Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurial Journey and Skill Based Education in Developing Country like India

he active version of post-independence National Education Policy was unveiled by the Government of India on July 09, 2020.The foremost objective of the newest version of the education policy is to endorse holistic education across the country. The policy aims to bridge the gap between classroom teachings and industry requirements through integration of various skill development courses, entrepreneurship education and multidisciplinary courses. The policy also emphasizes exposure of innovation and creativity into the mind-set of the students. The early exposure to entrepreneurial education, skill based education will make the student job-ready and hopes to fulfil the vision of ‘Atmanirbhar-Bharat’. The introduction of the vocational education, multidisciplinary courses, industry academia linkage will make the Indian youth more employable ready than just being a mere graduate. The introduction of Academic Bank of Credit, multiple entry –exit system, will act as a boon to students. The policy aims to transform the previous version of exam oriented evaluation system to more value oriented evaluation system. The study aspires to find out, how the modern version of the education policy will effortlessly transform the classroom learnings in to career building.