National Education Policy 2019

A vision for the education system in

India

The vision of India’s new education system has accordingly been crafted to

ensure that it touches the life of each and every citizen, consistent with their

ability to contribute to many growing developmental imperatives of this

country on the one hand, and towards creating a just and equitable society

on the other. We have proposed the revision and revamping of all aspects of

the education structure, its regulation and governance, to create a new system

that is aligned with the aspirational goals of 21st century education, while

remaining consistent with India’s traditions and value systems.

The historic Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted at the UN

General Assembly in 1948, declared that “everyone has the right to education”.

Article 26 in the Declaration stated that “education shall be free, at least in

the elementary and fundamental stages” and “elementary education shall be

compulsory”, and that ‘education shall be directed to the full development of

the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights

and fundamental freedoms’.

The idea that education must result in the ‘full development of the human

personality’ continued to be reflected in influential reports such as that entitled