Savitribai Phule: Lighting The Ideology Of Education and Her Contribution In Relevance To NEP 2020

Savitribai Phule was a renowned Indian educator and social reformer who made significant contributions to society and education in the middle of the nineteenth century. She placed a strong emphasis on women's empowerment and education for everybody. Because she started a wave of revolution in numerous parts of education, her thoughts and principles had to be infused into present-day education. She made an effort to undermine society's traditional educational structure and aimed to rebuild it as a free and inclusive system for all. Like Savitribai Phule, India's first education policy of the 21st century aims to address many growing developments and revamp educational aspects. The NEP 2020 is a significant policy document laying out the national-level strategy for the new millennium. The study is a wholly qualitative strategy related to content analysis, and both primary and secondary data sources are used. Savitribai’s beliefs are compatible with the general education system. These ideas ought to be applied to the current educational system. The knowledge of the Indian educational system would be enhanced by this. Teachers and students will follow Savitribai Phule's lead in ensuring that the educational system is acceptable to all social classes and that everyone is aware of how to overcome prejudice. By doing this, current education will be more successful and contribute to maintaining its value and relevance at all levels. The objective of the present study is to lighting illuminate Savitribai Phule's ideology & her contribution to the new education policy of 2020.