APPENDIX B (ii) : REPORT FORM THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE STATE GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE ACTION TAKEN ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD AT ITS 21ST MEETING
The recommendations made by the Central Advisory Board of Education were referred to the State Governments and universities for such action as was necessary. A summary of replies which have been received so far, is given in the statements appended herewith. (Annexure IV to VI).
A statement (Annexure VII) is also attached showing the action taken by the Government of India on the recommendations with which they are directly concerned.
ANNEXURE IV Statement showing action taken by State Governments on Recommendation V of the Proceedings of the 21st Meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education held at New Delhi in February, 1954
Recommendation.-"The Board approves generally the Report of the Secondary Education Commission with the following
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specifications and endorses the priorities in the field of Secondary education listed by the Implementation Committee in their report.
The Board expresses the hope that the Government of India and the State Governments will adjust the Plan for the remaining two years of the present Plan, so as to make an adequate provision for the implementation of some of the urgent reforms in the field of Secondary education, as recommended by the Implementation Committee and will make suitable provision for the purpose in the second Five-year Plan.The Board further hopes that the programme for the reconstruction of Secondary schools as formulated by the Committee, will be treated as the minimum and that it may be possible, for at least some of the States, to accelerate the tempo, as envisaged by the President of the Board in his Inaugural Address."
A & N Islands The recommendations have been noted.
Andhra The matter is under consideration of the
Government.
Assam The matter is receiving active attention
of the State Government.
Coorg Action is being taken to implement the
recommendation.
Himachal Pradesh The State Government have constituted a
State Advisory Board with Pt. Padam Dev,
Education Minister, as Chairman to
finalise action to be taken on the re-
commendations of the Committee on Secon-
dary Education Commission.
Madhya Pradesh The matter is receiving the active
consideration of the Government.
Madras The Government have constituted a Commi-
ttee to examine the question of implemen-
tation of the recommendations of the
Secondary Education Commission.
Manipur It is not possible for the Administration
to declare unequivocal acceptance of the
education pattern set out in part `A'of
the
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report of the Implementation Committee as
education in the State is under the
control of the Gauhati University of
Assam.
Punjab It is proposed to set up an
Implementation Committee in the Punjab in
the near future and the suggestions
made, by the Central Advisory Board of
Education will be placed before it for
consideration.
Travancore-Cochin The State has seriously taken up the
question of reorganising its Secondary
education and is trying to introduce
diversified courses in Secondary classes
and Basic education in Primary classes.
Vindhya Pradesh Recommendations are under the
consideration of the State Government.
(No replies have been received from the
remaining States so far.)
ANNEXURE V Statement showing the action taken by the State Governments on the Recommendation VI of the Central Advisory Board of Education at their 21st meeting held at New Delhi in February, 1954.
Recommendation.--The Board accepted generally the report of the Committee on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the University Education Commission and resolved that:
(a) measures should be taken for the reconstruction of University Senates, Syndicates and Academic Councils generally in terms of the recommendations of the Radhakrishnan Commission;
(b) it may be left to the discretion of the State Governments to decide whether or not, the Head of the State should be Ex-officio Chancellor of the University/Universities within their jurisdiction;
(c) the Vice-Chancellor should be appointed by the Chancellor out of a panel of names selected in accordance with the practice in vogue in Delhi University;
(d) as an interim measure, that is, before Secondary schools can be upgraded to provide the extra-year schooling with teachers
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of the necessary qualification, the first year of the four-year degree course (two years' Intermediate and two years' B.A.) should be re- placed by one year's pre-university and three years' degree course. The pre-university courses should be designed to improve the students' general education and to give them such intensive training in English as will help the students to follow lectures in it, so long, as it is the medium of instruction in the university.
(e) In teaching work, great emphasis should be placed on the tutorial classes so that the number of hours devoted to tutorial classes is at least the same as that devoted to lectures. A tutorial class should not include more than 10 students.
(f) The salary grades of teachers should be improved on the lines proposed in the Report.
(g) The Government should give interest-free loans for students' hostels and loans on a low rate of interest for teachers' quarters.
(h) Each university should have at least 100 scholarships to be awarded each year or scholarships equivalent to one per cent of the students' strength-whichever is greater-for poor but meritorious students.
(i) The university should appoint examiners out of a permanent panel, with a fixed duration for the period of examinership, more or less on the lines of the procedure followed in Madras and Baroda Universities.
(j) In order to attract better teachers, steps should be taken to provide suitable facilities for insurance, housing and children's education to teachers in universities and colleges.
(k) The Central and State Governments should give grants to universities in the form of non-lapsable block grants which may be reviewed every five years.
Andhra The State Government, in view of its
slender finances is not in a position to
consider for the time being the
suggestions for the improvement of scales
of pay of teachers and other staff
employed in the affiliated colleges.
Himachal Pradesh (a) to (d): The State Government is not
concerned as they have no university of
their own.
(e) Action is being taken accordingly.
(f) The scales of teachers in the State
correspond to those prevailing in the
neighbouring part `A' State, i.e. the
Punjab.
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(j) Facilities as admissible under the
Punjab Education Code are being provided
to the teachers for the education of
their sons. In regard to insurance and
housing, the teachers are treated at par
with other government servants.
