Navigating the Digital Landscape: The role of NEP 2020 with reference to Professional Institutes in India

Abstract

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, that seems to have brought drastic change in the higher education scene of the country in the digital learning, technological integration, updated pedagogy and so on, has advocated for Fortunate convergence, in terms of encouraging the confluence With an emphasis on engineering, management, medical, and legal institutions, this research investigates the scope and effects of digital transformation in professional education. For this research, data is secondary from published sources between 2023 and descriptive statistics, correlation, ANOVA, and regression modeling to evaluate changes in digital adoption, infrastructure investment, and an increase in content areas that contain an online course. According to the research, most professional education streams reported the big use of digital has been seen in law and medical institutions (CAGRs of 69.27 and 61.40, respectively). In fact, the allocation of money was found to be strongly correlated with digital investment and the number of online courses taken (more than 0.99), suggesting a condition of if dollars are spent, then there is a possibility of digital learning. From the ANOVA finding (p = 0.5099), the variance of the adoption rate across fields is not statistically significant, while the negative allometric regression model predicts the continuous rise of digital technology. All the above, however, despite all the problems, NEP 2020 has left an imprint, but it has left it only with problems like unqualified faculty, etc. There is an imbalance in the use of digital resources and in the implementation of NEP 2020 in different institutions. The paper, however, outlines policy initiative elements that can overcome these hurdles, such as blended learning models and faculty digital literacy training targeting financial assistance to the digital infrastructure. It helps alleviate the anxiety centered on the competition and preparedness of India’s higher education system as it offers tangible proof of work involved in NEP 2020’s success in digitizing professional education.