21. Students' Home.-During 1965-66 the Commission approved the establishment of students' homes in 7 universities and grants amounting to Rs. 2.75 lakh were paid to 5 universities for the same purpose.
22. Utilisation of the Services of Retired Teachers.-Under the scheme 24 teachers have been selected for assistance during the current year. The estimated expenditure on the scheme during 1965-66 is Rs. 8.18 lakh.
23. Financial Assistance for Research/Learned Work.-Under the scheme the Commission selected 344 teachers for limited assistance (not exceeding Rs. 5,000) for the purchase of special apparatus (or for fabrication) special chemicals, books, field work etc. The estimated assistance. to be provided during 1965-66 under this scheme will be of the order of Rs. 3.24 lakh.
24. Improvement of Salary of Teachers.-During the year under report, Utkal University also agreed to introduce the scales of pay for teachers recommended by the University Grants Commission, thus bringing the number of universities which have agreed to implement UGC scales to 43. The (Commission also agreed to provide assistance for the implementation of the UGC scales to the Gujarat Vidyapeeth, an institution 'deemed' to be a university. About 5,000 university teachers are likely to benefit from the scales, The Commission on the recommendation of the Government of India agreed to continue its assistance towards the revision of salary scales of technical teachers in engineering and technological departments/institutions mantained by the universities for a further period of 2 years.
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25. Summer Institutes, Summer Schools etc.-During the summer of 1965, 87 summer institutes were organised in cooperation and collaboration with US Agency for International Development and the British Council and various universities. These included : 49 for school teachers; 29 for college teachers (including one for teacher educators); 4 for the teaching of English language; 3 for talented students; 1 for Agriculture; and 1 for Physics for college teachers.
25.1. More than 3,100 teachers from schools and colleges participated in the programme and grants amounting to Rs. 30.60 lakh were paid to the universities for organising summer institutes.
26. Exchange of Teachers.-The scheme of exchange of teachers initiated in pursuance of the recommendations made at the seminar on National Integration organised by the University Grants Commission was continued during the current year. Under this scheme proposals for assistance for implementing this scheme from the Universities of Poona, Burdwan, Bihar, Nagpur and Punjab were accepted and grants amounting to Rs. 16,323 released to the universities.
27. Travel Grants.-Grants amounting to Rs. 2,00,000 are estimated to be paid to 40 universities during the current year for providing travel grants to teachers and research scholars for visiting centres of research in pursuance of their research work of undergoing specialised training in their fields. Besides partial financial assistance is also provided to university college teachers for attending international conferences abroad and the number of teachers covered under this scheme during the current year is 42.
D. RURAL HIGHER EDUCATION 28. Present Position.-The scheme of Rural Higher Education was launched in 1956, with the object of providing higher education, after the secondary stage, to the rural youth in a rural environment and including in them a spirit of service to the community and sympathy for the rural way of life, besides training them for careers in the rural development programmes of the Central and State Governments. Fourteen rural institutes are at present functioning in various parts of the country under this scheme and providing one or more courses approved by the National Council for Rural Higher Education.
29. Achievements During Third Five Year Plan.-Four new Rural Institutes at Wardha (Maharashtra), Hanumanamatti (Mysore), Thavanur (Kerala) and Indore (Madhya Pradesh) have been established. The other ten Rural Institutes, which were in existence at the beginning of the third Five Year Plan, have been developed by addition of courses, improvement of physical facilities like libraries, laboratories etc. The Post-Diploma Course in Rural Economics and Cooperation has been started in two Rural Institutes and that in Rural Sociology and Community Development in three
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Rural institutes. An advanced Course for Health Inspectors has been started at one Rural Institute. The Diploma Course in Rural Services (Education)-a concurrent course of general education and teaching-has been started at one Rural Institute on an experimental basis.
30. Grants and Stipends.-Central grants at the rate of 75 per cent and 50 per cent (75 per cent for Post-Diploma Courses), respectively, of the approved non-recurring and recurring expenditure are given to all the Rural Institutes except Jamia Rural Institute, New Delhi, which is receiving Central grants on cover-the-deficit basis. Kasturba Rural Institute, Rajpura, is at present voluntarily not receiving any Central grants. Central grants are also given to the Rural Institutes for the award of stipends to 20 per cent (additional 5 per cent for girl students) of Rural Services Courses of the students on roll in each class. Grants (recurring and non- recurring) amounting to Rs. 19,26,671, and stipend grants amounting to Rs. 60,950 were released to the Rural Institutes from 1st to 31st December 1965. A provision of Rs. 34.40 lakh has been made for the purpose for the year 1965-66.
