APPENDIX C(b)-
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE
 PRODUCTIVE ASPECT OF BASIC
 EDUCATION
 

The Central Advisory Board of Education at their 15th Meeting held in January. 1949 recommended that the Government of India should examine how far the problem of educational finance can be solved by developing the productive side of the Basic Education system and undertake for the purpose an immediate study of the experience gained in Wardha, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa where the income from craftwork of the pupils has met a part of the school expenditure. The Board's recommendation was re-affirmed at their 16th Meeting held in January, 1950. The Board, while welcoming the experiments that were being made in Bihar in connection with Basic Education, were not in a position to express a definite opinion on the productive aspect of the scheme and had suggested that the Government of India should undertake an investigation in this direction and report the results to a committee of experts. This decision was reiterated at the Boards 18th Meeting held in January, 1951. The chairman of the Central Advisory Board of Education accordingly appointed a Committee, the report* of which, together with relevant ,papers, is attached (Annexure) for the consideration of the Board.