CHAPTER XI EDUCATION IN THE UNION TERRITORIES
Education in the Union Territories constitutes a special res- ponsibility of the Central Government. The Territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, Pondicherry, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram have their own legislatures and exercise powers specified in the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. Delhi has a Metropolitan Council and an Executive Council which functions according to the provisions of Delhi Administration Act, 1966. The other Territories, namely, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Lakshdweep have no legislatures. An account of the Educational facilities and activities during the year in respect of each of the Union Territories is given in this chapter.
A. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS The Directorate of Education, Andaman and Nicobar Islands continued to function under the administrative control of the Director of Education assisted by Education Officer (Principal, HQ), Assistant Director of Education, 6 Deputy Education Officers, 6 Assistant Inspectors of schools and beads of educational institutions.
There are 235 educational institutions comprising 15 Pre-Primary, 163 Junior Basic, 35 Senior Basic, 10 High schools and 10 Higher Secondary schools. There is a Teachers' Training Institute for pre- Service training. For the University Education,
there is a Post-Graduate College providing facilities in Arts, Science and Commerce streams at degree levels and in Political Science and English subjects at the Post-Graduate level.
All the High/Higher Secondary schools are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi. The Government College is affiliated to Punjab University, Chandigarh.
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The total number of pupils at all levels was 35,994 whose levelwise breakup is given below :-
State of Education Boys Girls Total
1. Pre-Primary stage 628 524 1,152
2. Primary stage 13,125 10,790 23,915
3. Middle stage 4,415 2,986 7,401
4. High/Higher Secondary stage 1,761 1,269 3,030
5. TTI 24 26 50
6. College 275 171 446
Total 20,228 15,766 35,994
The total number of teachers was 1844 of which 1629 were trained.
Stage of Education Male Female Total No.
trained
1. Pre-Primary 4 35 39 12
2. Primary 623 436 1059 984
3. Middle 320 138 458 400
4. High/Higher Secondary 179 55 234 218
5. TTI 11 4 15 15
6. College 31 8 39 ..
Total 1168 676 1844 1629
Medium of instruction At the Primary stage instruction is imparted through Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Nicobaree and English; at the middle stage through Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu and English; at the High school stage through Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil and English and at the collegiate level through Hindi and English.
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The annual Plan allocation for 1978-79 was 100.00 lakhs of which schemewise allocation is as under :-
Scheme Allocation
(Rs. in lakhs)
1. Elementary Education 53.000
2. Secondary Education 25.000
3. Teachers' Training 2.700
4. University Education 7.000
5. Adult Education 0.700
6. Physical Education & Games 0.550
7. Youth Services (Scouts & Guides) 0.150
8. NSS 0.100
9. Direction and Administration 4.450
10. Art & Culture 1.350
11. S.I.E. 1.000
12. Other programmes 2.000
13. Development of Hindi 2.000
Total 100.000
Financial concessions Tuition free education up to the Higher Secondary stage, free midday-meals up to class VIII @20 paise per pupil per day, free Travel concession to students attending schools from beyond 4 kms and studying in secondary stage, free books to poor pupils whose parents income is less than Rs. 4000 per annum, up to Higher Secondary stage, free Text books and stationery to all tribal pupils up to Higher Secondary stage, hostel stipend to boarders @ Rs. 60 at school stages and Rs. 75 at collegiate level, free set of uniform to poor pupils whose parents income is less than Rs. 2500/- per annum, post higher secondary scholarships to local students for such courses for which facilities are not available in the existing Government college for higher education on the mainland are some of the concessions offered to students.
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During the year 1978-79, 10 new Primary schools were opened, 2 existing Primary schools were upgraded to Senior Basic Schools, 2 existing Senior Basic Schools were raised to High schools and existing high schools were raised to + 2 stage under the new pattern of education. In addition to above additional sections in different media were introduced according to require guidance to physical Education Teachers of schools.
Teachers' Training Towards training of teachers a sum of Rs. 50 per month is paid as stipend to each teacher trainee. In service courses for refreshing elementary teachers in Science and humanities were organised. The 11 year Summer-cum-Correspondence course for B. Ed. was conducted with the help of the Regional College of Education for 224 in service teachers.
University Education During the year, Post Graduate classes in English and Political Science subjects were added in the existing Government college. 6 Lecturers, Driver, Library Assistant/Attendant and 2 class IV were appointed.
Adult Education A State Level Committee for Adult Education was constituted. On 15th August, Adult Education Programme was launched. 24 adult education centres were started. The total number of adults enrolled in these centres was 862. A separate unit of Adult Education was constituted. An Assistant Education Officer, one Stenographer, one Lower Grade Clerk were appointed for organisation of Adult Education Programme.
Textbooks Bureau During the year 1978-79, a Text-books Bureau was established in the Directorate with skeleton staff in the initial stage. The Board will arrange translation of NCERT books in Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Malayalam for elementary classes.
State Institute of Education From the current academic session, the State Institute of Education has been started. The State Institute of Education will provide facilities of inservice education to all categories of
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teachers in different subjects by organising seminars and workshops.
Physical Education & SportsA post of Supervisor Physical Education has been created to promote Physical Education activities in schools and arrange guidance to Physical Education Teachers of schools.
