Education Policies, Commissions, and Committees in Colonial and Postcolonial India: Their Role in Spread of Education in the Country

Abstract

The present study aims to do an analysis and evaluation of various language policies in India. It is noteworthy that the Indian government introduced its latest National Education Policy, NEP 2020, on 29th July 2020. ‘Fulfilling the requirements of the (twenty-first) century by transforming its education system’ is the purpose of this new policy. Besides this, many educational policies, commissions, and committees were announced in pre- and post-independent India in order to improve its education system and make education available for everybody. This research paper deals with the aforementioned things in colonial India in particular and postcolonial India in general. The reason behind mainly focusing on education policies of Britishers time is not only to see the condition of education at that time but also to know what their motives were behind implementing these education policies.