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and had the privilege of having a fruitful exchange of views
with the Prime Minister Of India on March 26, 1983. The Com-
missions were advised to look into the matters, which would be of crucial
importance in the country with special emphasis on the community of
teachers. The Commissions that met separately, subsequently, chalked out
the mode of operation and methods of investigation. The NCT-I formed
various Groups to look minutely into different aspects and to make in-
depth studies with regard to terms of reference specifically assigned to
them. Some educational experts were also coopted as Members of the
Groups by NCT-I along with other Members of the Commission. The
entire Commission-I alongwith the Members of the Group visited Hyder-
abad, Calcutta, Lucknow, Bombay, Gauhati and Shillong. Smaller visit-
ing teams consisting of four or five members went to Chandigarh, Ahmed-
abad, Bangalore, Madras and Bhubaneswar. The purpose of these visits
was to hold discussions with the policy makers, administrators, teachers,
teachers' representatives and eminent educationists interested in the
teachers' problems. Likewise, the National Commission-II formed itself
into 5 Groups visiting 5 defined zones, namely, North, South, East, West
and Central, and visited 35 colleges and 29 universities.
NCT-I took a decision to set up a Research Cell at Allahabad with
Prof. S. B. Adaval as its Director. This Research Cell was assigned the
job of preparing special reports on all terms of reference, including
analyses of a Questionnaire distributed all over the country, besides pre-
paring a small report on the Memoranda submitted by different Teachers'
Organisations up to secondary level.
The National Commission on Teachers-I also held an Assembly of
students on 17th and 18th December to find out about the "Student's
perception of the Teacher". Top ranking 5 students from each Board of
Education in the country were invited to attend the Seminar.
A meeting was held on the 19th December with eminent educationists
and representatives of the local Teachers' Organisations of Delhi.
A seminar was also held under the Research Cell at Allahabad on
the theme "Teachers today and tomorrow" on November 18th and 19th,
1983 which was attended by a large number of academicians and intellec-
tuals from all over U.P. The same Cell organised a meeting of eminent
experts on December 4, 1983 at Allahabad to provide them with the
background for writing expert papers on different terms of reference.
NCT-II set up a Central Technical Unit (CTU) based at NIEPA for
the purpose of preparing research studies and also analysing Memoranda.
Some basic data about the 120 universities, 4800 colleges and 2.5
lakh teachers are being collected by the UGC with the help of simple
data information format to be filled in by heads of institutions in order to
help NCT-II.
A stratified purposive sample survey composed of studies conducted
on the basis of a sample of 20% of universities, 5% of colleges number-
ing 25 universities and 24S colleges is being conducted by CTU, NIEPA.
It proposes to cover all the teachers employed in these institutions. The
sample survey of universities and colleges would take the following factors
into account :
(a) developed or less developed areas;
(b) old or new institutions;
(c) affiliated or centralised institutions;
(d) central or state institutions;
(e) professional or general institutions.
Efforts were made to study, on the spot, the conditions under which
teachers work in various institutions, the real opportunities for professional
development, vertical and horizontal mobility problems and perceptions
of the status of teachers. During their field visits, opinions of all con-
cerned were sought on questionnaires devised by National Commissions,
which were Widely circulated to all organisations interested in teachers'
problems and also to teachers.
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A Conference was also held on November 26, 1983 by National Corn-
mission-II with Principals/Directors and representatives of the Engineer-
ing and Technological Institutions in the country with a view to finding
out the conditions prevailing in the field of technical education.
In addition, four Seminars are being organised by NCT-II Secretariat
on terms of reference 5, 6, 8 and 9 to produce another input for the
consideration of Members of NCT-II.
In collaboration with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, a
Seminar on "New Goals of Education and New Roles of Teachers" was
held in which university students were provided an opportunity to place
their views. Some Members of the National Commission-II which is
concerned with higher education were also invited to the Seminar.
