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. He is assisted by the Deputy Minister for Education and Culture. The Secretariat of the Department is headed by the Secretary who is assisted by an Additional Secretary. The Department is organised into Bureaux, Divisions, Branches, Desks, Sections and Units. Each Bureau is under the charge of a Joint Secretary/Joint Educational Advisor assisted by Divisional Heads. The Set-up of the Department is shown in the organisational chart appended to this report.
Subordinate Offices/Autonomous Organisations 3.2.1 There are a number of subordinate offices and autonomous organisations 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 Termi- nology(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, another national level resource institution, specialising in problems of educa- tional 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.
- National Council for Teacher's Education (NCTE) for development of teacher education in the country.
3.2.3 The following institutions are engaged in higher educational research:
- Indian Institute of advanced study(IIAS), Shimla.
- Indian Council of Social Science Research(ICSSR), New Delhi
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- Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi
- Indian Council of Philosphical Research, (ICPR), New Delhi.
Central Universities: * Aligarh Muslim University(AMU), Aligarh.
* Banaras Hindu University, Banaras,
* University of Delhi, Delhi.
* University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
* Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi.
* Jawahar Lal Nehru University,(JNU), New Delhi
* North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong.
* Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.
* Viswa Bharati, Sand Niketan.
* Nagaland University, Tejpur.
* Assam University, Silchar.
* Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi.
3.2.4 Important organisations in the field of Promotion of Languages are:
* Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar University, Lucknow.
* The Kendriya Hindi Shikshan Mandal, Agra, which propagates Hindi in India and abroad.
* The Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, en- gaged in promotion and development and research in Sanskrit.
3.2.5 Following Universities/Institutions are being set up:-
* International Hindi University
* Urdu University
* Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Computer and Allied Sciences.
3.2.6 Important organisations in the field of School Education are:
* The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan (KVS), New Delhi running schools for the children of transferable govern- ment employees.
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* The Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi, running schools for talented rural children.
* The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi, which affiliates schools and conducts exami- nations.
* National Open School (NOS), New Delhi is providing education through an open learning system at the school stage as an alternative to the formal system.
3.2.7 Important organisation in the field of Elementary Education is:
* Bal Bhawan Society India, New Delhi. The Society has been contributing towards promotion of creative activity among children in the age-group of 5 to 16 years.
3.2.8 Important organisation in the field of Book Promotion is:
* The National Book Trust, New Delhi.
3.2.9 Important organisations in the area of Technical Education are:
* Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
* Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.
* National Institute of Training in Industrial Engi- neering, 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.
* Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur and Madras.
* Regional Engineering Colleges (Seventeen in number).
3.2.10 Important organisation in the field of Adult Education is:
* The National Institute of Adult Education (NIAE)
3.2.11 While UGC, Central Universities and Institutes like IITs were set up by Acts of Parliament, the other autonomous organisations were registered under the Societies Registration Act.
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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 responsibili- ty to reinforce the national and integrative character of education, to maintain quality and standards(includ- ing 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 develop- ment, to cater to the needs of research and advanced study, to look after the international aspects of educa- tion, 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 fulfill the role perceived by the NPE and has been closely interacting with States and Union Territories.
Vigilance Activities 3.4.1 The Vigilance set up of the Department functions under the overall supervision of the Secretary who, in turn, is assisted by a Chief Vigilance Officer of the rank of Joint Secretary, an Under Secretary and other Subordinate staff. Shri Priyadarshi Thakur con- tinues to function as Chief Vigilance Officer in the Department of Education.
3.4.2 During the period under report, sustained efforts continued to tone up the administration and to maintain discipline amongst staff of the Department both at the headquarters and in the Subordinate offices.
3.4.3 Efforts continued to simplify the procedures so as to minimise the scope of corruption. A close watch was maintained over persons of doubtful integrity. The staff posted at sensitive points were rotated periodically. Disciplinary proceedings against seven officials were concluded and appropriate orders passed in each case. Disciplinary proceedings against seven officials including five gazet- ted officers, already initiated earlier, were in progress. Prelimi- nary enquiry against two complaint cases pertaining to gazetted offi- cers of the Department of Education are under progress.
3.4.4 Of the 58 autonomous organisations and one Public Sector Undertaking under the administrative control of this Department, 49 have so far accepted the advisory jurisdiction of the Central Vigi- lance Commission. Of them, 25 organisations have appointed the Chief Vigilance Officers with the prior approval of the Central Vigilance Commission.
3.4.5 A specific grievance redressal machinery functions in the Department under a Joint Secretary nominated as the Director of Griev- ances. The Director of Grievances is freely accessible to the staff as well as the members of the public during grievance hours.
3.4.6 In order to ensure that the policy of the Government regard- ing redressal of Public Grievances is implemented in its totality, eight more organisations, during the period under report, have creat- ed Public Grievances redressal machinery and have in
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turn designated Grievance Officers for redressal of public grievances. Thus the total number of organisations who have implemented the policy of the Government regarding redressal of Public Grievances reaches 40 out of a total number of 58. Efforts were also made during the period under report to persuade the remaining organisations to set up machinery for redressal of Public Grievances.
