PILOT PROJECTS, CLEARING HOUSE FUNCTIONS, SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SURVEY
The present educational system needs to be expanded and improved in several respects to ensure wider educational opportunities and better quality of education. To gain experience on the ground in respect of several new programmes and to obtain adequate basic infor- mation, two types of projects viz. (i) Intensive Educational District Development Projects in one district each in 4 States and (ii) Educa- tional District Development Projects in one district in each of the remaining States were initiated. The general objectives of these Projects are as under:
(a) to identify and try out concrete programmes for linking up the educational structure in the district with its overall economic and social development, with special reference to employment, productivity and social justice;
(b) to start experiments in the Vocationalisation of Education and Work Experience at the school stage;
(c) for universal enrolment and retention, to start experiments in dealing with problems of wastage and stag nation in schools, the lag in girls education, the handicaps faced in the education of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and other backward communities, part- time and continuing education for school dropouts, and of liquidating adult illiteracy and intensive use of radio, etc.
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The following two types of pilot projects have been initiated.
(i) Intensive Educational District Development Projects. (ii) Educational District Development Projects.
Intensive Educational District Development Projects Intensive Educational District Development Projects have been initiated in one district each in Bihar (Darbhanga), Maharashtra (Jalgaon), Mysore (Bellary), and Punjab (Sangrur) to identify and try out concrete programmes for linking up the educational structure in the district with their overall economic and social development with special reference to employment, productivity and social justice.
Educational District Development Projects Educational District Development Projects have been extended to the remaining States. Each State has selected a district for the projects. The Districts selected are:
State District Selected
1. Andhra Pradesh Guntur
2. Assam Nowgong
3. Gujarat Baroda
4. Haryana Karnal
5. Himachal Pradesh Simla
6. Kerala Trichur
7. Madhya Pradesh Sehore
8. Orissa Puri
9. Rajasthan Jaipur
10. Uttar Pradesh Sultanpur
11. Tamil Nadu Saidapet
12. West Bengal Burdwan
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Amongst the Union Territories, the programme is being implemented in Delhi. The other State Governments who have not yet selected the district will be approached to do so.
The following main surveys and studies etc. were undertaken as part of the Intensive Educational District Development Projects:
Occupational Surveys 1. A household survey 2. An establishment survey 3. A survey of emerging industrial establishments 4. A survey of coordinating education and training programmes with growing manpower requirements 5. A survey of occupational needs of plan programmes.
Educational Surveys 1. A survey of adult literacy 2. A follow-up survey of educated persons
3. A survey of causes of failures in schools
4. A survey of schools 5. A survey of post-secondary institutions.
Under Educational District Development Projects, only occupation- al surveys were carried out.
The Project Reports for Darbhanga, Jalgaon, Bellary, Sangrur, Guntur, Baroda, Karnal, Simla, Trichur, Jaipur, Saidapet, and Delhi have been received. The reports spell out the types of programmes to be taken up in each district, the criteria for the selection of geo- graphical areas for taking up a particular programme and its size etc. The Centre would be responsible to assist in developing the project in regard to the provision of surveys, appointment of Project Officers and supporting staff, training, orientation, equipment and some promo- tional activities,
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on condition that the State Government will continue to finance pro- grammes relating to the appointment of teachers, continuance of exist- ing staff and the maintenance of the institutions.
The Project have been worked out in sufficient details in the project reports for implementation of various programmes. On the basis of these reports and discussions with the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance, it has been decided to include the fol- lowing programmes in the districts selected for Intensive Educational District Development Projects:
(a) Universalisation of Education (i) Pre-Primary education and provision of creches.
(ii) Part-time and continuation education.
(iii) Introduction of Ungraded System of School Classes.
(iv) Special programmes for education of the Scheduled Castes/Tribes.
(v) Special Programmes for Girls' education.
(vi) Intensive use of radio sets in elementary schools.
(b) Other Programmes (vii) Science Education in Rural Elementary Schools.
