Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2025 marks five years of NEP 2020
On 29 July 2025, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2025 in New Delhi to mark five years of NEP 2020.
Summary
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) 2025 in New Delhi on 29 July 2025, marking the fifth anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Projects worth more than ₹4,000 crore, including new initiatives, campus inaugurations and foundation stones, were unveiled, and Education Ministers from 13 States/UTs attended. The Union Cabinet approved NEP 2020 on 29 July 2020; the policy replaced the National Policy on Education, 1986, and replaces the 10+2 school structure with a 5+3+3+4 design for ages 3-18.
Key facts
- Date / place
- 29 July 2025, New Delhi
- Inaugurated by
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Occasion
- 5 years of NEP 2020
- Projects unveiled
- Over ₹4,000 crore
- NEP 2020 approved
- 29 July 2020, Union Cabinet
- Replaced
- National Policy on Education, 1986
- School structure
- 5+3+3+4 (ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14, 14-18)
Practice MCQs 3 questions
The Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2025, inaugurated on 29 July 2025, commemorated:
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Correct answer: D — 5 years of the National Education Policy 2020
PIB (29 July 2025): Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated ABSS 2025 in New Delhi to commemorate 5 years of NEP 2020.
Projects worth how much were unveiled by Dharmendra Pradhan at the Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2025?
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Correct answer: A — More than ₹4,000 crore
PIB: Dharmendra Pradhan unveiled projects worth more than ₹4,000 crore, including new initiatives, campus inaugurations and foundation stones.
Consider the following statements about the National Education Policy 2020: 1. It was approved by the Union Cabinet on 29 July 2020. 2. It replaced the National Policy on Education, 1986. 3. It replaces the 10+2 school structure with a 5+3+3+4 structure covering ages 6-18. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 1 and 2 only
PIB (29 July 2020): the Cabinet approved NEP 2020 that day, replacing the NPE 1986. The 5+3+3+4 structure covers ages 3-18 (3-8, 8-11, 11-14, 14-18), not 6-18, so statement 3 is wrong.