Travancore-Cochin The State Government has already appoin-
ted a Committee to revise the university
Act in the light of the recommendations
of the University Education Commission,
and other developments in the field of
University education.
ANNEXURE VI Statement showing the action taken by the State Governments on the Recommendation VII of the Central Advisory Board of Education at their 21st meeting held at New Delhi in February, 1954.
Recommendation.- The Board approved generally the note on girls' education in rural areas prepared by the Secretary, Ministry of Education, and drew special attention to the following recommendations.
(a) In all rural schools, wherever possible, posts of school- mothers should be created and the schoolteachers' wives (or other suitable women, if necessary) should be appointed to these posts on a remuneration of about Rs. 10/- per month.
(b) Wherever possible rent-free accommodation should be provided for teachers within the school precincts, and the expenditure on this should be treated as part of the approved expenditure.
(c) The maximum age of recruitment for women teachers should be raised to 40-45. Special refresher courses should be provided, where necessary, for women who had finished their schooling more than five years before their appointment. These short-term courses may be Considered as equivalent to regular courses for purposes of service in the schools.
(d) For the next five years the educational qualifications essential for women teachers may be suitably relaxed at the discretion of the Education `Departments concerned, which should also take others suitable steps to attract more women teachers e.g. provision of part- time work, reduced hours of work and suitable adjustment in the timetable of girls' schools/classes so as to enable married women to combine teaching work with household duties.
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(e) Girl students, who are willing to take up teaching as a profession after their schooling, should not be charged tuition fees in classes VII and VIII and should, in addition, be given on as large a scale as possible stipends in the higher classes and during the training courses.
Action Taken
A. & N. Islands Recommendations have been noted for
implementation as far as possible.
Assam (a) Steps are being taken to implement
the recommendation where possible.
(b) School Boards have been instructed to
provide free quarters to teachers in
certain Schools with the labour and
contribution of villagers.
(c) The recommendation is acceptable.
(d) Relaxation with regard to
educational qualification will be made
only when women with requisite
qualifications are not available.
(e) There is already some provision for
stipends for training of women teachers.
The State Government consider it more
desirable to increase facilities for the
training of women teachers instead of
providing stipends and free studentships
to girls who are willing to become
teachers after schooling.
Andhra (a) In view of the heavy cost involved in
the proposal, the State Government do not
propose to pursue the recommendation for
the present.
(b) The proposal has already been
examined by the Elementary Education
Committee constituted by the State to
reorganise the system of Elementary
education. The recommendations of the
Committee for raising the pay of all the
Elementary school teachers will be
examined by the Government. The question
of providing rent free quarters to such
teachers will be decided with reference
to financial implications.
(c) The age limit is fixed as per
existing rules for Elementary schools.
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(d) The State Elementary Education
Committee is of opinion that only
Secondary grade trained teachers should
be, appointed in all Elementary schools
in future, which is separately under the
consideration of the State Government.
(e) There is no dearth of women
teachers in the State. Moreover, the
question of remitting tuition fees in
classes VII and VIII does not arise as,
in view of (d) above, higher grade
teachers may not be entertained in
future.
Bhopal (a) Steps will be taken to create such
posts in rural schools, as far as
possible within the financial resources
of the State.
(b) Quarters for teachers are being
constructed along with the buildings of
Primary schools. The same facilities may
be extended, if possible, to the teachers
of Middle schools in rural areas.
(c) & (d) Rules about the age and
qualifications for recruitment are being
relaxed in suitable cases.
Bombay (a) Girls' schools are staffed by women
teachers. It has also been decided to
staff the mixed schools, as far as
possible, by women teachers. Appointment
of school-mothers would be costly and not
commensurate with the benefits accruing
from the proposal.
(b) As many village schools have yet to
be provided with buildings, it would not
be possible to provide rent-free
accommodation to village school teachers
for the present.
(c) Upper age limit for women teachers in
Primary schools has been raised from 25
to 30 years. No further relaxation is
Considered desirable due to rapid aging
of women in India.
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(d) In view of the fact that there is
no dearth of women teachers in the State
and that it is essential to maintain some
minimum standard of education in Primary
schools, it is not necessary to lower the
minimum educational qualifications for
women seeking employment as Primary
teachers.
(e) Primary education upto standard IV is
free. A large number of girls in Upper
Primary standards is also exempted from
the payment of tuition fees. Stipends or
duty pays are also being paid to men and
women teachers deputed for training to
Primary Training colleges. No further
concessions are considered necessary for
women.
Coorg (a) The question is under examination.
(b) Accommodation is being provided to
school teachers as far as possible, but
free accommodation is not necessary as
the scale of pay of the teachers in the
State is much higher than those obtaining
in other States.
(c) & (d): There is no dearth of women
teachers in the State. Hence it is not
considered necessary to relax the rules
for recruitment.
(e) All trainees are granted stipends
during their training period, and
education tip to class VIII (Middle
school standard) has been made free in
the State.
Himachal Pradesh (a) The State Government does not feel
the necessity of school-mothers. However,
attempts are made to see that teachers'
wives are stationed at the station of
duty of their husbands.
(b) & (c) : The recommendations are being
examined.
Kutch The State agrees to give effect to all
the recommendations, provided the
expenditure