ADMINISTRATION
Organisational Structure 3.1.0 The Department of Education, one of the constituents of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, is under the overall charge of Minister of Human Resource Development. The secretariat of the Department is headed by the Secretary who is assisted by an Additional Secretary and an Educational Adviser (Technical). The Department is organised into Bureaux, Divisions, Branches, Desks, Sections and Units. Each Bureau is under the charge of a Joint Secretary/Joint Educational Adviser assisted by Divisional Heads. The set-up of the Department is shown in the organisation chart appended to this report.
Subordinate offices/Autonomous Organisations 3.2.1 Over the years, a number of subordinate offices and autonomous organisations have come up under the Department. The important subordinate offices are:-
- The Directorate of Adult Education (DAE)
- The Central Hindi Directorate (CHD)
- The Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT)
- The Bureau for Promotion of Urdu (BPU)
- The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL)
3.2.2. The important autonomous organisations are :
- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, a national level resource institution operating in the school sector.
- The National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi also a national level resource institution, specialising in problems of educational management.
- The University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi, which coordinates and sets standards in the area of higher education.
- The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, which coordinates and sets standards in the area of technical education.
- The following institutions are engaged in higher educational research.
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* Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) Shimla.
* Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi.
* Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi.
* Indian Council of Philosophical Research, (ICPR) , New Delhi.
- The Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra, which propagates Hindi in India and abroad.
- The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, engaged in promotion and development of and research (from school to higher education level) in Sanskrit; it is an examining body too.
- The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) , New Delhi, running schools for the benefit of the children of transferable Government employees.
- The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi, running schools for the benefit of talented rural children.
- The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi, which affiliates Schools and conducts examinations.
- The National Book Trust, New Delhi.
- In the area of Technical Education:-
* Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
* Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
* National Institute of Training in Industrial Engineering, Bombay.
* National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi.
* School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
* Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.
* Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow.
* Technical Teacher Training Institutes at Bhopal, Calcutta, Chandigarh and Madras.
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* Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras.
* Regional Engineering Colleges (Seventeen in number).
- The National Institute of Adult Education (NIAE).
3.2.3 While UGC, Central Universities and institutes like IITs were set up by Acts of Parliament, the other autonomous organisations were registered under Societies Registration Act.
Functions 3.3.0 Education is a concurrent subject. Concurrency implies a meaningful partnership between the Union Government and the States. The NPE states:
"While the role and responsibility of the States in regard to education will remain essentially unchanged, the Union Government would accept a larger responsibility to reinforce the national and integrative character of education, to maintain quality and standards (including those of the teaching profession at all levels), to study and monitor the educational requirements of the country as a whole in regard to manpower for development, to cater to the needs of research and advanced study, to look after the international aspects of education, culture and Human Resource Development and, in general, to promote excellence at all levels of the educational pyramid throughout the country."
The Department has been striving to fulfil the role perceived by the NPE and has been closely interacting with States and Union Territories.
Vigilance Activities 3.4.1 Sustained efforts were made to tone-up the administration and to maintain discipline amongst staff of the Department both at the headquarters and in the subordinate offices. Under preventive vigilance, an action plan was drawn up and surprise vigilance inspections of certain Sections and subordinate offices were conducted. Disciplinary proceedings against five officials were concluded and appropriate orders were passed in each case. Besides, it has been decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings against eight officials (including two gazetted officers). The disciplinary proceedings against one gazetted officer of a subordinate office and three officials (including two gazetted officers) of the Department were in progress. Sixteen complaints pertaining to this Department (including eleven against gazetted officers) were processed for preliminary enquiry.
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3.4.2 Of the fifty-eight autonomous organisations (excluding RECs) and public sector undertakings, linked with the Department of Education, forty-eight have so far accepted the jurisdiction of Central Vigilance Commission and Chief Vigilance Officers are in position in twenty organisations. Twenty of these organisations have also created public grievance redressel machinery and designated Grievance Officers for redress of public grievances.
3.4.3 Overall emphasis continued to be laid on the observance of discipline and punctuality.
Progressive Use of Hindi in Official Work 3.5.1 The Department of Education at present consists of 90 sections, 10 subordinate offices, one public sector undertaking and 75 autonomous organisations. During the year under report, the Annual Programme for the Implementation of the official Language Policy of the Government of India for the year 1991-92 received from the Department of official Language (Ministry of Home Affairs) was circulated in this Department, its subordinate offices and autonomous organisations with the request that all out efforts may be made to achieve the targets fixed therein and also to review of progress regularly in the meetings of the Departmental official Language Implementation Committees (OLICs). Besides this, the position of compliance with the Official Languages Act and the rules and administrative orders framed thereunder was monitored through Quarterly Progress Reports and remedial action suggested, wherever necessary.
