Global Citizenship Education Revamping the Higher Education System through a Holistic and Multi-Disciplinary Perspective

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Our nation, society, economy, and the world have all seen substantial changes in the current situation. In light of this, the education sector must be ready to meet the demands of the 21st century as well as those of the populace and the nation.In order to create a new system that is in line with 21st-century educational objectives, including SDG4, while building on India’s cultural values and programs, the Government of India introduced the National Education Policy 2020. Several policy directions are suggested in the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) for providing transdisciplinary education. Through the use of Global Citizenship Education, the NEP 2020 seeks to holistically develop an individual’s intellectual, aesthetic, social, physical, emotional, ethical, and moral aspects. This will directly contribute to the transformation of the nation and make India a global knowledge superpower.Global citizenship Education is an adventure because it is a way to construct and shape a new idea of social responsibility and engagement as well as a way of learning for global learning and thinkingaboutthecommunity.This paper illustrates the ideas, initiatives, and viewpoints of global citizenship education by using education to help restructure the higher education system in a holistic and multidisciplinary way in order to understand the emotional and intellectual demands of the modern world and find effective ways to meet them.This paper suggests the Guidelines for transforming Higher Education with a multidisciplinary and holistic approach to promote GCED in India.

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Gaur (2023, July). Global Citizenship Education Revamping the Higher Education System through a Holistic and Multi-Disciplinary Perspective. IPEM JOURNAL OF INNOVATION IN TEACHER EDUCATION, 8(1), 64–71.