31. Recognition of Diplomas/Certificates awarded by National Council for Rural Higher Education
31.1. The Post-graduate Diplomas in: (i) Rural Economics and Co- operation and (ii) Rural Sociology and Community Development have so far been recognised by the Government of India and some State Governments as equivalent to the M.A. degree of an Indian University for purposes of employment under them.
31.2. The Diploma in Rural Services has so far been recognised by the Government of India and most State Governments as equivalent to the first degree of an Indian University for purposes of employment under them. This Diploma has also been recognised by 32 universities for purposes of admission to certain post-graduate courses.
31.3. The Diploma in Civil and Rural Engineering has also been recognised by the Government of India and most State Governments for purposes of employment to subordinate posts and services under them. The Jadavpur University and the Delhi College of Engineering have recognised this Diploma for admission to the part-time degree course in engineering and the National Diploma Course, respectively.
31.4. Certificates (Sanitary Inspectors and Agriculture Science) have also been recognised by most State Governments for purposes of employment to various posts under them.
31.5. The Diploma in Rural Services (Education) which is being conducted at Karma Veer Hire Rural Institute, Gargoti, on an experimental basis, has been recognised as equivalent to B.A.B.T. for purposes of employment as teachers in secondary schools or Assistant Educational Inspectors by the Government of Maharashtra.
32. Examinations.-The total number of candidates who took the annual and supplementary examinations for the various diplomas/certificates
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conducted by the National Council for Rural Higher Education in April and October, 1965 was 1161. Of these 838 were declared successful.
E. OTHER SCHEMES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE MINISTRY 33. Correspondence Courses.-The University of Delhi started Correspondence Courses for B.A. (Pass) Degree in September, 1962. Of the 1112 students who sought admission during the first year, 209 students took the B.A. (Pass) examination in September 1965 and 130 students were declared to have passed the examination. During 1963- 64, 1410 fresh students were admitted and this number further rose to 1930 during 1964-65 and to 3,000 during 1965-66.
34. Evening Colleges.-During 1964-65 grants amounting to Rs. 52,280 were released to four Evening Colleges in Punjab and one evening college in Madhya Pradesh through the UGC. under the Central scheme of assistance in setting up evening colleges, included in the third Five Year Plan. During the year under report, of the 20 colleges applying for assistance under this scheme 5 were considered eligible for the grant.
35. Loans for the Construction of Hostels.-The Ministry of Education continued to operate the two schemes viz. (i) Loans to Universities and Delhi Colleges for the construction of hostels and (ii) Loans to State Governments Union Territory Administrations for the construction of hostels to affiliated colleges. An expenditure of Rs. 2,90,000 has been incurred so far during 1965-66 in the implementation of these schemes.
36. Grants to Voluntary Organisation for the Construction of Hostels its big Cities.-During 1965-66 a grant of Rs. 25,000 for the purpose has been given so far to each of the four organisations : (1) Shri Jagadguru Gurusiddheshwar, Mahavidyarthi, Prasada Nilaya, Belgaum; (2) K. P. Trust, Allahabad; (3) Sharda Stree Samaj, Bangalore and (4) Chatrawas Samiti, Udaipur. A grant of Rs. 23,000 has also been given to the S.N.V. Sadanam Trust, Ernakulam for the same purpose.
37. Scheme for Assisting Indian Authors and Publishers.-The republication of cheap edition of foreign text-books in India has necessitated the introduction of suitable measures to safeguard the interests of Indian authors. A scheme has been formulated to republish standard educational works by Indian authors in low-priced editions. Only publications written or translated in English are eligible for assistance under the scheme for the present, There is a provision of Rs. 1,50,000 for the year 1965-66 for giving subsidy to Indian authors and publishers to enable them to reduce the prices of The selected books to one third of the original. Twenty three books have so far been approved for republication under this scheme.
38. Equivalence of Degrees.-For purposes of employment to posts and services under the Central Government, recognition of Indian and foreign degrees/diplomas is made in consultation with the Union Public Service
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Commission and the Ministry of Home Affairs. During 1965-66, the question of giving recognition to the degrees and diplomas of the accredited universities in the U.S.S.R. and Nepal was finalised. Necessary notification in respect of the equivalence of the degrees and diplomas of both these countries will be issued shortly by the appropriate authority.
