THE NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
 

1. Education is a powerful instrument of national development- social, economic and cultural. The highest priority should therefore be accorded to the development of a national system of education which Will-

--accelerate the transformation of the existing social system into a new one based on the principles of justice, equality, liberty and dignity of the individual, enshrined in the Constitution of India;

-provide adequate and equal opportunity to every child and help him to develop his personality to its fullest;

-make the rising generation conscious of the fundamental unity of the country in the midst of her rich diversity, proud of her cultural heritage and confident of her great future; and

- emphasize science and technology and the cultivation of moral, social and spiritual values.