The predominant pattern of education in India comprises eight years of integrated elementary education, three years of secondary education with diversified courses to give it a vocational bias and make it a terminal point for entry into a trade or higher education, and three years of university education leading to a first degree. Some of the states have adopted a pattern of seven years of elementary education. However, in 1966 the Education Commission suggested a uniform pattern of 15 years’ duration leading to the first degree (10 years of general education, two years of general or vocational education at the higher secondary level and three years for the first degree).