Education Policies in India since Independence: A Review

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Abstract: This review is anthology of education system of India since independence. The British imposing rule in India implanted into the Indian society the education system which was proposed by the British government for the safeguarding of their colonial admin in India, termed the Macaulay education scheme. The Indian higher education started inflating and was promoted time and another time through different national policies and configuration of various committees and commissions, like the University Education Commission (UEC) in 1948, the University Grants Commission (UGC) in 1956, Kothari Commission (KC) in 1964, the first National Policy on Education (NPE) in 1968, et cetera, and now, an initiative of the Indian government is on to direct in and implement a New Education Policy (2019). The present reviews discussed the committees and commissions formed from 1945 to 2011 taking into consideration.