Plans to "Universalise Secondary Education" : PM's Independence Day Speech

In an attempt to improve the quality of education in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday announced the appointment of an Education Commission to make recommendations in this regard.


Addressing the nation, after unfurling the national flag at the historic Red Fort on the occasion of the country’s 65th Independence Day, the prime minister said as the vocational education and skill development acquired new importance and needed “major changes”, “the government has decided to appoint the commission to make suggestions for improvements at all levels of education”. 


Unveiling the government plan to universalise secondary education, as it did in case of elementary education through the Right to Education Act, he said: “Today every citizen has a right to elementary education. We are now considering universalisation of secondary education.”