A National Seminar on Teachers was held under the auspices of two
Commissions at New Delhi from September 5-9, 1983, coinciding with
Teachers' Day, in which eminent educationists from all over the country
participated. National Addresses were delivered by Shrimati Sheila Kaul,
Prof. D. S. Kothari, Prof. V. S. Jha, Prof. M. G. K. Menon. Dr. (Mrs.),
Madhuri Shah and Prof. Satish Chandra which helped to provide a focus
on the Commissions' work. The participants also contributed 87 papers
on the subject.
Progressive Use of Hindi In pursuance of the Provisions of the Official Languages Act 1963 and
the rules made thereunder, various measures have been taken for pro-
moting the use of Hindi in the Ministry, its attached/subordinate offices
and also in the autonomous bodies/institutions. With a view to ensuring
that Government directives on progressive use of Hindi are complied with,
a broad based official Language Implementation Committee in the Minis-
try of Education and Culture and similar committees in the Attached/
Subordinate offices are functioning. The duly constituted Hindi Salahkar
Samiti is also functioning to advise the Ministry on matters relating to
the use of Hindi in the work of the Ministry, its attached/subordinate
offices etc.
The position about the progressive use of Hindi in the work of the
Ministry is reflected in the Quarterly progress Reports which are sent
regularly to the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home
Affairs.
Details of important work done by the Ministry in this direction are
summarised below :-
Section 3(3) of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (as amended) is
being fully complied with. If any deficiency is noticed in regard to com-
pliance with it in any of the Sections etc. explanation is called for.
All Name Boards, Name Plates, Rubber Stamps etc. in the Ministry
have been prepard in bilingual form (Hindi first then English).
There were, 53 Devanagari Typewriters in the Ministry. Thirteen more
Hindi Typewriters have been purchased during the year. Thus the number
of Devanagari Typewriters has been increased to 66 which would be
sufficient to meet the present requirements of the Ministry.
Under the Hindi Teaching Scheme 50 persons were nominated for
training in Hindi course and 10 persons were nominated for training in
Hindi Stenography and also 22 persons for training in Hindi Typewriting
during the year 1983.
All letters received in Hindi wherever they call for a reply, are replied
to in Hindi. With a view to ensuring compliance of the policy of Govern-
ment in regard to the progressive use of Hindi on Official work, officers
of the Ministry inspect from time to " time the Attached/Subordinate
Offices etc. under the control of the Ministry. The shortcomings detected
are brought to the notice of the Head of the Office, and necessary reme-
dial action is taken and compliance reports are called for from them.
Periodical magazines/books in Hindi as well as in English are being
continued to be published in the Ministry, its attached/subordinate offices
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etc. and a copy of the same is being sent to the Members of the Hindi
Salahkar Samiti of the Ministry.
Checkpoints in the Ministry have been prepared and Despatch Section
in the Ministry has been strengthened to make their check point more effec-
tive so that no letter could be issued to Hindi Speaking States in English.
It shall be the responsibility of the Despatch Section that they should not
accept any letter meant for Hindi Speaking States in English and such letter
should be returned without issuing the same to the Officer signing it with the
request that it should be sent in Hindi for issue. Simultaneously it shall also
be the personal responsibility of the Officers that they should send all the
letters meant for Hindi speaking areas in Hindi only to Despatch Section.
The Despatch Section was made responsible for simultaneous issue of
all general orders both in Hindi and English.
Necessary guidelines as to where both Hindi and English in the day
to day work are to be used and where Hindi alone can be used
have been circulated among the staff and the officers of the Ministry.
Instructions containing the Official Languages (Use for Official purposes
of the Union) Rules 1976 and constitutional provisions regarding Official
Language Policy, Official Languages Act, 1963 and other relevant orders/
instructions for the use of Hindi have been circulated for compliance.
Observance of orders regarding Re- A special cell exists in this Ministry to watch the interests of members
Presentation in Posts and Services of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for appointments in the Govern-
for Scheduled Castes and Schedul- ment. The Director of Administration in this Ministry, acts as Liaison
ed Tribes Officer to watch the interests of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
All Heads of Subordinate Offices have been requested to nominate their
Senior Officer as Liaison Officer to maintain proper Rosters. The reser-
vation rosters of Subordinate Offices are checked in this Ministry by the
Liaison Officer. Various returns and Statements regarding representation
of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are supplied to the Department
of Personnel and Administrative Reforms and Commissioner of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes periodically. All cases of dereservation of
reserved vacancies for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are examin-
ed properly before obtaining the approval of Liaison Officer.
