At the threshold of the new millennium, the Government of Haryana has sought to address the challenges thrown up by the changing environment and the problems being faced by the state in terms of key HRD indicators by bringing Education at the central stage of its development agenda. At this stage of development, the education agenda of the state requires re-negotiation from quantity to quality, from mere transfer of information to enhancement of creativity & knowledge and development of relevant skills, from a centralized to a decentralized system of educational administration and from bureaucratic management to a participative decision making process. The overall objective is to make education relevant to the emerging environment by way of encouraging socially & economically productive skills. Haryana, which was carved out of the erstwhile Punjab in 1966, had come into existence as a deprived and under developed state.The efforts of the people of the State and the Govt have led to a stage, where Haryana has the distinction of having the third highest per capita income. Haryana has made commendable progress in many areas on the economic front, like providing electricity,metalled roads and potable water to all the villages besides giving thrust to industries alongwith technical and material inputs in agriculture. The life expectancy and per capita income of the state have risen considerably. During the same period the literacy rate has risen to 55.85% as compared to the national average of 52.21% (1991 census). This has to be viewed in the context of the fact that in 1966 at the time of reorganisation the State's literacy rate (19.92%, Census 1961) was lower than the national average (27.76%, Census 1961).