The institutions which will be strengthened to play an important role in giving shape to National System of Education are the University Grants Commission, the All India Council of Technical Education, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Indian Medical Council. Integrated planning will be situated among all these bodies so as to establish functional linkages and reinforce programmes of research and post-graduate education.

These, together with the National Council of Educational Research and Training, the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration and the International Institute of Science and Technology Education will be involved in implementing the Education Policy.