AUDIO-VISUAL EDUCATION
National Institute of Audio-Visual Education The National institute of Audio-Visual Education that has been established has started running its course. During 1960-61, 120 persons will be trained in the short-term course in, audio-visual education and 40 in the long-term course.
The following will be the main functions of the Institute:-
1. To provide post-graduate training facilities to trained teachers in the field of audio-visual education (theory and practice).
2. To provide training in the production and use of various aids like charts,illustrated booklets, bulletins, flannelgraphs, exhibits, filmstrips and other audio-visual educational material.
3. To conduct research in the effectiveness of various aids and experiment in the production of cheap audio- visual material.
4. To conduct experiments in the production and evaluation of educational and instructional audio-visual material.
For the project, T.C.M. have given, the following assistance:
1. Audio-Visual equipment worth $1,20,000.
2. Services of three U.S. experts in audio-visual aids for two years.
3. Training facilities to six participants from the staff of the Institute in the U.S.A.
Material worth $1,20,000 has been received for the Institute.
One of the U.S. experts for the Institute joined on 16th January, 1959, and left in. September, 1959. The Director of the Institute has also been appointed.
34 trainees will, be taken for each of the, short term and long term courses in Audio-Visual Education. It has also been decided to take six more trainees from the Central Ministries for training in each course.
Training in the short term course is expected to start from February, 1960, and in the long term course as soon as sufficient, staff has been recruited for the purpose.
National Board for Audio-Visual Education The Third Meeting of the National Board for Audio-Visual Educa- tion was held at New Delhi, on January 5-6, 1959. In implementation
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of one of its recommendations, an Advisory Standing Committee has been set up and its First meeting was held in September, 1959.
The Fourth meeting of the National Board for Audio-Visual Educa- tion was held on the 14th December, 1959.
Dubbing of Films The Film Division have dubbed one Canadian Film (Lessons in Liv- ing) and work on the second Canadian film (Physical Regions of Canada) is nearing completion.
Exchange of Films The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have intimated that they are corresponding with some countries for the purchase of negatives. (where these are not available) prints at laboratory cost.
Audio-Visual Education journal The publication of the Journal was continued during this year. A Hindi Section has now been added to the journal.
Production of Films Four films have been produced for the Ministry of Education by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from January, 1959 to December, 1959, as follows-
1. Inter-University Youth Festival
2. Indian Games
3. Primary Teacher
4. Potter
It is expected that three more films. which are under production at present, would be completed by March, 1960.
Seminars and Conferences Three short term Zonal Seminars on Audio-Visual Education were organised by the State Governments of Madras, Bombay and Punjab The State Governments of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. which could not organise the Zonal Seminars during 1958-59 have been requested to do so in the current financial year.
Censorship of Films A regional office of the Central Board of Film Censors was set up Delhi by the Board at our request for about six weeks, and certified 153 films. An officer of the Ministry was also deputed to Bombay to get another batch of 18 (long) films censored. About 400 films, received from TCM, are expected to be sent to Bombay shortly,for censorship.
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Unit for the Production of Visual Aids During the year , plans for the production of posters, charts, maps, portraits etc., on the following subjects were prepared and the progress of work on each item is indicated below:-
Charts and Maps Eighteen subjects-six each on science, history and economic geography, as indicated below-have been chosen for preparation of charts and maps.
SCIENCE : 1. Carbon dioxide-Oxygen Cycle in Nature
2. Nitrogen Cycle in Nature
3. Manufacture of Oxygen
4. Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid
5. Manufacture of Hydrochloric Acid
6. Manufacture of Nitric Acid
Charts on 1. and 2 have been published in English and Hindi. The lay-out of the chart on the manufacture of oxygen has been Prepared and it is being sent for printing. Preliminary work on the chart on the manufacture of Sulphuric acid is in progress.
HISTORY 1. Akbar's Empire
2. How Akbar Governed-(a) Central Administration and (b) Provincial Administration.
3. India on the Eve of Babar's Invasion
4. Sher Shah's Empire
5. Kingdom of Shivaji
6. India Under Aurangzeb
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY: 1. Rice production in India-1956
2. Wheat production in India-1956
3. Cotton production in India-1956
4. Tea production in India-1956
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5. Coal production\in India-1956
6. Iron and Steel production in India-1956
The chart on "Rice production in India-1956" is in pass. Charts on Wheat and Cotton have been prepared and Ire being sent to press for printing. Material for the preparation of charts on tea, coal, iron and, steel has been collected and preparation of the rough sketches of these will be taken up shortly.
PORTRAITS Two sets of portraits in the series (1) Men of Letters and (2) Men of Science-as indicated below are being prepared by the Unit.
'Men of Letters' Series: 1. Subrahmanya Bharati
2. Munshi Prem Chand
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. A. H. Hali
5. Mahatma Gandhi
6. Rabindranath Tagore
'Men of Science' Series: 1. P. C. Ray
2. Meghnad Saha
3. J. C. Bose
4. H. J. Bhabha
5. C. V. Raman
6. Birbal Sahni
Necessary material for these portraits has been collected. The biographical notes that accompany these portraits have been sent to the press for art-pulls.