(viii) Orientation of Supervisors and Inspectors. (ix) Work Experience.
(x) Vocational Guidance and Educational Counselling.
(xi) Vocationalisation of Education.
In EDDP, only programmes of Work Experience and Vocationalisation of Education will be initiated.
Necessary sanctions for initiation of various programmes, as approved by the EFC for the year 1973-74, will be issued shortly.
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CLEARING HOUSE FUNCTIONS
Committee for Rationalisation of Forms Two Meetings of the Sub-Committee for the Rationalization of Forms being used for the collection of Educational Statistics were held on January 17, 1972, and October 19, 1972 respectively. The sub- committee approved the Four draft series of Form A to replace the main forms subject to a few modifications. The draft series were placed before the main committee on Rationalisation of Forms in its first meeting held on January 8-9, 1973.
The main Committee recommended that with a view to reducing the time lag, the splitting of Form A was essential and the collection of data should be a phased one. The number of series should be kept to the minimum and instead of Four series, it should be Part I, Part II and Part III. In each Part, the related items should go together and should not be repeated in the other Parts so that the information supplied does not vary. However, it was suggested that the basic institutional proforma need not be split up as far as possible. The forms consisting of various parts may be finalised and put up for consideration of the Committee at its next meeting.
Expert Committee for Rationalization of Hindi Terminology used in
Forms for the Collection of Educational Statistics The First Meeting of the Expert Committee for Rationalization of Hindi Terminology used in Forms prescribed for the collection of Educational Statistics was held on November 29-30, 1972. The recom- mendations of the Committee with regard to changes in the Hindi Termi- nology in the existing forms will be forwarded to the State Govern- ments.
Crash Programme Under a Crash Programme, an Intensive effort was made to collect the Educational Statistics/data expeditiously from the States and Universities. As follow-up action, letters were sent
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from the Union Minister of Education to State Ministers of Education and Vice-Chancellors. Further, a programme of visits to State Govern- ment Departments of Education/Public Instruction and some Universities was decided upon for the spot collection and spot reconciliation of discrepancies in the data received. Under this programme, the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Madras. Mysore, and West Bengal and some Universities were visited.
Publications The following publications were brought out during the year:
(a) Printed Publications.
(i) Education in India-1960-61 (Hindi Edition).
(ii) Education in India-1965-66-Vol. II.
(b) Mimeographed Publications.
(i) Growth in Higher Education-1966-67 to 1970-71.
(ii) Results of Matriculation/Higher Secondary Examina- tions and number of job seekers on live Registers of Employment Exchanges.
(iii) Expenditure on Education as shown in Annual Budg- ets of States-1969-70 to 1971-72.
(iv) Educational Statistics at a Glance-1971.
(v) Selected Educational Statistics-1969-70 and 1970- 71.
(vi) Selected Information on School Education-1970-71.
(vii) Schooling Facilities in Rural Areas.
(viii) Employment Situation in India.
(ix) Educational Statistic-District-wise-1965-66 Punjab.
(x) Educational Statistics-District-wise-1965-66 Uttar Pradesh.
(xi) Educational Statistics District-wise-1965-66Madhya Pradesh.
(xii) Education in India since Independence-1972.
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Publication Unit The journals "The Education Quarterly", "Cultural Forum" and "Sanskriti" were continued to be brought out by the Publication Unit, in addition to reports, pamphlets and brochures on themes of topical interest. All the issues of the Education Quarterly for the 1972 dealt with the theme of the International Book Year. A special issue of "Cultural Forum" on Aurobindo was brought out in October 1972. The total number of publications brought out by the Unit was 43.
The total sale effected by the Unit during the year was to the tune of Rs. 43,000.
