Universalization of education has been a policy priority, but it still remains an unfulfilled dream. As a consequence, the spread of secondary education is quite limited and higher education is available to a small percentage of the population. The country has,therefore, progressed very well in the field of technical education 1both quantitatively and qualitatively. During recent times, Indiahas lain great stress on modernization and technological 2advancement in education, and has contributed amazingly to high-skilled manpower in software and information technology. Despite our limited endeavours in other sphere of education, 3India manages its own affairs on its own in almost allthe areas, and does not, in no way, depend on foreign expertise. 4 On the other hand, it provides all kinds of manpower to other 5countries. In terms of policy, India had continued with the colonial education system of the British rulers till about 1968, when the Government had announced its first National Education Policy,in which was in accordance with the requirements of the country, 6but there was big gap between the policy and practice due to many 7natural and man-made bottlenecks. Another National Policy on education was announced in 1986, which, amongst other things, emphasized qualitativeimprovement, essential in higher and technical education; 8vocationalisation of secondary education; development of regionallanguages. This policy revised in 1992, and was in line with the 9earlier policy, but it far added to the inconsistencies and 10contradictions between the stated goals and actual policy, on the one hand, and between stated goals and resource allocation, on the other.