EDUCATION IN THE UNION TERRITORIES
Education in the Union Territories continues to be a special responsi-
bility of the Central Government. An account of the educational facilities
and activities undertaken during the year in respect of each of the Union
Territories is given in this Chapter.
ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR
The Directorate of Education in this Union Territory is headed
by the Director of Education assisted by three Assistant Directors of
Education in the field of Administration, Planning and Text-book, one
Deputy Director in the field of Adult Education, one Principal for the
State Institute of Education and one Education Officer for Nicobar
District. He is also assisted by six Deputy Education Officers, one
Accounts Officer and two Assistant Directors (Administration).
Schools During the year under report, the number of educational institutions
rose from 296 to 304. Four new primary schools were opened during the
year and 4 existing schools were upgraded to the status of middle schools.
Four secondary schools and one senior secondary school were also opened
by upgrading the existing four middle schools and one secondary school.
Besides, one Ashram school was opened for the tribal in Shompen area.
Science stream at+2 stage was started in two senior secondary schools.
Additional children to the extent of about 2800 were enrolled at the
elementary stage so far, as against the target of 3000. Financial conces-
sions in the form of Mid-day meals, uniforms, travel concessions, text-
books, scholarships etc. were given to the students to achieve higher enrol-
ment as well as to improve and minimise the dropouts.
Recruitment of Teachers To meet the additional requirement of teachers at elementary and
secondary stage, 80 Primary school teachers, 70 Trained Graduate teachers,
20 Post Graduate teachers, 3 Vice-Principals, 2 Headmasters and 11 Phy-
sical Education teachers were appointed.
Under the Teachers' Training Programme, B. Ed. and J.B.T. courses
were continued. Besides, training programme for Pre-Primary school
teachers was also started during the year. The admission capacity of
B. Ed. course was raised to 80 from 50. Total enrolment in B. Ed. is 79
J.B.T. 119 and Pre-Primary training 25.
Adult Education The scheme of Adult Education continued to function during the
year under report. The scheme has two important aspects viz. removal
of illiteracy among adults and improving the knowledge and education
already possessed.
The number of centres functioning during the year is 312 and the
enrolment 6931, of this 82 centres are in tribal area with enrolment of
1575. The centres were supplied with reading materials and periodicals
to facilitate the neo-literate to improve their knowledge.
National Policy on Education-1986 To oversee the implementation of New Education Policy, two
committees have been constituted, one under the chairmanship of Counse-
llor (Education) and other under Chief Secretary. These committees met
three times and approved the Programme of Action for 1987-88.
Under the massive teachers orientation programme, reonientation
courses have been conducted at different Islands. More than 300 teachers
have so far been trained under this programme during the year. Steps
have been taken to revise the text-books in the light of National Curri-
culum frame-work in respect of Tamil, Bengali Ad Telugu text books.
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A survey under the Operation Black Board has been conducted. One
Navodaya Vidyalaya has been started and arrangements for starting the
second Vidyalaya are in progress.
New Courses Post Graduate courses in Geography, Botany and Chemistry were
started in the Government. College during the year. Permission has also
been Oven by the Pondicherry University to start M. Ed. and B. Lib,
Courses during the year under report.
Integrated Education for Disabled Twenty IED centres continued to function during the year. The
programme at present is limited to disabled children studying at primary
level. Various types of therapies are provided to these children. They
are given equipment, books and stationery allowance, transportation and
escort allowance at the rate fixed by the Government.
Sports Activities A separate Department of Youth and Sports is functioning for effect-
ive implementation, coordination and monitoring of sports and youth act-
ivities in those Islands. Physical education and sports have been intr-
oduced in all the secondary and senior secondary schools as per the
syllabus. Qualified Physical Education. Teachers have been provided to
all these schools.
CHANDIGARH
Schools There are 320 schools including Government, aided, recognised, cent-
ral and unrecognised schools covering children from pre-primary to senior
senior secondary stage. These schools cater to the educational needs of
1,14,500 students at the elementary stage and 22,000 at the secondary st-
age. The number of schools in the Union Territory is as below:-
Government schools Private Schools
Primary 26 Primary recognised 15
Middle 6 Middle recognised 21
Model Middle 5 High recognised 9
High 30 Affiliated (CBSE) 17
Model High 9 High Grant-in-aid 5
Sr. Secondary 9 Sr. Sec. grant-in-aid 5
Purely Private 163
85 235
Scholarship Various incentives/scholarships are give to SC/ST and economically
weaker sections of students. During the year under report, the following
incentives have been sanctioned to the SC/ST and economically weaker
students
Plan Non-Plan
Attendance Scholarship Rs. 77,000 Rs. 3 lakhs
SC/ST scholarship Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 5 lakhs
Talent Search Scholarship Rs. 31,000 ---
Tesxt books Rs. 1,07,000 Rs. 3.36 lakhs
Uniform & Stationery Rs. 2,30,000 ffis. 10.00 lakhs
Extra coaching Rs. 1,36,000 Rs. 1,64 lakhs
Thirty-two centres of non-formal education are being run with enrol-
Non-Formal Education ment of 2250 children. These schools also function as Nursery for the
dropouts.
Vocational subjects have been introduced in 5 Senior Secondary
Vocational Education Schools. It is proposed to introduce vocational subjects in 9 Senior
Secondary Schools during the 7th Plan period. The State Institute of
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Education, Chandigarh aims at qualitative improvement in school educa-
tion through in-service courses, on-the-spot guidance, orientation,
research and organising various co-curricular activities.
