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1. (b) Institutions for Training the staff of Training schools - contd.
Name of No. of Trainees Duration Programme of studies- Minimum Refresher Provision of facilit-
Insti- Men Women of Craft training. qualifi- course. ies for Research in
tution. training cation Problems of Basic
for Education.
admission
1.Basic 48 Nil. One year 1. Principles of Educ- Graduate A Refres- The members of the sta-
(Primary) ation, Organisation- in Arts her course ff of the college are
Training Administration-histo- or for Asstt. carrying on experime-
college for ry of Education. Science. Inspectors nts in Basic Education
men,Baigachi 2. Child Psychology & of Schools with children or Prim-
24, Parganas, Practical child study. was condu- ary Classes belonging
W.B. 3. General Methods. cted for to State Orphanage,Ba-
4. Social & Environmental months du- nipur. Their research-
studies. ring the es are being conducted
5. Methods of Language summer Va- in child Psychology,
& Literature, Mathe- cation of Methods of Education
matics, History, Geo- the Colle- viz., Craft and acti-
graphy and Science. ge from vity Programme.
6. Physical & Health 9-5-49 to
Education 8-7-49. 4
7.Art. Assistant
8. Craft training in Inspectors
(a) Spinning and Weaving. and 23 Sub-
(b) Bamboo & Cane-work. inspectors
(c) Coir & Mat Weaving. of schools
9. Music. attended
10. Hindi. the course.
11. Teaching Practice.
12. Thesis work.
13. The trainees further
learn principles of self-
help and democratic com-
munity life by actual by
living such life suprevi-
sed by the members of the
staff. They also render
actual social service in
the local villages.
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2. Basic -- 32 One year Curriculum same as that Graduate Nil. Trainees had to submit
(Primary) of the Men's College, in Arts a thesis on their ex-
Training Craft Teaching, Spin- or perimental work on one
college ning, Basketry, Carp- Science. aspect of the educat-
entary, Toy-making, ion of children 2-11
Clay modelling, Leather years of age group.
crafts Book-Binding
and Tailoring (Sample)
Belt or Heddle weaving.
N.B.-The Basic (Primary) Training Colleges for men and for women were started in 1948-49 and the above report referes to the academic session which commenced on the 20 th December, 1948 and the 12th January, 1949 respectively.
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II. Basic Schools.
N.B.-The schools were all sponsored by Government. They were according to the provisions of the Bengal (Rural) Primary Education Act, under the jurisdiction of the District School Boards but the Director of Public Instruction was responsible for the supervision and proper conduct of the schools.
Serial Number of Basic schools Number of Pupils Duration
no. District Existing School New Schools At the beginning At the end of the Crafts provided for Remarks.
converted- established of the year of the year course
under report under report
Jr.Basic Sr.Basic Jr.basic Sr.basic Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls
1 24-Parganas 8 611 240 840 288 *5 years Spinning & Weaving
2 Nadiad 1 26 74 5 *5 years Spinning.
3 Murshidabad 1 195 *5 years No arrangement yet
4 Howrah 2 328 228 *5 years Spinning and agriculture.
5 Hooghly 7 485 151 567 176 *5 years Spinning, Weaving & Agri-
culture.
6 Burdwan 6 1 338 148 342 184 *5 years Weaving & carpentary etc.
7 Birbhum 7 428 157 703 203 *5 years Spinning, Weaving,clay-
modelling, gardening,
wood-works, card-board
work, needle-work etc.
8 Bankura 2 92 28 119 34 *5 years No arrangement yet.
9 Jalaiguri 3 388 33 346 51 *5 years Clay-modelling, paper and
Card-board modelling,
gardening, Spinning.
10 Malda 122 18 Spinning.
11 West Dinapur 1 42 (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) Not yet reported by the
District school Board.
Details will follow.
* Class has not yet been started.
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BIHAR.
Basic Education. (1949-50)
Arrangements for training of teachers.
(a) Institutions for training Basic school teachers.
Name of Institutions Number of trainees at Duration Subject of Minimum Refresher
at each institution Total of study and qualifi- course
on 31st march 1950 training crafts cation (g)
Old ones New ones name men women (d) taught (e) for
converted established (e) admission
(f)
1(a) 18(b) (1) Patna Basic Training school 121 25 146 2 years .. .. ..
