APPENDIX A (a) (iii) : REPORT FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND STATE GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE ACTION TAKEN ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD AT ITS LAST MEETING
(Ministry of Education and State Governments)
(a) Action taken by the Government of India.
(1) The recommendations of the Central Advisory Board of Education at its 22nd meeting regarding the Government of India Scholarships to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes were as follows:-
1. By July every. year the Central Government should give the State Governments an approximate idea of the number and total value of scholarships to be paid to scholars from their respective areas.
2. The question of relaxing minimum qualifications for candidates applying for Overseas Scholarships under the Scheme may be postponed till the Union Public Service Commission had further considered the matter.
Recommendation Only a very small number of applications for scholarships was received by the end of July, 1955. The last date for receipt of applications was, therefore, extended upto the 15th August, 1955 and applications received upto 3rd September, 1955, were also accepted. As such, the exact number of scholarships to be awarded for each State and the total value of such scholarships could not be estimated in the month of July. Therefore, a circular letter was issued in July 1955, to all the State Governments and also to all the Vice-Chancellors of all Universities/Heads of all post-Matric Institutions in India informing them of the main categories of students, i.e., Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and 'Renewal' students of 'Other Backward Classes' who will be selected for the award of these scholarships during 1955-56. As regards the students from Other Backward Classes groups for the award of 'Fresh' scholarships, the funds originally made available were not adequate to cover even the 1st Class students. As soon as additional funds were sanctioned, the standards of selection for the award of fresh scholarships to Other Backward Classes students were intimated to all the State Governments and Institutions concerned in a circular letter issued in November, 1955. The value of scholarships to each State could not be estimated at that stage as the value of each scholarship varied according to the pro- posed course of study And as many applications were and still are incomplete for want of important information.
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Recommendation II The question of the relaxation of the minimum qualification for eligibility for Overseas Scholarships was not pursued as the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Scholarships Board also recommended that the matter may be dropped for the present. The recommendations of the U. P. S. C. for the award of Overseas Scholarships for 1956-57 are awaited.
ITEM 3(h) Facilities to foreign scholars:
The Vice-Chancellors and other heads of Institutions where foreign scholars are studying have been requested to extend all possible opportunities to foreign scholars to enable them to participate in the extra curricular activities of the institutions.
ITEM 3(k) Recommendation:
The Board resolved that while the age of retirement of teachers should be 60, in States where government teachers have to retire at 55, at least the displaced teachers in Government Service should be allowed to continue till the age of 60.
The Ministry of Home Affairs to whom the matter was referred have agreed that displaced teachers may be retained on compassionate grounds, to continue in service till the age of 60 on a year to year basis, after examining each case on merits. This recommendation has been communicated to State Governments for application in their schools as well as privately managed institutions. The question of raising the age of superannuation to 60 of all school teachers in general is under examination.
IV(i) (para 3) The targets of Basic Education for each State were discussed with the representatives of the States in the working groups on education set up by the Planning Commission and adjus- ted to the conditions and realities in each State.
With regard to the recommendation of the Central Advisory Board of Education requesting the Ministry of Education to urge the Planning Commission to make more ade- quate provision for education, particularly for universal, free and compulsory education during the Second Five-Year Plan, the Board felt that the reactions of the States to the targets and priorities which have been tentatively fixed at the Conference of Education Secretaries in November,' 1954 for the next Five Year Plan may be awaited in the first instance.
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Statement showing the action taken by the Government of India on the following recommendations made by the Board at the 22nd Meeting held at New Delhi on, 12th, 13th and 14th January,1955.
Item No. Recommendations Action taken
III(a) (ii) The State Governments
were addressed in
the matter and the
information has been
received from them.
The utilization
figures have been
given in the Memo.
relating to item
'Progress of Basic,
Social and Secondary
Education under the
Five-Year Plan.'
The Board noted that
several of the States had
not supplied figures of
the amounts actually
utilised by them under
different schemes and
desired that such figures
for the year 1953-54
should be furnished along
with the progress reports
as early as possible.
A proforma was
finalised and
circulated to State
Governments to
collect the
information for the
period 1951-52 to
1954-55 pertaining to
the number of various
categories of Basic
Schools and Basic
Training Institutions
opened, converted or
improved under the
various schemes spon-
sored by the Central
Government as well as
those formulated by
the respective State
Governments; together
with the expenditure
incurred out of
Central Grants
sanctioned, and that
out of State Funds.
