Normative Vision of Indian Education: Indian Constitution

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Normative Vision of Indian Education: Indian Constitution

1.1 Constitution of India Basic Features.

• India is a Union of states.
• A constitution having written documentary rules for Government.
• This rules define fundamental political principles, establishing structure, procedure, powers and duties of the Government.
• By limiting Government’s rules for own, other hands are for the people, called as human rights.

i. Fundamental Rights.

ii. Directive Principles of State Policy.

• State policy denotes the ideals that the state should keep in mind while formulating policies and enacting laws.
• It includes legislative, local authorities, public authorities in the country.
• The Directive Principles are non-justiciable in nature.
• They are not legally enforceable by the court by their violation.
• Therefore the Government cannot compelled to implement them.
• Directive Policy aim at providing social and economic justice to the people.

• The distinctive features of Indian constitution is the inclusion of the Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSPs).
• Indian constitution incorporated principles from Irish in part-IV from Article-36 to Article-51.
• These fundamental principles optimized hopes and aspirations of the Indians.
• It states that the state must be foster and secure the social well-being of the citizens and the economic prosperity of the nation.

• The directive Principles have same affirmative instructions to the state authorities to secure all the citizens.
• The citizens having the justice on social, economic and political liberty of thoughts, expression belief, faith and worship.
• They have equality of status and opportunity to promote, fraternity, unity and integrity of nation.
• The basic aim of the Directive Principles is to establish a welfare state.

• The Directive Principles of State Policy classified under several groups covering socio-economic rights.
• Directive Principles are not justiciable in character.
• The Directive Principles are regarded as the basic foundation of democracy and welfare state.
• Political democracy requires for its success economic security.
• The Directive Principles provide some economic principles to secure economic justice and security.

Directive Principles of State Policy – Features

The Directive Principles of State Policy under IV, Article-36 to Article-51 possessed the following features,

1. Directive Principles of State Policy tends to the state for achieving socio-economic development.
2. Directive Principles of State Policy are not enforceable in the courts.
3. No one can go near the court for its proper implementation.
4. Directive Principles of State Policy are positive in nature.
5. These principles increase power and functions of the state to nation.
6. Directive Principles of State Policy aims at establishment of a welfare state.
7. It secures social and economical justice.
8. These principles are based on socialist thinking.

iii. Federal Structure.

1.2 Preamble of The Constitution: The ideals.

i. Sovereign Nation.

ii. Democratic And Secular Polity.

iii. Liberty, Equality And Fraternity.

iv. Justice: School, Economic And Political.

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