 EDUCATION IN UNION TERRITORIES

15.01. The Government of India has a special responsibility for education in the Union Territories. The Territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Pondicherry, and Tripura have their own legislatures and exercise powers specified in the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. Delhi has a Metropolitan Council which functions under Delhi Administration Act, 1966. The other Union Territories have no legislatures.

A: ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

15.02. The special features of the educational system in the Islands are: (1) Education is free from pre-primary to higher secondary stage; (2) Books are supplied free of cost to students whose parents' annual income is below Rs. 2,000; (3) All students up to higher secondary stage are supplied with snacks during mid-day recess at 20 paise per child per item.

15.03, Expansion of Facilities: Seven new primary schools were opened during the year and one more was expected to be opened by the end of 1969-70. Six lower primary schools were upgraded to higher primary schools besides the establishment of one new higher primary school. Two higher primary schools were upgraded to higher secondary schools. Effective library services have been extended to all schools from pre-primary to higher secondary standard. A separate higher secondary school for girls has been provided in Port Blair with an attached hostel.

15.04. Special Facilities for Backward Class Students:

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secondary schools exclusively for the students belonging to back-ward classes. They are provided with special facilities in the form of free stationary, free books, hostel stipends and merit scholarships. Seats are also reserved for them in Sainik schools.

15.05.University Education:

Steps are being taken to strengthen the Government Arts Degree College, Port Blair, by providing additional staff, furniture, equipment, etc. About 50 scholarships are proposed to be granted to local students for prosecuting higher studies on the mainland.

B:CHANDIGARH

15.06 Educational Facilities:

Up to the end of 1968-69, the Territory had three pre-primary, 33 lower primary/junior Basic, 19 higher primary/ senior Basic and 16 high/ higher secondary schools. During 1969-70, three new lower primary schools were opened, two lower primary schools were upgraded to high schools. At the university level, B. Com. classes were started in the Government College for Men, and in the Home Science College, MSc. (Part II) classes were added.

15.07. Scholarships and Other Concessions :

Education is free up to VII standard. Scholarships are given to scheduled caste, scheduled tribe and other economically backward class students. Additional merit-cum-means scholarships at different stages were created under the Plan to meet increased demand.

15.08. Museum of Evolution of Life :

Started in 1968-69, the construction of the building of Museum of Evolution of Life is likely to be completed by the middle of 1970-71. Construction of an additional exhibition hall in the Arts Museum is likely to be started during 1970-71.

C:DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI

15.09. Educational Facilities:

Dadra and Nagar Haveli has 4 pre-primary, 157 lower primary/junior Basic, 22 higher

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primary/senior Basic and 4 high schools. Of these , 41 junior Basic schools and 1 senior Basic school were opened during the. year. All primary and secondary schools are co-educational.

15.10. Scholarships and Other Concessions:

School Education is free. The Administration is supplying textbooks, writing material and free mid-day meals to all pre-primary and primary schools. Free medical treatment is provided to primary and secondary students after annual medical check-up. As recommended by the Chief Medical Officer of the Territory, vitamin tablets are supplied free of cost. The poor adivasi pupils are supplied with free clothes. Post-matric and lower income group scholarships are given to students going in for higher education outside the territory. Pre-matric scholarships are also given. The Administration is running seven adivasi hostels (including one for girls) and an ashram School.

15.11. Adult Literacy:

There are 16 adult literacy classes with 179 adults.

D: DELHI

15.12. Educational Facilities

- During 1969, ten new higher secondary schools were opened and nearly 400 sections added to the existing ones.

15.13. University Education:

During the year, the Delhi Administration opened one new college with a capacity of 550 seats to accommodate the growing number of students seeking admission, and additional seats were also provided in the existing colleges.

15.14, Correspondence Courses:

The scheme of correspondence courses in 12 subjects, introduced in 1968-69, to impart higher secondary education (classes IX to XI) and to prepare candidates for the higher secondary examination, has gained considerable popularity. During the year, the enrolment has increased from 877 in 1968-69 to 1,774 in 1969-70.

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15.15. Science Education:

The Science Branch in the 4 Directorate of Education has been reorganised and placed under the charge of a Deputy Director. There is now one science centre in each educational district. The centres organise science fairs, junior science talent search examination and other activities. Encouraged by the result of the pilot project conducted under the auspices of the NCERT, the upgraded syllabi was introduced in all schools in class VII from 1969-70. To meet the shortage of science teachers, postgraduate diploma courses were organised in collaboration with the University of Delhi. Nearly 80 teachers have already completed this course fully. Sufficient funds were provided to equip the existing school science laboratories.