Publication Unit The Publication Unit brought out 47 publications in English, including
4 bilingual (English and Hindi) titles and the two quarterly journals "The
Education Quarterly" and the "Indian Education Abstracts" during 1983-
84. The Education Quarterly journal entered its 35th Year of publica-
tion. A monthly resume "Educational and Cultural Developments at the
Centre and in the States" with restricted circulation is brought out every
month both in English and in Hindi.
The Hindi Publication Unit brought out during this period 20 titles
including the two Quarterly journals "Shiksha Vivechan" and "Sanskriti".
The Ministry participated in the India International Trade Fair held
at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi in November, 1983 by putting up an ex-
hibition in the theme "Evolution". The Indian Council of Philosophical
Research in collaboration with the Anthropological Survey of India and
the National Council of Science Museums oragnised this exhibition on
behalf of the Ministry.
The Ministry also participated in the Sixth World Book Fair held at
New Delhi, from February 4-14, 1984.
Students Information Service Unit The Students Information Service Unit collects, compiles and dissemi-
nates information on higher education in India and abroad for the benefit
of the students and attends to their enquires on various subject-fields.
During the year under report, it attended to 4302 enquiries relating to
facilities for higher education in India and abroad. 1682 persons visited
the Reference Library attached to this Unit to consult the calendars,
handbooks, prospectuses and other bulletins of information on various
courses offered by Indian/Foreign Universities/Institutions. 1316 addi-
tions were made to the Reference Library of the Unit by way of the latest
calendars, prospectuses and other relevant literature acquired from Uni-
versities/Institutions.
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Specific requests for the procurement of educational certificates from
Pakistan and Bangladesh were taken up with our Missions in those coun-
tries.
Attestation work of educational certificates for Indian students going
abroad was done for 13940 persons.
Vigilance Activities During the year 1983, disciplinary cases against five employees were
finalised resulting in the imposition of major penalties in two cases and
minor penalty in one case. Major penalty proceedings launched against
other three employees are under various stages of consideration. Sanction
for initiating departmental action under the CCS (Pension) Rules has
been accorded against a retired Government servant for the alleged false
LTC claim. An attached office was advised to institute major penalty
proceedings against its employee for the alleged drawal of false T.A. Besides
disciplinary cases, complaints against some employees of the Ministry as
well as those working in autonomous organisations and attached/subordinate,
offices of the Ministry were also looked into. Most of the complaints receiv-
ed directly or through CVC/CBI were on verification found to contain false
allegation and were, therefore, filed. Three complaints are under
investigation.
Deputations/Delegations sent
abroad of Government Officials No. of No. of persons included in Total expenditure incurred
and Non-Officials during the year Delegations the delegations/deputations
1982-83
in rupees Foreign exchange
component
(in rupees)
106 158 Rs. 26,88,932.42 10,36,344.31
and
4414.74
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Budget Estimates The total budget provision for 1983-84 and 1984-85 in respect of this Department
are as under :-
(Rs. in lakhs)
Budget Estimates Revised Budget
Estimates Estimates
1983-84 1983-84 1984-85
Particulars
Demand No. 24
Department of Education
Secretariat of the Department, 2,25.96 2,86.11 4,04.98
including the Pay and Accounts Offices,
hospitality and entertainment.
Demand No. 25 344,11.98
@-5,15.10
Education
Provision for general education, 338,96 -88 357,95.65 421,79.31
other revenue expenditure of the
Department including provisions
for grants-in-aid to States/Union
Territories on Central/Centrally
@This provision concerns Department of Sports but was included when Budget Estimates 1983-84 were prepared
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE
The budget provisions or 1984-85 of the Department or Culture are as follows
(Rs. in lakhs)
Budget Revised Budget
particulars Estimates Estimates Estimates
1983-84 1983-84 1984-85
Demand No.26
Department of Culture 16,55.26 18,48.94 20,19.42
Demand No. 27
Archaeology 8,84.63 10,56.63 11,45.00