APPENDIX A(c)- DEVELOPMENT IN BASIC (PRIMARY 7 MIDDLE) EDUCATION-1950-51
As desired by the Board, the information received so far from the State Governments on the progress of Basic Education is given in the accompanying statements.
2. The statements show that during the financial year 1950-51, all 'A' States (except the Punjab from which no information was received have made some arrangements for the training of Basic School Teachers and for training the staff for Training Schools. Now Junior Basic Schools were started in Assam, Bihar, Bombay, Madras, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and W. Bengal and new Senior Basic Schools in Bihar, Bombay and Uttar Pradesh. In all the 'A' States except the Punjab some existing Primary Schools were, converted either into Junior Basic or Senior Basic schools.
3. In Centrally Administered Areas, 17 Junior Basic Schools were opened Delhi and 65 in Ajmer. In Coorg Basic Schools are proposed to be started from the year 1952-53. In Kutch, there is no full-fledged Junior or Senior Basic School and no information has been received from Tripura.
Basic Education has not so far been introduced in the States of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bilaspur, Bhopal, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Vindhaya Pradesh.
4. No new Basic Schools were started in Hyderabad and Madhya Bharat. In Jammu and Kashmir and Saurashtra old schools were converted into Senior Basic and Junior Basic Schools. There is no institution in Travancore-Cochin for training the staff of Training Schools. No information has been received in this behalf from Mysore* and Rajasthan. In Pepsu, Basic Education has not yet been introduced.
5. A statement showing the per capita cost on primary and Basic Education in certain states for the year 1950-51 is enclosed.
6. In accordance with the recommendation of the Board adopted at the last meeting regarding the provision of more funds for Basic Education, the attention of State Governments was duly drawn to the urgency of doing so with a view to the speeding up of the programme of Basic Education in their respective States. The general position is that on account, of financial stringency not much educational expansion has been possible during this period in most of the States.
7. As regards the investigation of the productive aspect of Basic Education, the action taken is indicated in the report of the Committee specially appointed for this purpose. This report has been included in the papers circulated for the meeting.
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AJMER
BASIC EDUCATION (1950-51)
I. Arrangements for training of teachers
(a) Institutions for training Basic Teachers
Number of No. of trainees at Duration Subject of study Minimum Refresher
Institutions each Institution of and crafts taught qualifications courses
training for
Old ones New ones admission
converted established Men Women
*1 Nil + 119 + 21 10 months 1. principles of Matriculation or
Education and its equivalent.
child Psychology.
2. School organisation
and rural
hygiene.
3. General and
special methods.
4. Aims of teaching
and co-relation
Theory and Practice.
Compulsory.
Sec.I.- Agriculture.
Sec.II.- Art.
Optional.
Spinning.
Card Board.
Wood craft.
(b) Institutions for training the staff of training schools : Nil
(c) General Remarks.
* The existing Government Normal School at Ajmer has been adapted to the lines of a Basic Institute.
+ This includes 30 male and 20 female candidates trained at the Basic Institute of Delhi State, at Ajmer and 1 female candidate trained at the Women Training Institute at Delhi.
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II Basic Scls.
Number of Basic Number of pupils
Schools
Existing Converted New Schools At the beginning At the end of the Duration of the Crafts
Schools established of the year under year under report course provided
report for
Jr. Basic Sr. Jr. Sr. Boys Girls Boys Girls
Boys Girls Basic Basic Basic
27 3 Nil 65 Nil 1000 107 3263 122 5 Years for (a) Basic
the children of Spinning
age groups 6 + and
onwards Weaving.
(b) Subsidiary
1. Gardening
leading to
Agriculture.
2. Home craft
for girls
only.
3. Book craft
including
paper and
card board
work.
General Remarks- Nil
Cost per capita on Basic Education - Rs. 55 (1950-51).
as per capita on Primary Education -Rs. 44 (1949-50).
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ASSAM
BASIC EDUCATION (1950-51)
Arrangements for training of teachers
(a) Institutions for training Basic School Teachers
Number of No. of trainees at
Institutions each institution Duration of Subjects of study Minimum qualifications Refresher
training and crafts taught for admission courses
Old New ones Men Women
ones established
converted
Main crafts.
Shillong* 10 8 One year 1. Spinning and Weaving M.E. or M.V. Nil.
(Sericulture is included passed
in one Centre).
Subsidiary Crafts.
Udarband 15 9 Do 1. Cane and bamboo work. Do Nil.
2. Agriculture and gardening.
3. Paper making and card
board modelling (in one
Centre only).
4. Clay modelling (in one Do Nil.
Titabar 26 .. Do Centre only)
5. Book-keeping.
Other subjects.
1. Principles of Basic
Education.
Dudnai 25 .. Do 2. Health, Hygiene and diatetics. Do Nil.
3. Hindi.
4. Safai (cleanliness).
5. Kitchen work and
Community life.
6. Methodology and Practice
Teaching.
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Number of No. of trainees at
Institutions each institution Duration of Subjects of study Minimum qualifications Refresher
training and crafts taught for admission courses
Old ones New ones Men Women
converted established
Raha 17 Do 7. Educational Psychology. Do Nil.
8. Arts and drawing.
9. Music and prayer.
10. Physical activities and
excursions.
