No.F.2-17/2004-PN-1

Government of India

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Department of Secondary & Higher Education

 

New Delhi, the 10^th September, 2004

 

ORDER

 

 

The Government of India had re-constituted the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) vide Resolution dated 6.7.2004. The first meeting of the re-constituted Central Advisory Board of Education was held on 10 & 11 August, 2004 during which some critical issues had emerged needing detailed deliberation.  It was decided to set up Committees of CABE to examine in detail these critical issues. Accordingly it has been decided, with the approval of the Minister of Human Resource Development, to set up a Committee of CABE on the subject of “Integration of Culture Education in the School Curriculum” under the Chairmanship of Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy with the following composition:

 

S.No.	Name & Address
1.	Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy	Chairman
2.	Shri Javed Akhtar	Member
3.	Ms. Shubha Mudgal, Classical Singer	Member
4.	Ms. Krishna Sobti	Member
5.	Shri Vinod Raina	Member
6.	Dr. Kiran Seth	Member
7.	Secretary School Education, Karnataka	Member
8.	Secretary School Education, Madhya Pradesh	Member
9.	Secretary School Education, Maharashtra	Member
10.	Secretary School Education, Uttranchal	Member
11.	Secretary School Education, Tamil Nadu	Member
12.	Secretary School Education, Assam	Member
13.	Secretary School Education, Andhra Pradesh	Member
14.	Prof. Krishna Kumar, Director NCERT	Member Secretary

 

 

The terms of reference of the Committee are:-

 

a)      To suggest ways of enhancing the quality of cultural awareness among school going children;

b)      To suggest ways of introducing both in curricular and extra-curricular ways, the learning of our traditional, folk, classical and contemporary art forms;

c)      To suggest ways of helping the students to appreciate the world of arts, music and literature;

 d)      To suggest ways of introducing a capsule on the appreciation of arts in the curriculum of teacher education;

e)      To suggest ways of introducing art appreciation as an elective subject in the universities;

f)        To help understand the status of art and music schools and colleges in the country.

 

The Committee shall be provided secretarial assistance by NCERT.  The Members of the Committee shall be paid TA/DA at the rates that are payable to the Members of the High Powered Committees.

 

The Committee shall give its recommendations within six months from the date of its constitution. 

 

 

(Anil Kapoor)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India

 

Copy forwarded to:

 

 

1.   All Members of the Committee of CABE.

2.   All Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India

3.   All Attached/Subordinate Offices and Autonomous Statutory Bodies under the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

4.   All State Governments/Union Territories.

5.   President’s Secretariat.

6.   Prime Minister’s Office.

7.   Cabinet Secretariat.

 

 

(Anil Kapoor)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of India