Most, but not all of
the States have
furnished the in-
formation.
III (b) (i) The Board considered the
reports from the States
and noted that they did
not conform to any pattern
and differed considerably
in length. It was
resolved that while it was
not necessary to insist on
any rigid pattern or to
include large statistiCal
material, report on
certain important items to
be indicated by
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the Central Government should invariably be furnished.
The question is under the consideration of the Government of India.
The Board further decided to invite the attention of the Planning Commission to the need of making suitable provision for raising the salary scales of teachers at all levels in the next Five-Year Plan. This has become all the more necessary in view of the fact that a satisfactory execution of development Plans in the industrial, agricultural and allied sectors will depend on the quality of the personnel employed, which in turn will depend on the quality and contentment of personnel employed in the educational institutions.
III(b) (ii) The State Governments were addressed accor- dingly. Besides this, while giving their Comments on the proposals regarding grants-in-aid to the State Governments during 1955-56 under article 275 of the Constitution, the Ministry of Education always recommended to the Ministry of Home Affairs that instead of segregating the Scheduled Caste and Tribes and Backward Classes students in separate hostels, seats should be reserved for them in the general hostels, and if necessary, annexures to such hostels should be built.
The Board noted the progress of education of the scheduled tribes and scheduled areas in various States with particular reference to the educational development schemes under Article 275 of the Constitution and welfare of the tribal people in Part 'C' States. It however took a serious view of the fact that some of the grants received from the Central Government were being utilised for constructing exclusive hostels for students belong-
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ing to Scheduled Castes and Tribes and Backward Classes. The Board recommended that instead of segre- gating these students in separate hostels, steps should be taken to reserve seats for them in the general hostels and, if, necessary, build annexures to such hostels for the purpose.
III (1) The rocommendation of the Board was circu- lated to the State Governments.
While recording the report on the development of Basic (Primary and Middle) education, the Board ex- pressed the view that all the States should in future submit their reports in this behalf on the proforma circulated to them. If there was any difficulty about any particular item of information, it should be referred to the Central Government for clarification or modification of the proforma if necessary.
Items V and VI of the Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education-Reports of the Conference of University Teachers of Economics and History regarding the teaching of these subjects in the Universities.
A copy each of the proceedings of the Conference on the teaching of Economics and History having already been sent to Universities, no further action on the recommendations of the Central Advisory Board of Education seems necessary.
We have not asked the Universities for any replies.
XIII. A Standing Committee of the C. A., B. E. on Basic Education has been set up. A list of members is attached. Three meetings of the Com- mittee have been held so far, proceedings of which have been put up for consideration under a separate item.
The Board authorised the Chairman to establish a separate Advisory Committee on Basic Education, as a Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Board of Education.
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ITEM XVII Recommendation:
The Board considered and approved the memorandum submitted by the he Association of Moral and Social Hygiene in India and desired that the Association should prepare a concrete programme of work on the subject of Sex education in Teachers' Training colleges and institutions to be submitted for examination to the Ministry of Education.
The course prepared by the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene has been forwarded to State Governments with the recommendations that it may be included in the curriculum of Teachers' Training Institutions.
Members of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory
Board of Education for Basic Education 1. Dr. Zakir Husain, Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh University, Aligarh.
2. Shri E. W. Aryanayakam, Secretary, Hindustani Talimi Sangh, Wardha.
3. Shri T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar, M. P.
4. Shri Acharyya Badrinath Varma, Education Minister, Bihar.
5. Shri J. K. Modi, Education Minister, Saurashtra.
6. Shri Shriman Narain, General Secretary, All India Congress Committee,
7, Jantar Mantar Road, New Delhi.
7. Shri G. Ramachandran, Director Gandhigram, Madurai Distt. South India.
8. Shri A. N. Basu, Principal, Central Institute of Education, 33 Probyn Road, Delhi.
9. Miss S. Panandikar,
Principal, S. T. College, Bombay.
10. Mrs. P. Johri, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
11. Kaka Saheb Kalelkar, Chairman Backward Classes Commission, New Delhi.
12. Shri P. D. Shukla, Deputy Educational Advisor, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
(b) Action taken by State Governments
III (b) (i) Recommendation:
The Board decided to invite the attention of the Planning Commission to the need of making suitable provision or raising the salary scales of teachers at all levels in the next Five-Year Plan.
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Name of State Action taken
Coorg. Regarding raising the salary scales of teachers, the Coorg Government think that the scales of pay prevailing in the state are adequate.