15.16. Physical Education:

Physical education facilities were expanded considerably during 1969-70. Vyayamshalas were being established at convenient places. 46 schools had already been granted financial help to develop the playgrounds and 50 more schools were provided this facility during the year.

15.17. Students' Welfare:

Book banks were being established in all the higher secondary schools. Free transport facilities in rural areas were extended to six more villages, providing conveyance to nearly 600 girls. Remedial education was organised on Sundays and other holidays, while study centres were established for those students who did not have a study corner at home.

15.18. Scholarships :

During 1969, scholarships were granted to 37,456 students at a cost of more than Rs. 30,00,000. National loan scholarships were sanctioned to 450 students involving an amount of Rs. 2,20,885.

15.19. Teachers' Welfare:

53 teachers of their dependents were given financial aid amounting to Rs. 30,339 out of the, National Foundation for Teachers Welfare. Teachers' clubs have been functioning at 13 places. The rules for the Triple Benefit Scheme were finalised and introduced in July, 1969. The

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work of preparing seniority lists of 50 categories of teachers has been under way.

15.20. Adult Education:

During the year, 4320 adults were made literate. Three more adults evening schools were started for the age-group 15-45 with arrangements for studies right from the literacy class to the higher secondary level.

15.21. School Buildings:

16 new school buildings were completed to accommodate 24 Government higher secondary school and one newly opened degree college for girls, doing away with purely tented accommodation. 19 new buildings were under construction.

15.22. Television:

T. V. Newsletter for the benefit of schools participating in E.T.V. experiment is published. Assessments of E.T.C. lessons in 150 schools were done.

E: GOA DAMAN AND DIU

15.23. Educational Facilities :

During the year there were 931 primary, 217 middle, 177 high and three technical high schools.

15.24. University Education:

There were in all 5 arts and science colleges and one commerce college. Besides a postgraduate centre established by Bombay University has been conducting M.A./M.Sc./M.Ed. and Ph.D. courses.

15.25. Training of Teachers :

Steps have been afoot to increase the intake capacity of the Government Primary Teachers, Training College, Porvorim.

15.26. Education of Girls:

There are 18 private institu- tions for girls, besides a women's college. Enrolment in the girls has increased, but to provide more facilities, a scheme for the Development of Girls' Education has been included in the Fourth Plan.

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15.27. Adult Education :

The scheme for the eradication of illiteracy was continued during 1969-70 with an intensive. literacy drive in about 10 villages, covering a total population of about 8000. The Central Library was developed by purchasing more books and other equipment. Grants are given for the development of private libraries.

15.28. Scholarships and Other Concessions :

Education is free up to standard VIII in all schools. Freeships are given to, the children of political sufferers, displaced goldsmiths, teachers, service personnel and backward classes. Backward class students are also given stipends for the purchase of books and other school material. Special facilities are also given for the education of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe and other backward class students by way of stipends, scbolarships and freeships.

F: HIMACHAL PRADESH

15.29. Educational Facilities:

During the year, there were 13 pre-primary schools, 40 pre-primary units, 3763 lower primary schools, 709 higher primary schools, 325 high schools, 84 higher secondary schools, 14 degree colleges, 3 colleges of education, 1 Government College of Arts, 5 Sanskrit institutions, 7 Basic training schools, 3 pre-vocational training centres, 1 Regional Coaching Centre for Sports, 1 Vigyan Mandir, 3 evening colleges, 1 Regional Centre for Postgraduate Studies (Panjab University), 2 polytechnics, 1 medical college and 2 agricultural colleges.

15.30. Scholarships and Other Concessions :

Education is free up to the end of higher primary stage in all schools. The students belonging to scheduled castes/tribes and other backward classes and studying in the high/higher secondary classes of any of the schools falling within the area of old Himachal. Pradesh. are exempted from payment of tuition fee. This concession is admissible to those students in new areas whose parents'/ guardians' income in below Rs. 1800 per annum. Almost all

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the scheduled caste/tribe students are covered under the facilities available to them.

15.31. Adult Literacy :

The adult literacy programme has been taken in hand through district education officers or principals of Basic training schools and principals/headmasters of higher secondary and high schools in the Pradesh.

