The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 calls for a multidisciplinary, flexible and outcome-oriented approach to education in India. Responding to this pivotal policy framework, the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has come up with a revised syllabus (2024) for Audiology and Speech- Language Pathology courses....
No actionable change for practicing audiologists; this is a curriculum policy analysis relevant primarily to educators and policymakers in India.
Aligning professional training curricula with national education frameworks is critical for ensuring future audiologists and speech-language pathologists in India receive competency-based, policy-consistent training.
- 01Document analysis comparing India's 2024 RCI ASLP syllabus with NEP 2020 goals.
- 02Identifies areas of alignment and potential gaps between curriculum and national policy.
- 03Relevant primarily to Indian audiology and SLP educators and regulators.
- 04No patient outcomes or clinical data were analyzed.
- 05Findings may inform future curriculum revisions by the Rehabilitation Council of India.
The 2024 RCI revised ASLP syllabus can be mapped to the National Education Policy 2020 framework.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42298545
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12909-026-09649-y.
- Journal
- BMC Medical Education
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 5
- Population
- ASLP curriculum documents (RCI revised syllabus 2024) and NEP 2020 policy framework
- Intervention
- Mapping of RCI ASLP 2024 syllabus content to NEP 2020 competencies
- Comparator
- NEP 2020 framework benchmarks
Primary outcomes
Degree of alignment between ASLP curriculum and NEP 2020 goals; Identification of curriculum gaps relative to NEP 2020
