The focus of the First Five Year Plan, in the context of education, was on

In the sphere of education, the First Five Year Plan gave particular attention to professional and management education to build trained manpower for development.

General education was not singled out as the priority focus of this first plan.

Medical education, while important, was not the specific emphasis highlighted here.

Teacher education received attention later rather than as the defining thrust of this plan.

The early plans linked education closely to the needs of economic reconstruction.

Building professional and managerial capacity was seen as essential to national development.