Environmental Studies for sustainable development in India under New Education Policy 2020

Abstract

 In past more than two centuries due to industrialization and reckless use of natural resources, human being messes up their surrounding quite pretty. Subsequently, many environmental problems emerge out as emissions of toxic gases and climate change which become major global issue. Therefore, it is need of time to create awareness about our environment by educating the people about environment. Environmental education has tendency to develop  a bond between traditional  education and new education which is a need of new generation, learning using nature in an interdisciplinary manner. The new education policy 2020 has tried to inculcate recent changes along with moral values to guide the environmental education in India. The present paper discusses about the evolution and advancement of Environment Education on the basis of NEP 2020 and its representation at various stages of school curriculum in India. The paper also emphasized that students must develop a holistic approach of his environment and appropriate attitude to deal with major global environmental issues.

Key Words: Environment Education, environment, school curriculum, students. NEP 2020