The NPE ’86 recommends that the institutions of national importance like UGC, NCERT, NIEPA, AICTE, ICAR, IMC etc. The future thrust will be in the direction of open and distance learning.ġ1.
Opportunities will be provided to the youth, housewives, agricultural and industrial workers and professionals to continue the education of their choice at their own pace.
Life-long education is a cherished goal of educational process. The nation, as a whole, assumes the responsibility of providing research support for implementing programmes of educational transformation, reducing disparities, universalization of elementary education, adult literacy, scientific and technological research, etc. In the areas of research and development and education in science and technology, special measures will be taken to establish network arrangement between different institutions in the country’ to pool their resources and participate in projects of national importance. The universal character of universities and other institution of higher education is to be understood for promoting a sense of national identity and mobility. NPE suggests that in higher education in general and technical education in particular, steps will be taken to facilitate inter-regional mobility by providing equal access to every Indian of requisite merit regardless of his origins. True to the hoary tradition of India following the principle of amity and co-operation among nations, education has to strengthen peace and understanding between nations, treating the whole world as one family and motivate the younger generations for international co-operation and peaceful co-existence. To promote this objective, the link language has to be developed and programmes of translating books from one language to another and publishing multi-lingual dictionaries and glossaries should be implemented.” The Policy stated, “The young will be encouraged to undertake the rediscovery of India, each in his own image and perception”. The NPE ’86 states, “steps will be taken to foster among students an understanding of diverse cultural and social system of the people living in different parts of the country. Understanding of Cultural and Social Systems : It would also help maintaining a reasonable standard of education throughout the country.ĥ. This will serve as a reference in the development of instructional materials, selection of suitable teaching learning strategies and evaluating learner’s progress. This will ensure a comparable standard of education for each area of learning in the curriculum. It will be laid down for each stage of education.