Education

Abstract

From National Policy on Education: The concept of national planning was accepted soon but within its predominantly economic role, borrowed largely from Western thought and practices, educational planning took some time to establish itself as a normal, continuing activity. India’s first attempts at the planning of education were sporadic and inadequate. Some notable efforts made during the war toy governmental authorities as well as the Nationalists highlight«d the urgency of educational reform but did not influence events after Independence. The University Education Commission (1948-49) and the Secondary Education Commission (1952-53) were important landmarks, and several committees and working groups studied specific problems.