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Education must depend on learning not in time. In schools across the country, time is the constant and the quality of learning is the variable. To get a high school certificate, students must attend school for roughly six hours a day, 180 days of the year and for 12 to 13 years. Some students graduate ready for the Ivy League and others are barely able to read. Competency-based learning is a comparatively modern approach to learning design. It is gaining immense popularity by industry-leading corporates as well as universities since it shows a definite improvement in skills and job results. On one hand, businesses can ensure that their workforce is competent for the task they are assigned to, and on the other side, users are confident that they are equipped with the right knowledge to perform their tasks. Competency-based education is a system in which students are empowered daily to make important decisions about their learning experiences, how they will create and apply knowledge and how they will demonstrate their learning. The objectives of this article are to highlight the formative role of Competence-based learning in comparison to traditional learning systems. The study also tries to indicate needs of competence-based learning in the focus of equity in education and why NEP 2020 advocates competence-based education systems as a fundamental pillar for future.