According to the National Integration Committee, national integration involves developing feelings of unity, solidarity, and cohesion among citizens to create a sense of common citizenship and national loyalty. The document outlines that national integration is needed to strengthen the nation, protect constitutional values, prevent conflicts, remove social injustices, generate economic growth, preserve democracy, and protect the country from foreign aggression. Some obstacles to national integration include communalism, religionalism, linguism, casteism, and poverty. Educational programs that can promote national integration include merit-based admission, uniformity in school uniforms, curriculum focused on democratic and secular values of modern India, co-curricular activities, celebration of important national dates, and educational tours and film exhibitions.
2. • According to National Integration
Committee, national integration is a
psychological and educational process
involving the development of a feeling of
unity, solidarity and cohesion in the hearts
of the people, a sense of common
citizenship and a feeling of loyalty of the
nation.
3. Need For National Integration
• To strengthen our nation
• Protect constitutional values
• Prevent conflicts
• Remove social injustices
• Generate economic growth and development
• Preserve democracy
• Protect our country from foreign aggression
4. Obstacles to National Integration
i. Communalism
ii. Religionalism
iii. Linguism
iv. Casteism
v. Poverty
5. Educational Programmes for National
Integration
Admission – merit not caste
Similarity in the uniform
Curriculum – modern India’s democratic,
secular values, literature, art and music
Co-curricular activities
Celebrate national important dates
Conduct tour, exhibitions of films
