 APPENDIX A(D)--
REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE
 CENTRAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION,
 INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO
 EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS

The Publications Section has maintained and expanded its publi- cations activities. The scope of 'The Education Quarterly, the Ministry's most important periodical, has been considerably enlarged. It has now entered its fifth year of publication and is beginning to play an effective part in educational thought and techniques. With the object of creating some personal and popular interest in the journal, a new feature 'Profiles'-historical sketches of personalities in the field of Indian education was introduced into the journal from September, 1952. Pictorial features, a news feature entitled 'Education Today, a series of 'Talk to Teachers' and another on the teaching of subjects in schools and colleges were included in the September 1952, December 1952, March 1953, June 1953 and September 1953 issues of the Quarterly.

It has been the policy of the Publications Section to commission attractive new cover designs for each fresh publication of the Minis- try. Publications released by the Bureau in the course of 1952-53 are:

(i) Education of Girls and Women in India.

(ii) A Review of Education in India during 1951-52.

(iii) Report on the Activities of the Ministry of Education during 1951-52 and Programmes for 1952-53.

(iv) A Memorandum on Education in Rajasthan.

(v) Proceedings of the 18th meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education in India.

(vi) The Central Bureau of Education.

(vii)Teachers' Handbook of Social Education.

(viii)Writing Books for Adults-Literature fur Neo-Literates.

(ix) Scholarships for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes.

(x) The Single-Teacher School by J. P. Naik.

(xi) Directory of Universities and other institutions of Higher Learning in India 1951-52.

(xii) The Training of Educational Administrators by J. P. Naik.

(xiii) Higher Education in India.

(xiv) Gandhian Outlook and Techniques (Two editions).

(xv) A Provisional List of Technical Terms in Hindi for Secondary Schools.

(xvi) A Review of Education in India 1952-53.

(xvii) Activities of the Ministry for the year 1952- 53 and Programme for 1953-54.

(xviii) Proceedings of the Audio-Visual Education 'Conference.

(xix) Proceedings of the Nineteenth Meeting of the C.A.B.E.

(xx) The Education Quarterly, June, 1952 to September, 1953 six issues.

A number of other publications are in press and are likely to be out very shortly. These are

(i) Unesco Projects in India.

(ii) Vidya Bhavan Open-Air Session.

(iii) Child Art-an illustrated collector's volume, with tricoloured plates.

(iv) Research and Experiment in Rural Education, by J. P. Naik.

(v) Experiments in Child Education.

(vi) "Deepavali"-the journal of the Blind.

(vii) A revised and enlarged second edition of Teachers' Handbook of Social Education'.

(viii) All-India report of Social Education 1947-51.

(ix) The Content of History in Indian Schools by K. P. Chaudhury.

(x) Experiments in Teachers Training-by Menon and Kaul.

The following publications are under preparation-

(i) Report of the All-India Council for Technical Education 1950.

(ii) The Quinquennial Review 1947-52.

(iii) Experiments in Secondary Education.

(iv) Experiments in Primary and Pre-basic Education.

(v) The Education Quarterly, December, 1953 issue.

In order to make publications of the Ministry better known to teachers and other educationists, they are sent for review to a large number of newspapers and periodicals as well as to official and non- official organisations. State Governments and Universities, Foreign Embassies and Legations in India, Indian Embassies, High Commissions and Legations abroad have also been posted with the Ministry's publications.

Casual Sales Depot.-Increased publicity has brought with it the additional responsibilities of management, and the section has under- taken the task of selling copies directly. A casual sales depot was opened at room No. `44', `M' Block of the Secretariat in November, 1952. As a result, sales have soared and about 2,500 copies of various publications of the value of about Rs. 4,200 have been sold up to the end of August, 1953.

The paid circulation of 'The Education Quarterly', that was 250 in June 1952, shot up to over 750 in March 1953. The demand for the journal continues to increase. The print order has, in consequence been raised to 1,500 copies.

Educational Statistics.-The following publications have been brought out since January 1952:-

(i) Education in India-a graphic presentation;

(ii) The Neglected and Delinquent children and Juvenile Offenders in the States of Indian Union 1949;

(iii) Education in Universities in India, 1948-49;

(iv) Educational Statistics, Indian States, 1947-48;

(v) Education in Centrally Administered Institutions, 1949-50;

(vi) Scales of Pay of Primary and Secondary School Teachers in States in India, 1950-51;

(vii) Libraries in India, 1951;

(viii) Institutions for Higher Learning in India on 31st March, 1952;

(ix) Decennial Review, (1937-47) Vol. II;

(x) Education in India, 1948-49;

(xi) Education in the States of the Indian Union, 1949- 50; and

(xii) Institutions for Higher Education in India, 1953.

Of these, serial No. (i) is a special publication and depicts different aspects of education in India in 28 coloured charts. The brochure at serial No. (vi) is the first of its kind, showing the differences in the emoluments of the teachers in Primary and Secondary schools under

various types of managements. The publication at serial No. (vii) is the first reference book of the kind produced on the subject in the country and gives, in an intelligible form, useful data about 1,200 important libraries in the country. These three publications were, on the whole, very well received.

B. The following publications are under preparation And their manuscripts will be shortly ready for press:

(i) Education in the States of the Indian Union, 1950- 51;

(ii) Statistics of Delinquent ond Neglected Children, 1950;

(iii) Education in Universities in India, 1949-50; (iv) Number of Passes in Matriculation and Other University Examinations in States in India, 1947-48 to 1951-52;

(v) Education in India 1949-50;

(vi) Conditions of Service and Pay Scales of Teachers in Primary and Secondary Schools, 1952-53;

(vii) Report on Child Welfare in States in India, 1951- 52; and

(viii) Rates of Tuition-fees in schools and colleges in India, 1952-53.

C. The preparation of the following publications will be taken in hand shortly:

(i) Education in the States of the Indian Union, 1951- 52;

(ii) Education in Universities in India; 1950-51; and

(iii) Education in Centrally Administered and All India Institutions, 1952-53.

APPENDIX A(D)-- REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL STATISTICS