Vol. 2 No. Issue: 9, November,1770-1788 (2025): The relationship between politics and education policies

Abstract

The study has been developed to identify the relationship between
politics and education policies in India. For this purpose the study
included the objective to understand the evolution of Indian
education policy connected to the major transformation in politics,
comprehend how the political regime and ideologies influence
institutional structure and curriculum design, investigate the
importance of Federal dynamics and party politics in structuring
the state and national level of education policies, analyse how
education policies act as instruments of nation-building, identity
formation, and political socialisation in India. The study has
incorporated the qualitative method and Exploratory Research
Design. For data collection, a qualitative data collection procedure
from existing journals and articles, the government website was
incorporated. Thematic data analysis has been incorporated to
analyse the identified data. In the context of result, the study
identified the evaluation of the Indian political regime and its
effect on the transformation and formulation of its Indian
education policies, political ideology has influence in
reconstructing the textbook narratives, institutional governance
and curriculum design, federal dynamics and politics has impact
on the policy development, adaptation and implementation in
regional and national levels, Indian education policy functions as
an instrument of political socialisation, national development and
identity construction. In future, the mixed method approach of
research and effective focus on policy making for the state Union
conflict may ensure the impact of research and national education
policies, respectively.
Keywords: Indian education policies, Indian politics, political
ideology, NEP 2020, RTE Act, 2009