Abstract:
Education is regarded as the potential instrument of social transformation and important means of development. In a world of science and technology it is education that would determine the levels of well being and prosperity of the people of the nation. In order to accelerate the pace of national upliftment, it is felt essential to frame an imaginative and well- defined educational policy and to take a determined and vigorous action for vitalising and improving the quality as well as the quantity of education. Consequently a great priority is given to education. A large number of committees and commissions have been appointed to enquire into the various specific and general educational issues confronting the nation and to suggest guidelines and recommendations for reformation and improvement. Attempts have been made in the field of education to bridge the gulf between the objectives and
the realisation of national goals; to secure rapid economic development by increasing productivity, to involve teachers and students in community activities and to promote social, moral and spiritual values needed for a democratic socialistic society.