Indian Council of Social Science Research The various programmes undertaken by the ICSSR since its incep- tion in 1969 continued to make headway during the year under report. The survey of research in social sciences has been completed and trend reports pertaining to various fields have either been published or are in press. The study into the educational problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes referred to in the last report, is in progress and several other projects have also been entrusted to selected schol- ars and centres for studying the problems of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Training courses in research methodology were organised at selected university centres and these were well attended. Three national fellowships, 7 ICSSR Research Fellowships, and 53 doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships have so far been awarded and grants amounting to Rs. 2,25,500 have been given for publication of Ph.D. theses and reports of other research in various fields of social sciences. 45 research projects received during the year were given financial support amounting to Rs 11,22,220.
The Social Science Documentation Centre of the Council brought out the following three publications :
1. Union List of Social Science Periodicals currently received in Andhra Pradesh.
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2. Union List of Social Science Periodicals Currently received in Karnatak; and
3. Union List of Social Science Periodicals currently received in Bombay.
The Press copy of the fascicule of Gandhi Centenary Bibliography covering monographs, special numbers of periodicals and theses on Gandhiji has been made ready. Some other publications have also been taken in hand.
Work is also in progress for the setting up of a data library and a repository library.
State Education Secretaries and DPI's Conference The Conference of Education Secretaries of States/Union Territo- ries and Directors of Education/Higher Education/Public Instruction was held on September 15-16, 1972 to discuss among other things, the working paper on Education in the Fifth Five Year Plan, (1974-79).
36th Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education The 36th Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education was held on September 18-19, 1972 to discuss among other things the Work- ing Paper on 'Education in the Fifth Five Year Plan'. The Board broadly approved of the proposals contained in the Working Paper on Educational Development in the Fifth Five Year Plan (1974-79) and recommended that on the basis of the guidelines contained in the Working Paper and discussions and decisions made in the meeting, the Centre, States and Union Territories should formulate the proposals for Educational Development in the Fifth Five Year Plan by December, 1972. They also passed a number of resolutions, the most important being the resolution on 'universal and free primary and middle school education'. The Board recommended that universal and free primary education should be provided for all children (age group 6-11) as soon as possible in every State and Union
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Territory and preferably by 1975-76. In regard to the children in the age-group 11-14, the Board recommended that every effort should be made to bring them all under Education either on a full time or on a part-time basis by 1980-81. The Board reiterated its earlier recom- mendations that it is desirable to adopt the universal pattern of Education viz. (10+2+3) in all parts of the country. In the opinion of the Board vocationalisation of Secondary Education is an essential and urgent reform. The Board emphasised the need for improvement of standards at every level.
Meetings of the Committees of the CABE The meetings of the CABE's Committees on 'Educational Administra- tion', 'Pre-School Development and Primary School Education', 'Model School and Improvement of Standards', and on 'Educational Structures and Vocationalisation' were also held during the course of the year.
CENTRAL SECRETARIAT LIBRARY The Central Secretariat Library has been re-organised during the year under report and will have 17 divisions depicting the nature of reading material and service rendered to the users of the library. These Divisions are :
1. I.O.D. Division.
2. F.O.D. Division.
3. Education Division.
4. Rare Books Division.
5. Book Selection (Ret.).
6. Book Selection (Cur.).
7. Acquisition Division.
8. Processing Division.
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9. Serials Division.
10. Documentation Division.
11. Binding Division.
12. Gift Division.
13. Reference Division.
14. Bibliography Division.
15. Circulation Division.
16. Extension Services Division.
17. Administration Division.
It continued to provide reference service and lending facilities to the employees of all the Ministries, Departments, Attached and Subordinate Offices, Public Undertakings and Government financed autonomous bodies situated in Delhi and Employees of Delhi Administra- tion. Lending facilities were extended for the first time to the correspondents accredited to the Government of India. Reference service and consultation facilities were also provided to the scholars and researchers from various Universities and Institutions from all parts of the country.
During the period under report 9,927 volumes were added to the library (including 6,425 volumes for the branch at R. K. Puram). About 1,000 periodicals, 3,060 Indian Government Publications and 2,699 Foreign Official Documents were acquired.
The total membership of the library stood at 10,982 including 3,576 new members enrolled during the period. The following three publications were brought, out continuously during the period under report :