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Development of Education System

Notes 6.1 Main Features of National Policy on Education (1986)

An out line of National Policy of Education has been divided into twelve parts : (1) Introductory
(2) The Essence and Role of Education (3) National System of Education (4) Education for Equality
(5) Reorganisation of Education at Different Stage (6) Technical and management Education.

6.2 Programme of Action (POA) 1986

The Parliament during the Budget Session in 1986 discussed and adopted the "National Policy of
Education 1986". A promise was made at that time by the Minister of Human Resource
Development that he would present in the Monsoon Session a Programme of Action for the
implementation of the Policy. Immediately after the Budget Session, the ministry undertook an
intensive exercise to prepare the promised Programme of Action.
This programme of Action is meant to provide an indication of the nature of actions which will
be needed in order to implement the directions of the Policy. It provides a broad strategy
within which detailed schemes will be subsequently drawn up; it will also facilitate the
preparatory work which will be required before such schemes can be worked out fully and put
into operational form. The detailed projects will be taken up for formulation by the various
departments and agencies, in consultation with all concerned, once the strategy outlined in the
Programme of Action has been examined and endorsed by the parliament. It is necessary to
stress that what is presented here is not an inflexible structure but only a projection of directions
with varying degrees of detail. A certain amount of flexibility is assumed which will help the
implementing agencies in tailoring the programme of Action to suit their contexts and to make
necessary modifications on the basis of experiences and emerging scenarios. Implementation of
the programmes will be a cooperative effort between the Centre and the States with full
involvement of the community and the teachers and a constant process of consultations is
envisaged.

When and where did the central advisory board of education meet?

6.3 Major Steps of National Policy of Education

Major steps of policy are given below:
(1) National System of Education.
(2) Navodava Schools.
(3) De-linking degrees from jobs.
(4) Performance and Accountability.
(5) The management of education.
(6) Indian Education service. (IES)
(7) Raising resources.
6.3.1 De-linking Degrees From Jobs
A beginning will be made in de-linking degrees from jobs in selected areas. The proposal
cannot be applied to occupation-specific courses like Engineering, Medicine, Law, Technical,
etc., Similarly, the services of specialists 'with academic qualifications in the humanities, social
sciences, sciences, etc., will continue to be required in various job positions.
De-linking will be applied in services for which a university degree need not be a necessary
qualification. Its implementation will lead to a refashioning of job-specific courses and afford

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