Legal Literacy a Missing Link in Education: Evaluation of New Education Policy in The Context of Viksit Bharat
Publication Date : 10-03-2026
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Education plays a pivotal role in socio-economic advancement, and in shaping a just society based on democratic principles. Educational policies thus play a crucial role in altering the ethos of the nation. The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 is one such attempt to transform India’s education system through multidisciplinary approach, holistic education and value-based pedagogy. While inclusivity, and implementation challenges of the policy have been thoroughly evaluated in the existing scholarship, many conceptual gaps in the policy and their implications on overall development of the nation remain inadequately explored. Given this, the study focuses on legal literacy as a conceptual gap in the policy. By employing doctrinal methodology, this paper investigates whether NEP has structurally incorporated legal literacy in its provisions as well as the objectives. The analysis indicates the insufficient focus on legal literacy illustrating a conceptual gap between the policy’s multidisciplinary and holistic approach. The paper argues this omission may restrict accomplishment of developmental goals allied to the objectives of Viksit Bharat, 2047. It concludes by emphasizing the need of incorporating legal literacy in higher education to strengthen democracy as envisioned in the objectives of Viksit Bharat.
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