APPENDIX A (a)- REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS-IMPLEMENTED OR PROPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Central Institute of Education.-The Central Institute of Education, under the administration of the Ministry of Education, made satisfactory progress. During the year 1951, 85 candidates were sent up for the B. T. degree examination and out of them 80 were successful. 21 candidates appeared for the M. Ed. and all of them were successful.
One of the functions of the Institute is to conduct research in Education. In this respect the recommendation of the Central Advisory Board of Education, made in their eighteenth meeting that the Central Institute of Education should function mainly as a post-graduate institute for advanced research in Education has been accepted. For experimental and research purposes the institute is running a Junior Basic School and a pre-Primary Kindergartin Section, in the Institutes' Premises from August, 1951. The admissions to the B.T. class in the Institute are to be restricted to 60 from the session beginning from 1952.
A Bureau of Psychology has also been added to the Institute from the year 1950-51.
The buildings of the Institute including two houses for the Principal and the Vice-Principal) are almost ready. It is now proposed to construct some rooms for the experimental Basic School and a pre-Primary Kindergartin Section.
Lady Irwin College.-The Degree course in Home Science-started in the Lady Irwin College in August, 1950 and has bean making satisfactory progress.
There are 4 full-time lecturers for cookery, chemistry, Physics and Biology and 10 part-time lecturers for chemistry, Bio-Chemistry and Dietetics, Anatomy and Physiology, Hygiene, Home Nursing and First-aid. English, Psychology and Parent-craft, Indian History, Economics, Needle-work, House-wifery and Hindi.
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The construction of Needle-work Room, a Physics Room and two small lounges for the staff and students are under way at the estimated cost of Rs. 83,912.
Academy of Hindustani Music.-The constitution of the Academy was finalised in 1950 and there-after the State Governments and Universities were addressed to take action in regard to their representation on and financial aid to the Academy. In, the last stages, the State Government of Uttar Pradesh did not agree to the implementation of the constitution. The question of location of the headquarters of the Academy elsewhere is therefore being examined afresh. A provision of Rs. 25,000 exists in the budget for 1951-52 and a sum of Rs. 75,000 has, been provided for 1952-53.
Academy of Karnatak Music.-Except for a few minor details, the constitution has been finalised in consultation with the State Governments of Madras, Hyderabad, Mysore and Travancore-Cochin. The Central College of Karnataka Music, Madras, expenditure on which is shared equally by the Central and the Madras Governments, will be the first constituent college of the Academy and is being turned into a postgraduate teaching institution to conform to its constitution. The Government of India have decided to bear 33 1/3% of the recurring expenditure of the proposed. Academy including the Central College of Karnataka Music subject to a maximum of Rs. 50,000 per annum. Provision to that extent exists in the current year's budget and has also been made for 1952-53.
National Cultural Trust.-(a) Two all India Conferences, one on 'Letters' and the other on 'Dance, Drama and Music' were held in March 1951. In pursuance of their main recommendations, the constitutions of the National Academies for 'Letters' and for 'Dance, Drama and Music' have been prepared and circulated for comments and now are under consideration for finalisation. It is hoped, the Academies will be set up early next year.
(b) The Scheme of five scholarships of the value of Rs. 3,500 each for survey of and research in regional indigenous arts has been launched. Necessary funds have been placed at the disposal of the State Governments who will administer the scheme and report to the Government of India.
(c) The re-organisation and development. of museums and art galleries is under consideration.
Acquisition of Art Objects.-In 1950-51 approximately Rs. 25,000 were spent on the purchase of art objects (contemporary) and Rs. 25,006 was contributed to the National Art Treasures Fund. During the current financial year about Rs. 715,000 have been sanctioned, so far, for the purchase of ancient and contemporary art objects.
Cultural Relations with Foreign countries.-As was stated last year, during the last few years the Government of India have been organising activities which are intended to promote better cultural understanding between India and foreign countries. Cultural contacts in one form or the other have already been established with most of the countries in the world in spite of lack of adequate funds, which is a serious handicap in furthering such activities. To overcome this difficulty, an enhanced budget provision of Rs. 2,00,000 (the' current year's being Rs, 80,000) has boon made for the year 1952-53, which will help in expanding and consolidating such activities in this direction.
2. The activities so far undertaken by the Government of India in this respect are summarised below:
(i) Presentation of books to foreign countries, institutions etc. The most important of such presentations are those made to Prof. Morgenstierne, who is studying Hindi in the University of Oslo, and to the Universities of Uppasala, Copenhagen and Helsinki in Scandinavia, Some schools in Indonesia, the Malta Cultural Institute, the Government of Thailand and Peking University.
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(ii) Exchange of publications.
(iii) Cultural Missions and participation in important inter-national conferences and congresses.
(iv) Organising Indian exhibitions abroad and foreign exhibitions in India.
(v) Recruitment of teachers for Foreign Governments, viz., the Governments of Afghanistan and Uganda.
(iv) Receipt and distribution of gift books Under the C.A.R.E. (Co-operative American Remittances to Europe) Scheme for the benefit of school children in India.
3. Indian Council for Cultural Relations.-The Government of India is giving grants to the Indian Council for Cultural Relations which is a non-official Organisation devoted to the objective of strengthening India's cultural contacts with Asian and African countries. At present the Council has two wings and it has been decided to open an African Section and a Students' Service Unit. The former will devote itself entirely to cultural relations with Africa while the latter will concern itself with the welfare of foreign students who are studying in the various educational institutions in India.
Social Education Activities.-Government of India called for reports of Social Education work done in the States and a report for the whole country for the period 1947-51 is being compiled in the Ministry of Education on the basis of the reports received from the States.
Government of India had sanctioned a grant of Rs. 2,25,000 to Idara Talimo- Taraqqi in March 1950 for the publication of social education pamphlets. Uptil March, 1951, 44 pamphlets had -been published and 55 additional pamphlets have been published during this year. On the recommendation of the Central Advisory Board of Education, a Social Education Literature Committee was set up and its meeting was held on 7th and 8th January, 1952, a report of which appears separately under V (d).
On a suggestion from the Ministry all the States in India, (excepting Uttar Pradesh, Madras and Kutch) celebrated a Social Education Day on 1st November, 1951. Uttar Pradesh and Madras celebrate these days in February while in Kutch it was celebrated on 6th of November.
Government of India secured from UNESCO the services of Miss Ella Griffin as a Consultant on the, preparation of Adult Education Literature in February, 1951. During this period Miss Griffin prepared primers of Social Education which the Directorate of Education, Delhi is planning to publish.
Government of India also sanctioned grants for certain non- official organization's working in the field of Social Education.