Growth of Education in Post Independent India

Abstract

Any developing country's growth strategy must include education as a crucial factor, and it is only fair that education be given honourable consideration in society. Both an individual's life and the life of society depend greatly on education. Following India's 1947 declaration of independence, the government set up a number of education commissions to address the country's educational challenges and recommend all-encompassing measures to strengthen its educational system. The Nehru government formed the Educational Commissions in 1948 and 1952 to advance several facets of life, including education, during the country's first two decades of independence. India's educational system has undergone a significant transformation over the past 75 years, not only in terms of policy development and programme execution, but also in terms of pedagogy, vocational training, and sector modernization. India currently has the largest higher education system in the world, having graduated more than 70 million students in less than 20 years. In the current state of the world economy, education can be crucial to long-term economic growth and the overcoming of a recession. In this framework, the creation of human resources that may be accountable for the social, economic, and scientific advancement of the nation is a key component of education as a sector for both short- and long-term economic progress. The paper will begin with an overview of educational commissions from 1948 to NEP 2020 in regarding the major recommendations of education.