39. Grants to Educational Institutions and Organisations.-Grants were paid by the Ministry of Education to non-statutory and non- affiliated institutions of higher education which are doing work of special importance for developing educational activities and introducing new ideas and techniques in education. Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry, K.S.M.Y. Samiti, Lonavala, Kenya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, the Lok Bharati, Sanosara, have been paid maintenance and other grants of Rs. 1,34,700, Rs. 3,693, Rs. 15,000 and Rs. 16,844, respectively. A budget provision of Rs. 10,000 for giving grants for its development activities and Rs. 32,000 for giving grants-in-aid to meet the deficit in its recurring expenditure has been provided for the Inter-University Board of India for the year 1965-66.
40. Institute of Russian Studies, New Delhi.-One of the impediments in closer collaboration between the Governments of the U.S.S.R. and India has been the lack of facilities for the teaching of Russian language and literature. There are only about twenty universities in the country with mainly part-time facilities for certificate and diploma courses in Russian language at an elementary level. There has, therefore, been a long felt need for an institution providing facilities for advanced study and training in the Russian language and literature and also for the training of teachers in that language. In order to meet this need, an Institute of Russian Studies was set up in New Delhi on the 14th November, 1965 in collaboration with the Government of the U.S.S.R. The Institute managed at present, by an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act No. XXI of 1860, has been located temporarily in the campus of the Indian Institute, of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi. It will eventually form a constituent unit of the Jawaharlal Nehru University when it is established
40.1. The Institute has started with a one year full-time intensive course of training in Russian language. 93 students have been admitted to this course.
4.1 Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Nivas, Simla.-An Institute of Advanced Study has been established at Rashtrapati Nivas, Simla, to provide facilities for advanced study and research to teachers and research workers of universities and similar organisations in the field of the Humanities, Indian Culture, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences and Comparative Religion. The Institute was inaugurated by the President of India on the 20th October, 1965 and functions as an autonomous body registered under the Societies Registration Act No. XXI of 1860. To start with the Institute
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will concentrate on advanced study and research in seven fields viz. (i) Philosophy and Comparative Religion, (ii) Aesthetics and History of Art, (iii) Comparative Philology and Linguistics, (iv) Pure Mathematics, (v) European Studies, (vi) Western and Central Asian Studies and (vii) Indian and South-East Asian Studies.
42. Indo-U.S. Agreement for Financing Educational Exchange Pro- gramme.-The Government of India have agreed to reimburse to the United States Educational Foundation the taxes and duties paid by it to the American grantees coming to India under this programme. A sum of Rs. 9,00,000 has been provided for this purpose during 1965-66.
F. ASSISTANCE FROM FOREIGN BODIES
43. Schemes for Republication of Standard Educational Works
43.1. The Indo-American Scheme of Republication of Standard Works.-This Scheme is bring implemented by the USIS on behalf of the American Embassy in cooperation with the Ministry of Education. All expenses are provided from PL-480 funds. There is an Indo-American Board, set up in 1961, consisting of 14 members (equal members representing Government of India and the Government of the U.S.A.), to decide all policy issues regarding the publication programme under this scheme.
43.1.1. Books on Humanities, Sciences and Technology are selected and evaluated in the context of the needs of university students. The republished books cost about 1/3rd of the original American price. The Indo-American Scheme continued to make progress. About 100 books have been republished under this Scheme during the year 1965-66.
43.2. English Language Books Society Scheme.-Under this scheme selected books from the English Books Society Series are republished in cheap editions for the use of students of higher education in India. For implementation of this scheme, the U.K. Government has appointed an Advisory Committee, of three experts just as in the case of the Indo-American Scheme. The price of each selected book is about 1/3rd of its original price in the U.K. About 30 more books have been reprinted in this series during the current year.
43.3. The pergamon Press Scheme.-An agreement, in principle, has recently been signed between the Government of India and the Pergamon Press at Oxford, under which selected books from the Commonwealth and International Library Series will be adapted and translated by the designated organisations. For undertaking the publication programme under this scheme, the Ministry or Education has so far designated three organisations :
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(a) The Statistical Publishing Society, Calcutta, (b) The National Council of Educational Research and Training, and (c) The Panjab University.
43.4. The Indo-USSR Scheme.-A scheme has been formulated and is being implemented under which standard works for higher education in different fields, published in the USSR will be reproduced in cheap editions for the use of Indian students. Under this programme, the Joint Indo-Soviet Board consisting of 5 Indian and 5 Soviet members under the Chairmanship of the Education Secretary of the Government of India has been set up to consider policy questions involved in translation, adaptation, publication and distribution in India of standard Russian educational works. The Board has had two meetings so far, the first in January, 1965 and the second in December, 1965. Twenty textbooks and twenty seven reference books have been so far approved for republication under this programme.
G. GENERAL 44. `Model Act for Universities Committee.-The report submitted in February, 1965 by the Committee on 'Model Act for Universities' under the Chairmanship, of Dr. D. S. Kothari was sent to all the State Governments and universities for suitable action .
