Emerging Trends in Higher Education

Introduction

1. The resolution issued by the Government of India on the Report ofthe Education Commission, 1964–66, is as follows:

 

Education is essential for economic and cultural development of the country, for national integration and for realizing the ideal of a socialistic pattern of society. This will involve a transformation of the system to relate it more closely to the life of the people, a continuous effort to expand educational opportunity; a sustained and intensive effort to raise the quality of education at all stages, an emphasis on the development of science and technology; and the cultivation of moral and social values. The education system must produce young men and women of character and ability committed to national service ...