 hours a week. Classes will be held for 5 to 5:30 hours from Monday to Friday and only for two to two and a half hours on two Saturdays of the month.
• There will be a holiday on two Saturdays. Similarly, the maximum time limit for classes of general subjects will be reduced from 45 to 35 minutes, while classes for major subjects will be held for 50 minutes.
• The normal time of school classes in the state will be a maximum of 35 minutes. The time of classes related to only the main subjects Mathematics, Hindi and Hindi Grammar, English and English Grammar, Science etc. will be fixed for 40 to 50 minutes.
• In the new National Education Policy, in order to give relief to children from the burden of studies, there will be permission to come without a school bag for a total of 10 days on different dates in the year. On school-free days, children will be taught verbally and through experiments.