15.32. Other Educational Programmes:

A State Board of School Education was established during 1969-70. The Board will conduct examinations at the school level and work on the improvement of curriculum, courses of study, etc.

G: LACCADIVE, MINICOY AND AMINDIVI ISLANDS

15.33. Educational Facilities:

There are 6 pre-primary, 19 lower primary, 8 higher primary, 4 high (including one incomplete high school at Minicoy) and one higher secondary school in the Territory. Three senior Basic (two incomplete) and four junior Basic schools are functioning exclusively for girls. A separate girls' section for high school classes was opened in the High School, Kalpeni, during 1969-70 and consequent on it, a girls' hostel was started abolishing the girls' hostel at Amini. There is a separate girls' section at the hostel at Kavaratti also Two sets of uniforms are annually supplied to girl students. Of the 6697 students on rolls, 2539 are girls.

15.34. Scholarships and Other Concessions:

School education is free in the Territory where facilities for education are available up to higher secondary stage only. Students desiring to take up, further studies are admitted in the institutions on the mainland, and for this purpose they are all given scholarships over and above full fee-concession. Students studying in predegrees/B.A./B.Sc. and other degree classes and residing in hostels are allowed disbursement of actual expenses in lieu of Scholarships. Textbooks and writing materials are supplied free to all students studying in the Island schools. Two sets of uniforms are supplied to all boy students in high school classes.

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Free mid-day meals are given to all in the nursery, junior Basic and senior Basic classes.

15.35. Adult Literacy:

Adult education classes are conducted in the Islands under a pilot project to eradicate illiteracy, which comprises women welfare, youth welfare and training in hygienic habits of living. Reading room-cum-libraries have been established in all islands. Dailies, periodicals and books are supplied free to these libraries by the Administration.

H: MANIPUR

15.36. Educational Facilities:

During the year the Government took over 60 lower primary/junior Basic, 16 aided higher primary/junior high and aided high/higher secondary schools. These secondary schools are located in the hill areas of the Territory and they were taken over to improve the standard of secondary education in these areas. So far, educational facilities have been provided for 79 per cent of the children in 6-11 age- group and 42 per cent of the children in 11-14 age-group.

15.37. University Education:

The Government D.M. College and the G.P. Women's College continued to function satisfactorily. Postgraduate classes in the D.M. College were improved by appointing additional staff. The Government extended recurring grants to 4 private colleges and non-recurring grants to 4 other colleges. Altogether there were 13 colleges functioning in the Territory during the year. The L.M.S. Law College also received non-recurring grants.

15.38. Scholarships and Other Concessions:

Education Is free for all up to class VIII. Education for girls was made free up to the end of the secondary stage from 1969-70 session. Education is free for all scheduled caste and scheduled tribe students till the end of the university stage. Besides, pre-matric and post-matric scholarships were awarded to deserving candidates of the Territory during the year.

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15.39. Teacher Training:

The intake capacity. of the four training institutes for primary teachers was increased to 500 in 1969- 70,

15.40. Special Facilities for Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class Students:

Apart from the provision included in the general schemes, separate provisions for the educational development of the scheduled tribes are included in the tribal welfare scheme. A sum of Rs. 7,50,000 was provided for the award of post-matric scholarships to about 30 scheduled caste and 900 tribal students. Besides, for about 4,000 fresh awards to students in the lower income group, another sum of Rs. 17 lakh was provided.

15.41. Adult Literacy:

144 adult literacy centres, were functioning during the year with an enrolment of about 2000 adults.

I: PONDICHERRY

15.42. Educational Facilities :

During 1969-70 there were 249 lower primary schools, 78 higher primary schools, 45 high schools and 5 colleges. Besides, there were four pre-vocational training centres, one junior technical school, one polytechnic and 2 teachers training centres. The expansion programme for the year included the opening of 65 additional classes at the lower primary stage and 35 additional classes at the higher primary stage and one new high school. There were 11 lower primary schools, 12 higher primary schools, 13 high schools and one arts and science college exclusively for girls.

15.43. Scholarships and Other Concessions:

Education up to the end of the secondary stage was made free for boys also in all government schools during the year. Free supply of note books and stationery articles is made to the economically backward pupils in classes I-III. Besides the Government of India scheme, scholarships schemes like the Pondicherry Merit Scholarships are operated to help poor and deserving students.