REIMAGINING THE TEACHER IN NEP 2020: A MULTIFACETED HUMAN CATALYST FOR TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING

Abstract: The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP-2020) reconceptualizes the Indian education system by placing teachers at the fulcrum of educational transformation. This reflective article explores the teacher’s identity as a multifaceted entity, far beyond the conventional role of knowledge transmission. Drawing on NEP-2020, UNESCO’s Reimagining Our Futures Together (2021), OECD’s Learning Compass 2030 and national frameworks such as NCF-SE 2023 and NCFTE 2009, the reflection highlights how teachers today are expected to be facilitators, mentors, curriculum designers, inclusive practitioners, digital navigators, socio-emotional guides, community leaders, researchers and lifelong learners. NEP-2020 underscores that “teachers will be at the heart of the learning process” (MoE, 2020, p. 22) and international frameworks similarly emphasize their evolving, adaptive and transformative roles. The article elaborates the emerging parameters that define the contemporary teachers: pedagogical innovation, reflective practice, inclusive engagement, technological adaptability, ethical leadership, socio-emotional competence and global citizenship orientation. These parameters reveal that the teacher’s role extends across intellectual, emotional, social, cultural and technological domains. The article concludes that teacher preparation and continuous professional development must evolve to cultivate these multidimensional professional capacities, enabling teachers to become catalysts for holistic learning and national development in the knowledge creation and sharing era. Keywords: NEP 2020, Multifaceted Teacher, Catalyst, Holistic Education, Transformative Learning. Title: REIMAGINING THE TEACHER IN NEP 2020: A MULTIFACETED HUMAN CATALYST FOR TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING Author: DR. RABINDRANATH LENKA, MR. AVANEESH TRIPATHI International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH) ISSN 2349-7831 Vol. 12, Issue 4, October 2025 - December 2025 Page No: 28-31 Paper Publications Website: www.paperpublications.org Published Date: 13-December-2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17921707 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.paperpublications.org/upload/book/REIMAGINING%20THE%20TEACHER%20IN%20NEP-13122025-2.pdf