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Universalization of education has been a policy priority, but it still remains an unfulfilled dream. As a consequence, the spread of secondary education is quite limited and higher education is available to a small percentage of the population. The country has, therefore, progressed very well in the field of technical education both quantitatively and qualitatively.(1)____ During recent times, India has lain geat stress on modernization and technological advancement in education, and has contributed amazingly to high-skilled manpower in software and information technology.(2)____
Despite our limited endeavours in other sphere of education, India manages its own affairs on its own in almost all the areas, and does not, in no way, depend on foreign expertise.(3)____(4)____
On the other hand, it provides all kinds of manpower to other countries.(5)____ In terms of policy, India had continued with the colonial education system of the British rulers till about 1968, when the Government had announced its first National Education Policy, in which was in accordance with the requirements of the country, but there was big gap between the policy and practice due to many natural and man-made bottlenecks.(6)____(7)____
Another National Policy on education was announced in 1986, which, amongst other things, emphasized qualitative improvement, essenhal in higher and technical education; vocahonalisation of secondary education; development of regional languages.(8)____ This policy revised in 1992, and was in line with the earlier policy, but it far added to the inconsistencies and contradictions between the stated goals and actual policy, on the one hand, and between stated goals and resource allocation, on the other.(9)____(10)____
