Signposts to New Education WE are being constantly reminded that
the present educational system in India has outlived its
usefulness. If it is no longer useful we must be clear about the
nature and objectives of the tvpc of education we want to put in
its place. Education in India has been too theoretical and
primarily limited to teaching English language and literature.
This system served the purposes of a colonial economy. Unaware
of the know-how of the production system, the ^educated' were
cut ofT from the hopes and aspirations of the masses. The
isolation of education from the needs of a changing society
became so obvious at the turn of the century that in 1905 the
protagonists of a national education system called for a
restructuring oriented to an independent national economy. They
also advocated the inculcation of patriotism among students as
an essential prerequisite to nation-building. It was, however,
realized that such a national system of education was not
possible till India freed itself from po