11. Subject matters of
literature, History,
Geography, Mathematics,
General Science,
Religion and other
social studies.
Total 76 34 One year. Ditto. Do Nil.
* Of the six Training Centres established in 1949-50, one i.e., Sootea Basic Training Centre was closed down
from 31st March, 1950.
These Training Schools are newly started in 1949-50 and no old Training School was converted.
(b) Institutions for Training the staff of Training Schools during the Year 1950-51.
NIL
(a) General remarks :-
In the Training Centres and Basic Schools the syllabus prepared by Hindustani Talimi Sangh was followed. All the Instructors and Instructresses were trained in Sevagram and Jamia Millia.
No servants or cooks were maintained in any of the Training Centres and a perfect community life was maintained.
The lesson on correlation was fairly satisfactory and the kitchen garden attached to the Basic Schools became a centre of attraction to which the children were drawn even after school hours.
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II Basic Schools.
Number of Basic Schools Number of pupils
Existing Schools New Schools At the beginning At the end of the Duration of Crafts
converted established of the year under year under report the course provided for
report
Jr. Sr. Jr. Sr. Boys Girls Boys Girls
Basic Basic Basic Basic
Raha 8 1 Nil Nil 398 253 512 385 Eight years. Spinning and
Annual session gardening and
from 1st February weaving.
to 31st January
Shillong 13(a) 1 Nil Nil 410 362 332 347 Do Spinning, garden-
ing, basketry,
weaving.
Titabar 19(b) Nil 1 Nil 912 522 1048 592 Do Spinning, garden-
ing, and weaving.
Udarband 15 Nil Nil Nil 825 304 794 274 Do Do.
Dudnai 15 Nil Nil Nil 379 277 402 272 Do Do.
Sootea 15 Nil Nil Nil 388 199 500 236 Do Spinning and
gardening.
83 2 1 Nil 3312 1917 3588 2106
(a) One school from 1st March, 1951 decided to remain as an aided school.
(b) Some boy's and girls' schools of the same place are amalgamated.
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BIHAR
BASIC EDUCATION (1950-51)
I. Arrangements for Training of Teachers
(a) Institutions for Training Basic School teachers
No. of Institutions No. of trainees at
each institution Duration of Subjects of Minimum qualifications Refresher
on 31st March 1951 the study & for course
course craft taught admission
Old ones New ones Names Men Women Total
conver- establi-
ted shed
1 2 3 4 5(c) 6 7(d) 8(e) 9(f) 10(g)
(a) 18(b) Patna B.T.S 102 25 127
Sherghati B.T.S. 47 .. 47
Pirauta B.T.S. 109 7 116
Bikram B.T.S 40 5 45
Hansdiha B.T.S 84 10 94
Teekapatti
B.T.S. 84 8 92
Havelikharagpur
B.T.S. 38 12 50
Nagarpara B.T.S 94 16 110
Sukhasan
Manahara B.T.S 92 7 99
Bangara B.T.S 90 15 105
Sorhatha
Belser B.T.S 77 21 98
Pusa B.T.S 80 20 100
Kumarbagh
B.T.S 86 2 88
Chitarpur B.T.S 97 2 99
Pindrajora B.T.S 82 16 98
Tamar B.T.S 40 2 42
Chiri B.T.S 84 10 94
Satbarwa B.T.S 77 5 82
HatgamariaB.T.S 79 16 95
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(a) Converted since 1938 Patna Secondary Training School into a Basic Training School.
(b) Two in 1946-47, four in 1947-48, six in 1948-49 and six in 1949-50.
(c) Seats are reserved for women at 20 per cent. The number is 199 only because sufficient number of qualified women candidates are not available.
(d) Continuous courses as well as in two parts. One year preliminary course followed by one year of supervised work as a basic school teacher and then one year of final course. The number is adjusted to the requirements of the supply of teachers for the annual programme of expansion and development.
(e) General Basic Principles and Psychology, Social Training programmes of personal and community cleanliness and of health and hygiene, person and community. Production and preparation of food-gardening and agriculture and kitchen work. Cloth making, spinning and weaving. Any other craft for the present card board, wood, metal work, study of village problems and programmes of rural reconstruction. Cultural activities-art, music, physical education, preparation of literature. National languages--study of second script of Hindustani, Profession
-child study work in the practising schools.
(f) Senior Basic School Course Pass; Matriculation Pass, relaxation of qualifications in case of women, Harijan, Adibasis, because of sufficient number of Matriculates among these are not available.
(g) Short refresher training courses are organised for 3 to 6 months at different Basic Training Schools in this State to train the teachers of Traditional Primary, Middle and High Schools on basic system of education.
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BASIC EDUCATION (1950-51)
I. Arrangement for Training of teachers
(b) Institutions for training the staff of Training Schools
No.of Names No. of trainees on
insti- of 31st March 1951 Duration Programme of Minimum Refresher Provision of
tutions institutions of studies and qualifications Course facilities for
training crafts taught for admission Research in
Men Women Total problems of
Basic Education
1. Basic Training 50 .. 50 2 Years(b) As in case of Graduates Nil (c)
College at Basic school
Nrisinghnagar,Turki, teachers but
District Muzaffarpur. of higher standard.
Patna Basic 8 .. 8
Training
School(a)