The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in India is a significant change in the direction towards outcome-based, learner-centered and competency-based education as opposed to content-based and rote-oriented education. The paper discusses how competency-based education (CBE) within the scope of NEP 2020 will influence the learning outcomes of students in the Indian school education system. Its policy focuses on the basic literacy and numeracy, the conceptual knowledge, critical thinking, problem