Abstract:
Primary education is the basic foundation of progress of a nation. This is the first step, only by successfully crossing which a nation can reach its desired goal. Primary education does not have as close a relationship with national life as secondary or higher education. Primary education has more important place than any other social, political or educational activity in building national ideology and character. It is not related to any particular person or class but to the entire population of the country. It has contact with every person's life at every step.
In this way we can say that education of all individuals or even the education of common people is the foundation of national progress. Our country can develop only by uplifting it. In this context, the following thoughts of Swami Vivekananda are full of truth -
"In my opinion the neglect of the masses is the great national sin, and one of the causes of our downfall. All politics will fail unless the masses in India are once again thoroughly educated."
In 1950, the makers of the Indian Constitution, in accordance with the aspirations of the people, resolved under Article 45 of the Constitution to make provision for free and compulsory education within ten years for all children in the age group of 6 to 14 years. The Indian Education Commission 1966, while propounding the importance of education, said, "The main objective of education is to strengthen social and national unity.
