The ancient Indian educators advocated that education should not only cater to the needs and devel­opment of a favoured “few”, but for the society as a whole. Every boy and girl in this country should be provided with a minimum standard of spiritual education.

The Grihya Sutra states that the three twice- born castes were all required to undergo a period of religious studentship. In the Chhandogye Upanishad King Asvapati Kaikey a states, “In my kingdom there is …no ignorant person …” These are some evidences of a system of universal compulsory education prevailed in ancient Aryavarta.