Study Kits In addition to the above mentioned items, a scheme for the production of study-kits has been taken in hand and-it is proposed to prepare the following study kits:
1. Study-kit on India for circulation abroad.
2. Study-kit on India for circulation within the country.
3. Study-kit/on Delhi.
The details of the study-kits have been worked out. Work on the collection of material for the preparation of a model study-kit on India
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for circulation in the country. and- the study-kit on Delhi is in progress. Considerable material by way of literature, photographs and maps has been collected for the study-kit on Delhi.
Exhibition The Fourth Meeting of the National Board for Audio-Visual Education in India was held on 14th December, 1959. In order to apprise the members of the Board of the type of materials that the Unit for the production of the Non-projected Visual Aids was producing, an exhibition of all the material produced by the Unit was organised in the premises of the National Institute for Audio-Visual Education
Pictorial Charts The preparation of pictorial charts on the following subjects has been taken up:-
1. Family of Living Creatures
2. How Climate is Caused
3. How Rains are Caused
4. How Night and Day Occur-Why nights in winter are longer than nights in summer
Central Film Library 70 new members have been enrolled during the year 1959, bringing the total to 1290. 7969 films and 133 filmstrips were issued to 1268 members of the Central Film Library.
From January, 1959, to date, 23 meetings of the Preview Committee have been held in which 73 films and 12 filmstrips have been previewed.
It is, hoped that up to the end of March, 1960, 14 more meetings of the Preview Committee will be held and 56 films will be previewed.
Mobile Cinema Unit The information regarding film shows arranged by the Mobile Cinema Unit is as under:-
1. Conducted from January to December, 1959-415.
2. Expected to be conducted from January to March, 1960-90.
Translation of Teaching Notes Keeping in view the interest of Hindi reading teachers in the country, the work of, preparing Hindi teaching notes of the filmstrips was taken up. Hindi teaching notes for 56 filmstrips were prepared. These notes are sent alongwith the filmstrips for the use of member- institutions of
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the Central Film Library. The desired number of Hindi teaching notes of the filmstrips are supplied to the State film libraries for their use.
Translation of 40 more teaching notes is expected to be done during the current financial year.
In order to promote the intensive use of the films/filmstrips for classroom teaching, all the State Governments have been instructed to translate the teaching notes of the films/filmstrips available with them in to their respective regional languages.
Unesco, Travelling Library of Visual Aids The Unesco Travelling Library of Visual Aids has since been received in the National Institute of Audio-Visual Education from the National Fundamental Education Centre, New Delhi.
Foreign Assistance Under the Colombo Plan, the Government of India have received the remaining four mobile cinema vans from the Government, of Australia. Out of these, one van each has been allotted to (1) Andaman and Nico- bar Islands (2) Madras State and (3) the Panjab State. The, fourth van, has been retained by the Ministry to replace the existing one proposed to be given to the Government of Bihar.
Grants to Voluntary Organisations The Ministry of Education formulated a scheme for giving financial assistance to voluntary organisations/educational Institutions for organising audio-visual programmes. _A provision of Rs. 15,000 has been made for the year 1959-60. Under this scheme financial assistance not exceeding 50% of total expenditure, or Rs. 1,000-whichever is less, can be granted to one voluntary organisation.
State (Centrally Aided) Schemes To encourage Audio-Visual Education in States/Union Territories, the Central Government have already offered 50% and 100% aid respec- tively of the actual expenditure incurred by them for the implementation of certain audio-visual schemes, framed by the Government of India during the Second Five-Year Plan. During the year 1959-60, a sum of about Rs. 5 lakhs is expected to be sanctioned in this connection.
Unit for the Production on Visual Aids The following charts 'are expected to be published during the year 1960-61:-
SCIENCE: 1. Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid
2. Manufacture of Hydrochloric Acid
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HISTORY: 1. How Akbar governed
(a) Central Administration
(b) Provincial Administration
MAPS : 2. Akbar's Empire
3. India on the Eve of Babar's Invasion
4. India under Aurangzeb
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY: 1. Tea production in India-1956
2. Coal production in India-1956
3. Iron and Steel production in India-1956
PORTRAITS
'Men of Letters' Series 1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Rabindranath Tagore
3. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
4. A. H. Hali
'Men of Science' Series 1. C. V. Raman, 2. P.C. Ray, 3. J. C. Bose, 4. Birbal,Sahni, 5. Meghnad Saha, 6. H. J. Bhabha.
The preparation of a model study-kit on India is also expected to be completed during this period.
A list of topics for the preparation of charts, posters, maps, portraits etc. has been submitted to the members of the National board for Audio-Visual Education in India at the Boards's Fourth Meeting held in December this year. Work on the approved topics will be taken up during this period.
Central Film Library During the period April, 1960 to March, 1961 it is proposed to arrange about 50 meetings in which 200 films are expected to be pre- viewed.
Mobile Cinema Unit Film shows are being arranged in the classroom situation and all the educational films integrated to class-learning. The normal programme
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for the educational shows will be carried out in schools/institutions more intensively. Assistance will be extended to private associations and allied organisations.
Translation of Teaching Notes Since there are more filmstrips which deserve to be brought to the notice of Hindi reading teachers, the work of preparing Hindi notes for filmstrips will continue during 1960-61.
Production of Films The Institute plans to produce six more films by the end of the next financial year.