Manpower and educational development in India 1961 - 1986

THIS volume consists of a memorandum submitted to the Education Commission set up by the Government of India 'to advise Government on the national pattern of education and on the general principles and policies for the development of education at all stages and in all aspects". It was submitted to the Commission in January 1966 and was used as the basis for the Commission's proposals on enrolment policies in secondary and higher education.¹
This memorandum was written in the first phase of a joint project of the Planning Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, and the Unit for Economic and Statistical Studies on Higher Education, London School of Economics, in collaboration with the Perspective Planning Division, Indian Planning Commission. This is a three-year project which began in 1965 and aims to throw light on the pattern of India's long-term manpower requirements and their implications for educational policy. The present volume includes the results of a preliminary and highly aggregative study undertaken at the request of the officers of the Education Commission. Subsequent work on the project is at a more disaggregated level and aims to provide a more refined basis for forecasting than has been so far possible.