EDUCATIONAL REGULATIONS OF POST INDEPENDENCE PERIOD  Education Commission (1964-66)  Challenge of Education: A policy perspectives of Govt. of India (1985)  National Policy on Education (1986)  POA (Programme of Action)(1990)

3. The Indian education commission is the sixth
commission in the history of education
commissions in India.
The earlier commissions – Hunter Commission
(1882), Indian University Commission (1902),
Calcutta University Commission (1917), University
Education Commission (1948-1949), and Secondary
Education Commission (1952-1953) did not deal
with education as a whole.

4. • It relates education to the life; needs and aspiration
of the people and through it raise their productivity,
modernize their outlook, and inculcate values.
• It recommends all-round changes and improvement
in the entire system of education and presented a
new educational pattern of 10+2+3.

5. It emphasized equality to education for all
people without discrimination.
Quality, competence and character of
teachers are the most significant factors

6. OBJECTIVES
National system of education
New social order
Qualitative and quantitative education at all levels
Education as key to national prosperity and
welfare
National development

8. 1.NATIONAL OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION
Increase in Productivity
 Strengthening of Social and National Integration
 National Consciousness
Acceleration of the Process Of Modernization
 Enhancement of Democracy
 Inculcation of Social, Moral and Spiritual Values

9. 2. EDUCATIONAL PATTERN
• 10+2+3 Pattern of Education

10. 3. CURRICULUM
Common curriculum of general
education should be provided for the first
10 years.
 Specialization and
diversification should begin at the
Higher Secondary level

11. 4. COMMON SCHOOL
SYSTEM
• Irrespective of Caste, Creed, Class, Community,
Religion and Social Status
• Common school will be a powerful step towards
equalization of educational opportunity

12. 5. MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
• Regional languages should be the medium of
instruction at all stages of secondary education.

13. 6. SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS
EDUCATION
• Learning of Science and Mathematics should
be made compulsory during the first 10 years
of schooling

14. 7. SOCIAL SERVICE
8. GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

15. 9. VOCATIONALISATION OF EDUCATION
10. WORK EXPERIENCE
11. BACKWARD CHILDREN

16. 12. EVALUATION
Evaluation should be a continuous
process and should be closely related
to educational objectives

17. 13.ADULT EDUCATION
• Facilities should be provided in the form
of part time education, correspondence
courses, extension education etc. for the
adult to continue their education.

18. 14. STATUS OF TEACHERS
15. EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED

19. MERITS
• It presented a comprehensive study of the
educational problems in the context of the
national needs and aspirations.
• Vocationalisation of education and work
experience
• International Understanding

20. The emphasis on the teaching of science in the
curriculum rightly laid on the development of
science.
The recommendation for providing work
experience as an integral part of education is
likely to encourage the new generation to
participate in productive activities and earn while
they learn.

21. DEMERITS
• The commission points out the educational
goals but doesn’t adequately tell us how to
reach them.
• The commission report kept silent about
the position of the heads of the schools.

22.  The report doesn’t provide adequate
guidance in the actual steps that might be
taken to make the transition of existing
schools to the new type as envisaged by the
commission.
 The commission solicited a huge investment
in the field of education which was not
economically and socially feasible for a nation
where majority were below the poverty level.

23. CHALLENGE OF EDUCATION: A POLICY
PERSPECTIVES OF GOVERNMENT OF
INDIA (1985)

24. The National Policy of 1968 marked significant
step in the history of education in post-
independence India.
However, the general formulations incorporated in
the 1968 policy, did not get translated into a
detailed strategy of implementation, accomplished
by the assignment of specific responsibilities and
financial and organizational support.

25. As a result, problems of access, quality,
quantity, utility and financial outlay,
accumulated over the years, assumed serious
proportions.
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, in his broadcast
to the nation on January 5,1985, promised a
new education policy that would equip the
country both scientifically and economically to
enter the 21st century

26. For preparing new policy, appraisal of the
entire educational system was undertaken by
the Ministry of Education.
Thereafter a status report entitled ‘Challenge
of Education: A Policy Perspective’ was issued
by the Ministry on August 20, 1985

27. 1) Education, Society and Development
2) An Over-View of the Educational
Development
3) A Critical Appraisal
4) An Approach to Educational Reorientation

30. CONTENTS OF NEW EDUCATION
POLICY

31. PART I: INTRODUCTION
Individual Growth
Political and Social Life
Rural and Urban Disparities
Control Population Growth
Human Values And Social Justice
New Challenges
Promotes Socio-cultural Identity
Economic And Technical Development

32. PART II: THE ESSENCE AND ROLE
EDUCATION
All-round Development
Acculturing Role
Manpower Development
Education as Investment

33. PART III: NATIONAL SYSTEM OF
EDUCATION
• Concept of National System of Education
• Common Educational Structure (10+2+3)
• International Understanding
• Promotion of Languages
• Equal Opportunity
• Research and Development
• Provide Resource Support
• Life-long Education

34. PART IV: EDUCATION FOR EQUALITY

35. Adult
Education
Education for
Women’s
Equality
Education
of SC
Education of
ST
Education for
Educationally
Backward
Sections and
Areas
Minorities
Education
for the
Handicapped

37. PART VI: TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT
EDUCATION
Research and Development
Promoting Efficiency and Effectiveness at all
Levels
Innovations

38. PART VII: MAKING THE SYSTEM WORK
A better deal to teachers with greater accountability.
 Provision of better facilities to institutions.
Creation of a system of performance appraisals of
institutions according to standards and norms set at
the national or state levels.

40.  Cultural Perspective
 Value Education
 Books & Libraries
 Media &Educational Technology
 Work Experience
 Education And Environment

41. Mathematics Teaching
Science Education
Sports and Physical Education
Role of Youth
Examination Reforms

42. PART IX: THE TEACHER
Recruitment of Teachers
Living and Working
Conditions of Teachers
Teachers Association

43. PART X: THE MANAGEMENT OF
EDUCATION
National Level
State Level
District Level
Local Level

44. PART XI: RESOURCES AND REVIEW
• 1. Resources:
Investment of education will be gradually
increased to reach a level of expenditure of
National Income as early as possible.
• 2. Review:
The implementation of various parameters
by the new policy must be reviewed every five
years.

45. PART XII: THE FUTURE
• It has been envisaged that notwithstanding the
complexity of the future shape given our tradition
which has, almost always, put a high premium on
intellectual and spiritual attainment, we are bound
to succeed in achieving our objectives.

48. POA (PROGRAMME OF ACTION)

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Subject
No. of Paragraphs
1 Early Childhood Care and Education 13
2 Elementary Education, Non-Formal Education and Operation Blackboard 33
3 Secondary Education and Navodaya Vidyalayas 5
4 Vocationalization of Education 59
5 Higher Education 30
6 Open University and Distance Education 2
7 Rural Universities and Institutes 5
8 Technical and Management Education 102
9 Making the System Work 10

50. 10 Delinking of Degrees from Jobs and Manpower Planning 11
11 Research Development 22
12 Education for Women’s Equality 20
13 Education of SC/ST and others 8
14 Minorities of Education 3
15 Education of the Handicapped 33
16 Adult Education 20
17 Content and Process of School Education 6
18 Evaluation Process and Examination Reform 3
19 Youth and Sports 10

51. 20 Language Development 10
21 The Cultural Perspective 22
22 Media and Educational Technology 9
23 Teachers and their Training 29
24 Management of Education 46

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