The Education Commission (1964 - 66) reviewed Indian education in its totality and gave special attention to women's education. It said, "The problem of women's education has been examined by a number of committees - the National Committee on Education of Women 1959, the committee on differentiation of curricula between boys and girls 1961, the Bhaktvatsalam Committee 1963 which studied the problem in six states where the education of girls is less developed We fully endorse the recommendations of these committees". Inspite of this it made following recommendations (i) education of women should be regarded as a major programme for some years to come to close the existing gap between men and women in this regard (ii) special schemes should be prepared for this purpose and funds should be provided on priority basis and (iii) both the centre and in the states there should be special machinery to look after the education of girls and women.