Reason [R]: NEP places significant emphasis on the holistic development of students, covering cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. It explicitly promotes critical thinking, creativity, communication, and other 21st-century skills, thereby accentuating their creative potential. This is also a key objective of NEP 2020. Relationship: The shift to a learner-centric approach (A) is a pedagogical strategy designed to facilitate the holistic development and enhancement of creative potential (R) in students. By focusing on the learner's needs, pace, and engagement, the policy creates an environment more conducive to fostering critical thinking, creativity, and overall development than a purely teacher-led method. Thus, [R] provides a valid reason why the shift described in [A] is being pursued.