The Five Year Plan: A Brief Review of Progress

Abstract

From Foreword: Educational reform is a continuous process and there is never a stage when further changes are not necessary. There are however tines when the need for reform attains a special urgency. It may be said that this was so in India on the eve of independence. The formation of a national government gave a fresh, impetus to all movements for reform and though it may not always be recognised, large scale reconstruction has in fact taken place since 1947. The formulation of the Five-Year Plan has helped to focus and integrate all such programmes, particularly in view of the decision that placed a greater emphasis on selective projects during the first Plan period.