நாட்டுக் கல்வி நலமுற 81 and growth of this class, holding sway over the whole range of uational aflairs, can be traced most of the ills we are faced with the erosion of social and moral values, weakening of democracy, the partisan character of our development, corruption and a number of other elitist aberrations. It is responsible for the impove rishment of the nation's very soul. It is, therefore, time the nation, most of all education, took serious note of this, phenomenon, and guarded against further damage to national life. + It is clear that the present system of education, in terms of education for the people, has outlived its utitity, whatever it ever had, But before we have a new pattern of education we must have a new model of development. In a country like ours, with vast areas of backwardness, economic, social, educational, develop ment, democracy, and education have, to go together. They have to be woven together in an integrated programe of transofrmation and reconstruction. Peaceful transformation is an organic procees in which economy and education cannot work in isolation with each other. Take for example the right to work, Even if it is enshrined in the constitution, it is the economy alone that can create opportunities of employment, education can only empower people for work. This is the principal reason why, despite growing unemployment, vocation eduocation has not become popular. Economy failed to crate jobs, SO vocational training became meaningless. If people have to be equipped for self employment there must be a national policy to decentr alise processes of production guarantee wages and incomes, safeguard the interests of the small producers