State and Zonal LibrariesWith a view to strengthening the State as well as Zonal Libraries, new posts have been created at different levels.
Art and Culture It is proposed to appoint part-time teachers in Music, Dance and Drama in, order to cater for the people of this multilingual territory.
Remedial Teaching For the benefit of weak students, remedial teaching was arranged at 6 centres to help weaker students to bring them at par with other students in different subjects. A provision for remedial teaching has been made for 8 months in 6 centres.
Supervised Study Centres 20 Supervised Study Centres are being opened at various places to provide coaching facilities to weaker students of middle classes in different subjects with the help of part-time Super-visors and teachers on a fixed monthly remuneration.
Compartmental classes Compartmental classes were arranged for such students as were placed under compartment in the Secondary School Examination, 1978 to assist them to go through the compartmental examination.
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Other Programmes B.Ed. Course-With the resource persons of the Regional College of Education Bhubaneswar, the second year course i.e. Summer-cum- Correspondence Course leading to the B. Ed. degree was organised for 224 inservice untrained teachers at Port Blair during the, vacation. 203 appeared of which 21 were placed in the first division, and 118 in second division.
National Award for Nicobaree teacher Shri Fred Davidson a tribal Primary School Teacher was honoured with the National award for Teachers during 1978 from this territory by the Government of India, Ministry of Education.
Senior Division NCC For the first time, Senior Division NCC has been introduced in, schools in this territory. 51 cadets have been enrolled in three troops.
Symposium on Library Development A symposium on the Growth and Development of Libraries in Andamans was organised on April 23, 1978 under the chairmanship of the Chief Commissioner.
Educational Broadcast for Classes XI-XII A consultative panel under the chairmanship of Director, All India Radio, Head, Radio & Television of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, Chief Producer, Director- General of All India Radio and Principals of Higher Secondary schools was appointed to advise on the material for and presentation of educational programmes.
Rock climbing 14 cadets, 8 from Army and 6 from Navy were deputed to Kerala for the rock climbing course.
Symposium on Improvement of Educational Standard Symposia and workshops were conducted during the year on education and educational technology.
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A team consisting of three officials namely Dr. R. P. Singhal, Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education, Shri Baldev Mahajan, Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan and Shri Girdharilal, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Education and Social Welfare visited these Islands from 12th to 19th September, 1978 to study the educational problems and suggest solutions.
Income slab raised to Rs. 4,000 for free books The Government of India has raised the income limit to Rs. 4000 as against Rs. 2500 per annum for the supply of free text books to poor students; from the current academic session.
Continuing Education A meeting of the State Board of Continuing Education was held on 19-8-1978 to review the progress of Adult Education in which representatives of Central Board of Secondary Education. NCERT and Regional College of Education, Bhubaneswar participated. It was suggested that the programme of the territory should be adjusted to the needs of the territory and to develop its own material.
Commendation certificates to teachers On Independence Day, 5 persons (one Principal, Physical Education Teacher and 3 Primary school teachers received commendation certificates for their meritorious services in the field of Education.
Inservice Training for Hindi Teachers An inservice training programme was organised in the Teachers' Training Institute for Hindi teachers teaching Hindi to non-Hindi students from 1-11-1978 in which 20 Primary School Teachers participated.
Inservice Training for Primary School Teachers in Science
Education Another inservice training course was organised at Car Nicobar for primary school teachers teaching Science in Primary classes.
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Refresher course for Scout masters A refresher course for scout masters and guide teachers was conducted at Diglipur from 7-11-1978 to 12-11-1978 in which 15 scout masters of North Andaman participated.
B. ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Allocation of Fund The funds allotted for Education Department during 1978-79 are shown below :-
(Rupees in Thousands)
Sl. Major Head 1978-79
No.
Non- Plan Total
plan
1. 277 Education 19727 15200 34927
2. 288 Social Securities & Welfare 5060 650 5710
Position and Number of Educational Institutions Category wise
Sl. Type of Schools/Institutions 1978-79 Remarks
No.
1. Pre-School Education Centres 35 According to the Government
of India's programme for
the introduction of Pre-
Schooling.
2. Primary School 834 According to the Central
School
3. Middle School 107 Organisation Syllabus these
Schools are run.
4. Secondary School 22 As per the Central Board of
Secondary Education rules
5. Higher Secondary School 7 and regulations.
(10+2) pattern.
6. College 1 With both Humanities and
Science streams up to the
Degree level-affiliated
to Gauhati University.
7. Teacher Training Institute 1 -
8. Central School 2 -
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Besides these, Voluntary Organisations like Ramakrishna Mission organised 3 (three) schools (two Secondary and one Middle) and Vivekananda Kendra Organisation organised 7 Primary Schools with the Government grant-in-aid in this Union Territory.
Vocationalisation of Education Programme is introduced in a few selected Schools of Arunachal Pradesh.
Enrolment Position Stage-wise
(Provisional)
Enrolment (1978-79)
Sl. Type of Institutions
No. Boys Girls Total
1. Pre Primary 925 480 1405
2. Primary 23181 9679 32860
3. Middle 9269 4263 13532
4. Secondary 5111 2307 7418
5. Higher Secondary 2377 1154 3531
6. College 311 20 331