Model of Blended Learning in Alignment with Goals of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for Engineering Education

Emergence of Corona Virus Disease COVID-19, had a major effect on educational institutions. The transition from conventional face-to-face teaching-learning in classroom to complete online teaching-learning mode proved to be most challenging. The pros and cons of complete online teaching-learning from student’s perspective were studied through the survey shared with students of second year, third year and final year of B.Tech. course. The results indicated that flexibility, effective time management, enhancement of self-learning capability are major advantages of this approach. At the same time there are few disadvantages of complete online teaching such as lack of in person interaction, difficulty in understanding complex topics, internet connectivity issues to list a few. This paper suggests a model of teaching-learning which is a balance of conventional face-to-face method and online method called as blended learning. The model leverages advantages of both the methods. Indian government has framed a National Education policy (NEP) 2020 which encourages flexibility, multidisciplinary education, emphasis on conceptual learning and extensive usage of technology. The model of blended learning suggested here aims to achieve the goals given by this NEP 2020. The advantages of the suggested model are also discussed.