3.4.7 Overall emphasis continued to be laid on the observance of discipline and punctuality. Progressive use of Hindi in Department of Education
Progressive use of Hindi in department of education 3.5.1 For the implementation of the official language policy of the Government of India as well as the provisions of the Official Language Act and the Rules, adequate Hindi staff has been provided in the Department of Education of the Ministry of Human Resource Develop- ment, its all subordinate offices and autonomous organisations. The staff consists of a Director (Official Language) and five Assistant Directors (Official Language) apart from various other employees. As in the past, the Annual Plan of the Department of Official Language has been sent to all the Sections/Officers of the Department and its subordinate offices with the request that they put in every possible effort to meet the scheduled targets fixed for every area of the Annual Plan, To keep watch over the extent of implementation of the official language act in the Department of Education and its subor- dinate offices, a committee under th Chairmanship of the Joint Secre- tary (Languages) has been constituted. The meetings of the committee are convened at regular intervals to monitor progress in the use of official language and steps are taken to remove difficulties faced in implementation of the Annual Plan.
3.5.2 Accordingly, the Department of Education issues all notifi- cations, resolutions, general orders, circulars, memoranda, Annual Administrative Report, Performance Budget and the papers to be laid in both Houses of Parliament are required to be submitted both Hindi and English. All the nameplates, notice boards, rubber stamps, seals letter heads, stationery, etc., in the Department are made bilingual- ly. The letters received in Hindi are replied to in Hindi.
3.5.3 The invitation cards of functions, meetings, seminars orga- nised by the Department of Education are issued bilingually. The employees of the Department of Education having working knowledge of Hindi are sent for training for various courses like Prabodh, Praveen and Pragya being run under the Hindi Teaching Scheme. Similarly employees having no knowledge of Hindi typing and shorthand are also imparted training in Hindi Typing and shorthand.
3.5.4 Hindi workshops are organised for the employees of the Department who despite having working knowledge of Hindi hesitate to work in Hindi, to dispel their hesitation and to encourage them. In addition to encourage the use of Hindi in the Department Hindi Week/Hindi fortnight was organised. Prizes were also given to the best employees participating in these contests. Besides, the Minister of Human Resource Development and Deputy Minister for Education and Culture made an appeal to all the officers and employees of the department to use Hindi as much as possible in their official work. Secretary Education also issued instructions to this effect so that the use of Hindi in the Department may be maximised. This has posi- tive impact on the staff and an awarenesss is created among the offi- cers and employees of the department for using Hindi in their day to day official work.
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3.5.5 As in the past this year steps were taken to encourage the use of Hindi in the Department. The first Sub-committee of the Par- liamentary Committee on Official Language reviewed the progress in the use of Hindi in the department and its various subordinate offices. In these review meetings Director (Official Language) represented the Department.
Publications 3.6.0 During the year under report the Publication Unit brought out fifteen publications and some more publications are likely to be brought out by the end of the year 1994-1995. The unit continued to deal with the work of authentication of educational certificates of Indians going abroad and foreign students studying in India.
Budget Estimates 3.7.0 The Budget provisions for 1994-95 and 1995-96 in respect of Department of Education are as under:
(Rs. in crores)
Particulars B.E. R.E. B.E. Provision for
1994-95 1994-95 1995-96
Demand No. 46
Department of 2423.61 2494.52 2704.05 Secretariat for the
Department including the
pay and Accounts Offices,
Hospi-tality 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 provi-
sion for loans for Central and
Centrally Sponsored Schemes.
Professional Development and Training of Staff 3.8.1 The Training Cell in the Department has been functioning with the objective of improving knowledge, attitude and behavioural skills of officials in the Department. The Training Cell assists in deputing the officials for various training programmes, in India as well as abroad by circulation of training programmes and inviting nominations therefor.
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3.8.2 During 1994-1995 (upto February, 1995) as many as 116 nomi- nations were made for various training programmes (105 in India and 11 abroad). Out of 132 nominations, 86 were accepted by the various training institutions. In 63 cases the officers attended the training programmes.
3.8.3 While the training programmes organised by various training institutions such as ISTM, IIPA, NIC, etc., cater to various training needs of the officials, it was felt that there were certain gaps relating to the substantive subject of the Department, i.e., "Educa- tion". Efforts are, therefore, being made to fill this gap by organising specific training programmes in this area with the assistance of selected training institutions. A programme on word processing and NICMAIL was also organised in the Department with the assistance of NIC.
Pay Commission Cell 3.9.0 The Fifth Central Pay Commission set up by the Government desired that the Ministries/Departments may establish Pay Commission Cells to assist the Liaison Officers in processing the work regarding the Commission. Accordingly, a Pay Commission Cell has been set-up in the Department for analysing and submission of relevant information/material to the Commission expeditiously.
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