DELHI
School Education There has been further expansion of school Education in Delhi in order to cater to the needs of the increasing population
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of Delhi. 21 Higher Secondary Schools, 6 Middle Schools and 53 Primary Schools were opened during 1975-76. The percentage of the enrolment has also gone to 101 in the age group of 6-11, 87.6 in the age group of 11-14 and 68.5 in the age group of 14-17.
University Education 15 degree colleges are functioning under the Delhi Administration and the number of seats in these Colleges has been increased to accommodate all eligible students.
Adult Education 12 Adult Schools are being run by the Administration and the enrolment of students getting education through this system and correspondence courses is 10119.
Free Supply of Textbooks Book Banks have been started in 531 Government and Government aided Higher Secondary Schools and 322 Government and Government aided Middle Schools to provide the benefit to students belonging to the weaker sections of the Society and to those whose parents income does not exceed Rs. 5001 per month. Books worth Rs. 8,00,000 have, been purchased to boost up this activity under 20 point Economic Programme of Prime Minister.
Girls Education Out of 21 new Higher Secondary Schools, 5 Girls, 9 Coeducational Higher Secondary Schools, One Girl and 3 Co-educational Middle Schools have been opened during the year for Girls education by the Delhi Administration. Free transport facilities are provided to Girl students living in rural areas. This facility has been extended to 2400 Girls residing in rural areas.
Science Teaching New textbooks of Science have been made available in schools where the facilities for Teaching Science on the UNICEF Scheme has been provided. Education is being provided in many schools through Television.
Scholarships The Delhi Administration proposes to spend Rs. 58.00 lakhs for granting scholarships under the various schemes to deserving students. 60787 students are likely to be benefitted by these schemes.
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Teachers' Welfare Every year 10 teachers with meritorious services are honoured by State Awards.
Introduction of New pattern of Education The Delhi Administration have introduced the new pattern of education (10+2) from the academic session 1975-76 in all the Higher Secondary Schools in Delhi. Funds to the extent of Rs. 30.00 lakhs have been provided to these schools for the purchase of Science equipment and workshop material.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
School Education During the year under report seven Pre-School Education Centres, and 80 Primary Schools were set up; 18 Primary Schools and 3 Middle Schools were upgraded, bringing the total number of Primary Schools to 622. There are 88 Middle Schools, 22 Higher Secondary Schools, 1 College and One Teachers Training Institute, imparting much needed education to 34470, 8080, 1094 and 3857, at Primary, Middle, Higher Secondary levels and others, respectively. There are other educa- tional institutions imparting necessary training to National Cadet Corps, and in Rural Sports, Vocational Programmes and Science Education programme.
University and Higher Education Apart from the J. N. College, Pasighat which imparts college education upto B.A. standard, 36 students have been sent to, other institutions of higher learning in other States.
Teachers Training The teachers training institute at Changlang has been giving valuable training to Matriculate, Primary/Middle School Teachers as usual. Training to Teachers (5 for B.Ed. Courses, 13 for B.T. 84 for short term English courses and 40 in Science Courses) is being imparted at different Training Centres in the country.
Science Education More and more science teachers are appointed to introduce, new methodology of teaching science with UNICEF assisted Science Kit Boxes in Primary and Middle stages of Education. The Education Department has supplied UNICEF designed science boxes to 300 Primary Schools during the period under report.
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Stipend The rate of stipend has also been enhanced from Rs. 501 to, Rs. 75/- at school stage, from Rs. 120/- to Rs. 150/- at college stage and from Rs. 150/- to Rs. 175/- at University stage of Education.
20-point Economic Programme To highlight and reflect the steps taken to implement the 20 point Economic Programme of the Prime Minister, textbooks, guide books, reference books, work books, worth Rs. 5.12 lakhs, were supplied to the students of Primary,, Middle and Higher Secondary Schools.
MIZORAM The Union Territory of Mizoram came into existence in January, 1972. The Directorate of Education and Social Welfare started functioning with skeleton staff and has now been adequately strengthened and is functioning effectively by taking important steps to accelerate the development activities in the field of education in the Union Territory.
Primary Education The Directorate has been running 400 Lower Primary Schools, enabling children to have their Schools within a walking distance of 1.3 Km. The earlier pupil-teacher ratio has been improved from 46: 1 to 41: 1, as a result recruitment of 200 additional teachers during the year under report. There has been substantial increase in the enrolment to 2973 during the year.
School Education Out of the 208 Middle Schools, 68 are run directly by the Government and 140 under private organisation with maintenance grants from the Government. A total of 93 High Schools-10 under direct control of the Government and 83 under non-government management with substantial grants from the Government are functioning effectively.
There has been a substantial increase in the enrolment- 1300 in high schools and 1300 in middle schools-during the year.
College Education The four colleges in Mizoram have now been transferred to the jurisdiction of the North-Eastern, Hill University from the Gauhati University. One of these is a Government College at Aizawl. The other at Lunglei is being taken over by the Government of Mizoram. The non-governmental colleges are given substantial grants to enable them to function effectively.
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Adult Education 2177 adults were made literate by mobilising them in their spare time through 80 Literacy Centres, run by voluntary organisations with financial assistance from the Government of Mizoram.
Training Institute$ and Libraries The Industrial Training Institute at Aizawl has been shifted to the new campus building. The number of Libraries in High and Middle Schools has been increased. Working of public libraries is also being stream-lined.
A Hindi Training Institute has started functioning at Aizawl. 55 teachers have been trained at the Central Hindi Institute, Agra, The work relating to propagation of Hindi in the Union Territory is in full swing.
Science Education The UNICEF assisted pilot project, started in 1973-74, for improvement of science teaching in elementary schools, has provided the much needed enrichment of the existing school curriculum in Science as also export guidance from the Science Promotion Wing of the Directorate.
Inspection In respect of inspection, supervision and pedagogic guidance of educational institutions, adequate field staff have been provided in the Inspectorate. The systematic inspection has resulted in necessary improvement in school education at all levels.
Scouts & Guides Movement The Scouts and Guides movement has further been strengthen- ed/introduced in a large number of Primary, Middle and Higher Secondary Schools. The Physical Efficiency Test Centres have also been strengthened and financial assistance provided for youth and welfare activities.
Technical Education Facilities for Technical education through I.T.I. have been brought over to Aizawl from Sri-Konas at Silchar where it was functioning, as a guest institution for Mizoram.
A Mizoram Institute of Education for the B.Ed. Course with an annual intake of 30 graduate teachers, has also been opened at Aizawl.
The targets envisaged, both financial and physical, have been very substantially achieved in the Union Territory.