EDUCATION AND POLITICS IN POST-INDEPENDENT INDIA

Abstract

The lengthy history of education in India was finally re-thought and re-defined in India after independence. Historical examination of the politics of education establishes the inescapable role of politics in the formation of the policies and systems of schooling. It is acknowledged that education has a singular potential to change the existing social-political conditions, to protect and sustain them. Let's turn to the historical evolution of education. Alterations in the nature and application of education in different historical stages of India has also brought great changes in the life of the folk of these ages.