The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 lays down the path to learning, practising, and building skills and careers that thrive within the country, instead of being lost to ‘brain drain’
Jawaharlal Nehru emphasised that freedom from ignorance was as essential as freedom from hunger. “Only through right education can a better order of society be built,” he said. A right education is one that favours rational thinking, love of learning, cultivation of a scientific temperament, and fostering the spirit of fraternal cooperation. This article will try to examine how the New Education Policy’s (NEP 2020) proposed revamp of the entire education system would tackle the pressing problem of “brain drain” from India.