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68 The University Education Commission (1948–49), the first Education Commission in independent India, thought it unfortunate that the importance of Intermediate College in educational system of India had not been realised and recommended that the admission to the university should be preceded by 12 years of schooling. The objective was to raise the standard of University Education. The Conference of Vice-Chancellors (1962), the All India Council for secondary Education (1963), the Conference of State Education Ministers (1964)—all recommended a 12-year course of schooling before admission to a 3-year degree course as the goal towards which the country must move. Philosophy & Need The Education Commission of India (1966) emphasised that there is a direct link between education, national development and prosperity and stated that this can be: vitalised only when the National system of education is, properly organised, both qualitatively and quantitatively. This Commission also pointed out that the existing system of education was largely unrelated to the life, needs and aspirations of the people and there was a wide gulf between its contents and purposes as well as interests of National: development. One of the major weaknesses of the present. educational system is that secondary education fits students. for college and almost unfits them for everything else. In any well designed National system of education,. secondary education must have two specific objectivest (1) to prepare a student for the University, or (2) to become terminal and prepare a student for some. vocation in life.