44.1 So far as the Central Government is concerned the recommendations of die Committee will be taken into consideration while amending the Acts of the Central universities.
45. Committee of M.P.'s on Higher Education.-The report of the Committee of Members of Parliament on Higher Education, under the Chairmanship of Shri P. N. Sapru, was brought out in July, 1964. The Committee's main recommendation regarding transfer of university and higher education to the concurrent list is under the consideration of State Governments. So far eleven of them have sent their replies. Final decision in the matter will be taken on receipt of the replies from all the State Governments. The other recommendations of the Committee are also still under consideration of this Ministry.
46. Exchange of Teachers.-During the year 1965-66, 6 Russian Language teachers came to India under the Indo-Soviet Cultural Exchange Programme and were posted to various universities/higher institutions in India for a period of one/two years. One Reader in Telugu in Andhra University went to Leningrad State University to teach that language for a period of one year under this programme.
H. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS The total revised budget provision for 1965-66 covering all grants and financial assistance by the Ministry of Education in the field of higher education was in the order of Rs. 17.61 crore as against similar provision of
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Rs. 14.32 crore for 1964-65. A broad break-up of the grants and financial assistance given by the Ministry of Education is given below :
Sl. Scheme Provision for 1965-66 Provision
for
No. Original Revised 1966-67
1 2 3 4 5
1. Grants to Institutions of Higher Rs. Rs. Rs.
learning of all India Importance
(Plan) 5,00,000 4,00,000 3,00,000
2. Grants for Instituting Evening Col-
leges and Correspondence Courses
(Plan) 6,00,000 2,00,000 2,00,000
3. Advances to State Governments-
Construction of Hostels by Affiliated
Colleges (Plan) 8,00,000 5,00,000 5,00,000
4. Advances to Union Territories(M/Edu-
cation) Plan-Construction of Hos-
tels by Affiliated Colleges (Plan) 1,00,000 1,00,000 1,00,000
5. Misc. Loans & Advances(M/Edu)
Universities and Constituent
Colleges of Delhi University for
Construction of Hostels and Staff
Quarters (Plan) 7,00,000 2,00,000 2,00,000
6. Grants to Voluntary Organisations for
Construction of Hostels in Big
Cities (Plan) 2,00,000 2,00,000 2,00,000
7. Grants to Non-Govt. Arts Colleges,
Affiliated Colleges, Deshbandhu
College, Kalkaji, New Delhi (Non-
Plan) 55,000 55,000 50,000
8. Establishment of Indian Institute of
Advanced Study, Simla (Plan) 6,00,000 6,00,000 12,50,000
9. Grants to the Institute of Gandhian
Study for promotion of Research
in Gandhian Philosophy (Plan) 25,000 25,000 25,000
10. Other Expenditure-Gandhian Philo-
sophy (Plan) 10,000 10,000 10,000
11. Other Grants-Institution of Lectures
by Prominent Persons on the Teach-
ing of Mahatma Gandhi and Shri
Jawaharlal Nehru (Plan) 23,000 23,000 23,000
12. Special Development Grant to Jammu
& Kashmir University (Plan) 3,300
13. Centenary Awards and J&K Medals
(Plan) 3,300 6,300 3,300
14. Grants to Panjab University for its
Rehabilitation at Chandigarh (Plan) 5,00,000 5,00,000
15. Grants to Institute of Russian Studies,
New Delhi (Plan) 1,000 4,00,000 10,00,000
(Token grant)
16. Jamia Millia Islamia(Plan) 50,000 75,000
(Non-Plan) 14,00,000 12,00,000 12,00,000
17. Cheap Publication of Text Books
(Plan) 1,50,000 1,00,000 2,50,000
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1 2 3 4
18. Educational Conferences (Plan) 30,000 30,000 50,000
19. Inter University-Board (Plan) 10,000 10,000 25,000
(Non- Plan) 32,000 32,000 32,000
20. Gujarat & Kashi Vidyapeeths (Plan) 8,00,000
21. Refund of Income tax & Custom Duty
(Non-Plan) 3,00,000 9,00,000 4,00,000
22. University Grants Commission
(Plan) 11,05,00,000 11,05,00,000 11,05,00,000
(Non- Plan) 4,58,36,000 5,00,00,000 4,25,98,000
23. Rural Higher Education(Plan) 26,38,600 22,16,400 18,00,000
(Non-Plan) 12,82,600 13,22,600 11,45,000
24. Jawaharlal Nehru University (Plan) 70,00,000 65,38,000 1,00,00,000*