Understanding the Indian Schooling System: Boards, Structures, and the NEP 2020 Overhaul
India operates one of the largest and most complex education systems in the world. With over 1.5 million schools, 260 million enrolled students, and dozens of education boards across 28 states and 8 union territories, the system is anything but uniform. For anyone building school management software, working in EdTech, or simply trying to understand how Indian schools function, grasping the different formats, boards, and structural models is essential. This post breaks down the Indian schooling system: how it is organized, what the major boards are, how the traditional 10+2 model works, and what the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is changing. ...