THE GENESIS OF MICRO-CREDENTIALS AND NEP 2020: A SYSTEMATIC OVERVIEW

This paper aims to probe the evolution of micro-credentials from early 21st century when internet evolved a revolutionary medium in education system. The growing demand of skill-based certification in 2000s gained popularity because of the flexibility the Internet made possible which was absent in the conventional education system. Online platforms like Coursera, edX, Udacity, Skillshare, and FutureLearn etc. offer upskilling in order to gain job requirements in various fields like technology, management, and data analysis etc. which surpasses the long-term degree mandates of the 2000 to 2015. Furthermore, NEP 2020 paces the significance of micro-credentials which makes Indian education system learner friendly. NEP 2020 adjoins micro-credentials with formal setting of education which connects academic curriculum with professional requirements. However, micro credentials in Indian education lacks in various aspects such as universal standardization, quality assurance of the credits, inaccessibility to disadvantaged groups and many more which have been discussed.