INTRODUCTION
 

In the present day world it is education that determines the level of prosperity and welfare of the people.Education and research are crucial to the entire developmental process of a country. This is more so in a developing country like , India, where the need for an educational policy containing a built-in flexibility adjustable to the changing circumstances is imperative. On the quality and number of the persons coming out of the schools and colleges will depend our success in the great enterprise of national reconstruction whose principal objective is to raise the standard of living of the people. Further, if the pace of national development is to be accelerated there is need for a well defined, bold and imaginative educational policy.

The origin of the system of education prevalent in the country today can be traced to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Thereafter a number of Committees and Commissions were appointed from time to time by the Government in the pre-independence period to suggest appropriate changes in regard to the educational policy in view of the political and social changes taking place in the country. Education, however, acquired a new significance after Independence and both the planner and the administrator have felt the need for a national system of education suited to the needs and aspirations of free and modern society.