The document outlines the key characteristics of India's national education system. It states that the system will be based on principles in the Indian constitution, provide common schooling for all students regardless of background, and follow a 10+2+3 structure from primary to higher education. It also describes national curricular frameworks, secular values, education for peace, equality of access and opportunity, minimum learning standards, national integration, promotion of languages, mobility in higher education, research networks, lifelong learning, open and distance learning, coordination between national institutions, public involvement, partnership between central and state governments, education for equality and removal of disparities, adult education programs, and early childhood care integrated with primary education.

1. Characteristics of National System
of Education
Mr.M.Deivam M.Sc.,M.Ed.,M.Phil.,SET(Edn).,NET(Edn)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science,
Usha Latchumanan College of Education,
Thirukanur,
Puducherry UT.

2. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
NATIONAL SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
National system on the principles
embodied in the constitution: National
system of education will based on the
philosophy as contained in the constitution of
India.
Common school system: Up to a given
level, all students, irrespective of caste,
creed, location or sex, will have access to
education of a comparable quality. Effective
measures will be taken in the direction of the
common system recommended in the 1968

3. Cont.,
10+2+3 structure: The National System of
Education envisages a common educational
structure i.e. 10+2+3; elementary system
comprising 5 years of primary education and 3
years of upper primary, followed by 2 years of
high school.
National curricular framework: There will be a
national curricular framework with a common core
along with other components that are flexible.
Secular values: All educational programs will be
carried on in strict conformity with secular values.

4. Cont.,
Education for peace and understanding:
Education will be aimed at strengthening the
ideas of peace and understanding.
Equality in education: To promote equality it
will be necessary to provide for equal
opportunity to all not only in access but also
in the conditions for success.
Minimum level of learning: Minimum level
of learning will be laid down for each stage of
education.

5. Cont.,
National integration: steps will be taken to foster
among students an understanding of the diverse
cultural and social system of the people living in
different parts of the country.
Promotion of languages: Besides the promotion of
link language, programmes will also be launched to
increases substantially the translation of books from
one language to another and to publish multi-lingual
dictionaries and glossaries.
Facilitating inter-regional mobility: 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

6. Cont.,
Network arrangement in research
development: In the area of research and
development and education in science and
technology, special measures in the country
to pool their resources and participate in
projects of national importance.
Lifelong education: Life-long education is
the cherished goal of the educational
process. This pre-supposes universal literacy.
Open and distance learning: The future
thrust will be in the direction of open and

7. Cont.,
Involvement of national institutions: Integrated
planning will be instituted among all these bodies
(University Grants Commission, All India Council of
Technical Education, the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research, the National council of Educational
Research and Training, the National Institute of
Educational Planning and Administration and the
International Institute of Science and Technology) so
as to establish functional linkages and reinforce
programmes of research and post-graduate education.
Involvement of the nation as a whole: Nation as a
whole will assume the responsibility of providing
resource support for implementing programmes of
educational transformation.

8. Cont.,
Meaningfull partnership between the centre and
the states: Concurrency signifies a partnership
which is at once meaningful and challenging. The
national policy will be oriented towards giving effect
to it in letter and spirit.
Education for equality: The new policy will lay
emphasis on the removal of disparities and to
equalize opportunity by attending it to the specific
needs of these who have been denied equality so
far. This includes educate ion for women’s equality,
schedule castes and tribes, backward sections,
minorities and the handicapped.

9. Cont.,
Adult education: The nation must pledge itself to
the eradication of illiteracy, particularly in the 15-35
age group. A vast programme of adult and
continuing education will be implemented through
various ways and channels.
Early childhood care and education:
programmes of ECCE will be child centered. A full
integration of child care and pre-primary education
will be brought about both as a feeder and a
strengthening factor for primary education and for
human resource development in general.

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