National Education Policy 2020 : Either one of the mother tongue or the local/regional language will be the medium of instruction up to Class 5 in all schools, the government said Wednesday 29 July 2020 while launching the National Education Policy 2020. Read along to know everything about the new education policy. 1. Top 10 Points On New National Education Policy 2020 1. The mother tongue or local or regional language is to be the medium of instruction in all schools up to Class 5 (preferably till Class 8 and beyond), according to the policy. Under the NEP 2020, Sanskrit will be offered at all levels and foreign languages from the secondary school level. However, the policy also says “no language will be imposed on any student”. 2. This point is likely to be viewed warily by many after the controversy broke out in June last year after the draft NEP was seen by many southern states as an attempt to impose Hindi on school students. 3. The 10+2 stru