3.5.2 During the year three meetings of the OLIC of the Department of Education were held upto January, 1992. In addition to this, there are OLICs in subordinate offices and autonomous organistions. They were also meeting regularly. Officers of the Official Language Unit of the Department attended these meetings and discussed various measures to increase the progressive use of Hindi in those offices.
3.5.3 Three Hindi Workshops were conducted during the year and the employees benefited immensely by the workshops.
3.5.4 Seventy-one employees were nominated for training in various courses under the Hindi Teaching Scheme of the Department of Official Language, out of which 23 employees were nominated for Hindi Prabodh/Praveen/Pragya courses and 28 for Hindi Typing and 20 for Hindi Stenography.
3.5.5 To assess the position regarding compliance of Official Language Rules, seven Subordinate offices/autonomous organisations of the Department were inspected and the deficiencies found during the inspection were brought to the notice of the Heads of the Offices concerned and remedial measures suggested. The Committee of Parliament on Official Language visited and inspected the UGC, New Delhi and IIAS, at Shimla.
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3.5.6 Hindi Week was celebrated in the Department from 16th to 20th September, 1991. on this occasion, an appeal from Union Minister for Human Resource Development and instructions from Education Secretary were issued urging greater use of Hindi in official work. In addition, competitions in Hindi Stenography, Hindi Typing and essay writing in Hindi were also organised in which employees securing First, Second and Third positions were given cash awards of Rs.500/-, Rs.300/- and Rs.200/- respectively.
3.5.7 Hindi Salahkar Samiti will be reconstituted on receipt of nominations of Members of Parliament from the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. After re-constitution, a meeting of the Samiti will be convened expeditiously.
3.5.8 During the period under report, 89 offices, wherein more than 80 per cent of the staff had acquired working knowledge of Hindi, were notified under rule 10(4) of Official Languages Rules, 1976.
3.5.9 Thus, the Department continued to make earnest endeavors to increase the use of Hindi in official work, as per Official Languages Act and Rules and thereunder.
Publications 3.6.0 The Publication Unit brought out sixteen publications in English including bilingual (English and Hindi upto December 1991). The Unit continued to handle the work of authentication of original educational certificates of Indians going abroad and foreign students studying in India.
Deputations/Delegations Abroad 3.7.0 The number of deputations/delegations of Government officials and non-officials sent abroad during the year 1991-92 and the foreign exchange incurred thereon are presented in the Table below:
No. of Delegations/ No. of persons included Foreign Exchange
Deputations in the delegations/ Component
deputations (Estimated in Rs.)
22 38 Rs.6,53,938
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Budget Estimates 3.8.0 The budget provisions for 1990-91 and 1991-92 in respect of Department of Education are as under:-
[Rs. in Crore]
Particulars BE 1991-92 RE 1991-92 BE 1992-93
Demand No.47
Department of 1805.30 1733.98 1725.17
Education
Provision for:
Secretariat for the Department
including the Pay and Accounts
Offices, Hospitality and
Entertainment. General Education,
other revenue expenditure of the
Department including provisions for
grants-in-aid to States/UTs on
Central/Centrally Sponsored Schemes
(Plan) and also provision for loans
for central and Centrally Sponsored
Schemes.
Professional Development and Training of Staff 3.9.0 During 1991-92, 25 officers were nominated for various training programmes in India, excluding the IAS officers who are deputed for compulsory in-service training by the Department of Personnel and Training. Besides, two officers were deputed for training abroad. Two Workshops on "Developing Subordinates" were organised -- one in December, 1991 and another in January, 1992 -- for officers of the level of Deputy Secretary and above in the Department of Education. A consultancy assignment has also been assigned to the Centre for Management Studies of the IIT, Delhi to prepare a report on the training needs with accent on the special requirements of the Department of Education.
Science Exhibition 3.10.0 As part of Jawahar Lal Nehru's Birthday celebrations the Department organised a Science Exhibition at Teen Murti House from 14th to 30th November, 1991. The Exhibition was inaugurated by the Prime Minister. The theme of the exhibition was "Values for New India".
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