Dewan, Hridaykant
(2018)
Evolution of education policy in India and its impact on
government initiative.
Learning Curve (30).
08-11.
Abstract
Formal education has acquired an important place
in the consciousness of current societies. There
is now clear recognition that education beyond
what is available as a part of the community
is needed and structures have been set up for
creating opportunities for this purpose. The drive
and commitment to educate all has been a part
of the political commitment of the Independence
movement as well as a major agenda of social
reformers and activists. The nature and manner
of making this available has seen many formats
and areas of focus. The policy discourse before
Independence and the structures to decide the
priorities and work with them are interesting in
themselves, but here we look at two major policy
statements, the 1968 policy and the 1986 policy,
the spirit they display and the programmes of
actions they have generated. We then also briefly
look at the recent attempts to formulate a new
policy statement. This exploration and analysis
of the policy holds rich possibilities, but the basic
purpose of this article is to provide a background to
the public (read Government) efforts, programmes
of action and schemes since the 90s. The intense
governmental interventions subsequent to the first
comprehensive programme of action brought out
in 1992 and the semi-government interventions
before that have acquired prominence in the minds
of people and established frameworks to structure
and transform education.
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