Adult Education In the field of Adult Education the Union Territory occupies a unique
position. Against the target of 6000 learners, 6637 learners were covered
through projects like SAEP, RFLP and NYK etc.
DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI
There are 161 primary schools which include 145 Government and 16
private schools. Out of 16 private schools, 14 are aided and 2 un-aided
aided with enrolment of 17,894 students, (10,767 boys and 7,127 girls).
There are 479 Scheduled Caste students (257 boys and 222 girls) and 14,588
Scheduled Tribe students (9,031 boys and 5,557 girls).
Schools There are 5 Secondary Schools and 3 Higher Secondary Schools, out of
which 3 each are Government Secondary schools and Higher Secondary Schools
and 2 private Secondary Schools located in different parts of the Union
Territory. The total strength of Secondary Schools and Higher Secondary
Schools is 3,071 students (1,924 boys and 1,147 girls) out of which
198 are Scheduled Caste students (128 boys and 70 girls) and 1,622 Scheduled
Scheduled Tribe students (1,124 boys and 498 girls). Vocational,
Drawing, Tailoring and Technical as well as Agricultural subjects have
been introduced in all Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools with
general courses.
Free education is provided to all students upto higher secondary
level and mid-day meals are also being provided to all students upto
elementary education.
Social Welfare Hostels There are 10 Social Welfare Hostels run by Union Territory Adminis-
tration and two Girls Hostels at Randha and Khanvel in which economi-
cally backward students are admitted and provided with free lodging and
boarding. There ate 675 inmates (595 boys and 80 girls).
Physical Education Physical education is being imparted in all primary, secondary and
higher secondary schools of UT Administration.
Students' Tour The scheme for student tours belonging to SC/ST and other backward
students has been started during the current year.
Reservation of Seats Seats have been reserved for various courses like medical, engineering
and other technical courses for the students belonging to the Union
Territory. Number of seats allotted to the students during the year 1987-88
are as below:-
Sl. Name of course Seats
No. allotted
by G.O.I.
1. Degree in Civil Engineering 1
2. M.B.B.S. Course. 2
3. Diploma in Civil Engineering 8
4. Diploma in Mechanical Engineering 6
5. Diploma in Electrical Engineering 7
6. Diploma in Metallurgical Engineering 3
7. Diploma in Automobiles Engineering 3
8. Diploma in Commercial Practice 2
9. Diploma in Electro & Radio Engineering 2
10. Diploma in Computer Engineering 1
11. P.T.C. (Boys) 5
12. P.T.C. (Girls) 5
13. B.Ed. (Marathi Medium) 5
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New Schools Government has approved opening of two new Secondary Schools at
Mandoni and Surangi in Tribal rural areas.
DAMAN & DIU
Daman & Diu achieved the status of a separate Union Territory on
30th May, 1987. The UT is comprised of two districts, namely, Daman
& Diu, separated by a distance of 795 kms. from each other. While
Daman is near Bombay about 200 kms. by road and surrounded by
Valsad district of Gujarat State and on the other side by Arabian Sea,
the Diu is a mini island on the Arabian Sea near Veraval Port. The total
geographical area of the UT is 112 sq. kms (Daman-72 sq. km. and
Diu-40 sq. km.). The total population is 78,981 (48,560 Daman and
30,421 for Diu district). The combined literacy rate as per 1981 census
is 49.15
Continuing Schemes All the developmental activities in the Education sector which were
being taken up by the erstwhile Union Territory of Goa, Daman & Diu
continued to be implemented in this Union Territory during the year
1987-88. These activities are-universalisation of elementary education,
book bank scheme, incentive scholarship to economically backward
classes, stipend to physically handicapped students and SC/ST students
etc. To raise the literacy rate among the female, schemes for providing
monetary incentives to the girl students were given more attention during
the year 1986-87. In addition to this, similar schemes are being imple-
mented in Daman district, specially for tribals under Tribal Sub-Plan
since 20% of the population in Daman consists of Tribals.
Schools In the secondary education sector, there are 11 high schools, 7 in
Daman and 4 in Diu district, and 2 higher secondary schools including
one private school. There is also one Government College in Daman
district. To meet the needs for increasing enrolment in these schools,
construction of additional rooms is being done on priority basis.
Enrolment These developmental schemes had a considerable impact on the
enrolment in Middle and Secondary Schools. The enrolment in the
Middle schools was 2953 against 2580 of last year i.e. an increase of
about 14.5 per cent and in secondary classes the increase was 10.3 per
cent.
Tribal Education For qualitative improvement in tribal education in Daman district,
the scheme of coaching classes is already in operation in 4 schools. This
is being introduced in other two schools during 1988-89.
Technical Education Due to large scope for employment in the industries within the UT
and the nearby areas like Wapi, the demand for technical education is
increasing day by day for which vocational courses through technical
education centre in both the districts are being conducted. To meet the
needs for new sectors of industrial development, some new courses in this
Centre have been included in the next Plan. Besides, a polytechnic
college is also coming up shortly.
DELHI
On the basis that education is the key to economic growth, social
transformation and uplift of masses, especially poorer sections of people,
emphasis has been laid by Delhi Administration on helping the students
belonging to SC/ST. For academic improvement of SC/ST students,
Delhi Administration operates schemes like scholarships to SC/ST and,
Open Merit Scholarships to SC/ST students. Under this scheme, on more
than one lakh of, students an amount of Rs. 1.75 crores is expected to be
spent.
No child has to go more than two kms. from the door-step unless
he/she wants a school of his/her own choice. There are in total 1356
schools, 1207 in Urban areas and 149 in rural areas. During the acade-
mic year 1987-88, the Directorate of Education opened 26 new schools,