Education plays an important role in promoting national integration in India. The government has taken several steps to emphasize this, such as establishing the Education Commission to promote education's role in national development. Curriculums and educational institutions also contribute by teaching subjects from a national perspective, celebrating national days, and encouraging co-curricular activities. Teachers are seen as central to this effort through the way they teach, by sharing stories of national heroes, and by not discriminating against students.

1. NATIONAL INTEGRATION

2. WHAT IS THE MAGIC PLAYED BY
EDUCATION ?
Produces patriotic citizens.
New ideology of co-operation rather than
conflict and competition.
 It’s like a silent revolution that can bring about
a designed pattern of a society.
Increases the thinking capacity of the
individuals in a nation.

3. ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN PROMOTING
EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION
 The Education Commission of 1952-53 emphasized the role of education
in the country.
 In 1962, a Committee was formed under the chairmanship of Dr.
Sampumanand called the Committee on Emotional Integration.
 The Education Commission of 1964-66 chaired by D.S. Kothari, identified
social and national integration as one of the major problems of national
development.
 The National Unity Committee was formed in the year 1968.
 In 1986, the National Policy on Education pointed out the need for
establishing a national system of education and institutions to promote
national integration and different components of the Constitution.
 In 1999, Justice J.S. Verma Committee was set up to implement the
suggestions to teach Fundamental Duties to the Citizens of the country.

4. ROLE OF CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS IN DEVELOPING NATIONAL INTEGRATION
 Every subjects taught in the curriculum in schools should be taught in the
point of view of the national need of the country.
 Our schools must therefore stress basic unity of all religion.
 Common prayers should be made compulsory in all schools so that
comparison on religion is avoided to the fullest.
 Good things from every religion should be written on the bulletin board of the
school and should be placed in front of the assembly hall.
 Admissions in schools and colleges should be purely based on merit.
 The emotional side of integrity can be developed through co-curricular
activities.
 National Anthem should be made to sing in unison with respect, everyday in
the morning and the evening.
 The national pledge inspires the students to develop a sense of love and
devotion towards their country.
 National days like Independence Day and Republic Day should be celebrated in
schools enthusiastically.
 The students in all States should be taught at least one language that exists in
the country other than their mother tongue.

5. THE ROLE OF TEACHERS IN PROMOTING
NATIONAL INTEGRATION
 Teachers are regarded as the central force in the
whole educational system.
 A teacher can play a constructive and creative role
through the curriculum he teaches.
 The teachers should narrate to their students, the
stories of great heroes of the nation who sacrificed
their life for the unity and integrity of the nation.
 They should not discriminate against their students
on the basis of caste, color, language, region and
religion.