National Policy on Education (1986)

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National Policy on Education 1986 (1998)
Department of Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

HRD Minister’s Statement

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NATIONAL POLICY
ON EDUCATION
1986

(As modified in 1992)

with

National Policy on Education, 1968

Government of India
Department of Education
Ministry of Human Resource Development
New Delhi
1998

CONTENTS

Statement made by Minister of Human Resource Development
IVII	Introductory	2
IIVI	The Essence and Role of Education	4
IIIV	National System of Education	5
IVII	Education for Equality	7
VIII	Reorganisation of Education at Different Stages	13
VIII	Technical and Management Education	21
VIII	Making the System Work	25
VIII	Reorienting the Content and Process of Education	26
IXII	The Teacher	31
XIII	The Management of Education	33
XIII	Resource and Review	35
XIII	The Future	37
NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION, 1968		38

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