(2) Bikram Do. .. 184 11 195 " .. .. ..
(3) Pusa Do. .. 60 21 81 " .. .. ..
(4) Kumarbagh Do. .. 101 1 102 " .. .. ..
(5) Kuru Do. .. 77 3 80 " .. .. ..
(6) Hansdiha Do. .. 93 7 100 " .. .. ..
(7) Hatgamaria Do. .. 53 12 65 " .. .. ..
(8) Satbarwa Do. .. 44 3 47 " .. .. ..
(9) Sarvodaya Do. .. 55 .. 55 " .. .. ..
kharagpur.
(10) Pindrajora Do. .. 94 15 109 " .. .. ..
(11) Bangra Do. .. 90 .. 90 " .. .. ..
(12) Tikapatti Do. .. 43 10 53 " .. .. ..
(13) Chiterpur Do. .. 47 2 49 " .. .. ..
(14) Nagarpara Do. .. 24 5 29 " .. .. ..
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(a) Institutions for training Basic School teachers-contd.
Number of Institutions Number of trainees at Duration Subject Minimum Refresher
each institution on Total of of stu- qualifi- course
Old ones New ones 31st March 1950. Men Women training dy and cation for --
converted converted (c) (d) crafts admission
Name taught (f) (g)
(e)
(15) Sorhatha Basic Training school 10 10 20 2 years .. .. ..
(16) Tamar Do. .. 10 .. 10 " .. .. ..
(17) Lagma Do. .. 6 .. 6 " .. .. ..
(18) Sherghati Do. .. 33 .. 33 " .. .. ..
(19) Pirauta Do. .. 40 .. 40 " .. .. ..
Total .. 1,085 125 1,210
(a) Coverted since 1938. Patna Secondary Training School into a Basic Training School. (b) 2 in 1946-47, 4 in 1947-48,6 in 1948-49 and 6 in 1949-50 (c) Seats are reserved for women at 20 %. The number is 125 only because sufficient number of qualified women candidates are not available. (d) Continuous courses as well as in two parts. One year's preliminary course followed by one year of work as a basic school teacher under supervision and then one year of final course. The numbers are 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, cardboard, wood and metal works. Study of village problems and programmes of rural reconstruction. Cultural activities-Art, music,physical education, preparation of literature. National language (Study of second script of Hindustani)Professional-child study work in practising School. (f) Basic School course pass, Matriculation pass-lower in case of women, Harijan,Adibasis, because of sufficient number of matriculates not being available. (g) A number of Board Middle School TEachers, Sub-Inspectors of schools and even some High School teachers have received short courses of training on basic lines lasting for a period of two weeks to three months. Regular 6 weeks refresher courses in each quarter of the year at each of the basic training schools have been planned from 1950-51. Periodical educational camps for superior educational officers in order to give them an idea of Basic education have been held at Bikram and have proved eminently useful.
GENERAL REMARKS-With 6 new Basic training schools added in 1949-50, the total number of basic training institutions was raised from 13 to 19. As an emergency measure, to meet the urgent demand for expension, successful trainees continued to be sent out to the schools to practise teaching under supervised conditions after attendence of at least one year's priliminary course at the training school. Those are attend a further final course at the training school to complete the balance of the two years' course after they have successfully served as teachers for at least one year. The plan of having 16 more such basic training schools during the 1950-51 and 1951-52 as under the first 5 years' Post War Development Plans, will have to be kept in abeyance owing to financial stringency. But 30 out of the 55 old Elementary training schools admitting only 20 middle passed men, for one year's course were sanctioned to be expanded during 1949-50 for admission of 50 for a two years' course for men of the minimum of middle pass qualification and had features of community life and productive activities with educational possibility added to make of them junior basic training schools, 9 more such junior basic training schools will be added during 1950-51. So with 19 senior and 30 junior basic training schools, the potential out-turn of basic teachers at 50 each from each school is 2,450 annually, which will, from 1950-51 be raised to 2,900. The number of training schools for training out primary school teachers specifically reserved for women was in 1949-50. Two more junior basic training schools specially reserved for women are being established in 1950-51 with an annual recruitment of 50 each. Two annual outturn of teachers from these is 60, which along with the 2,450 from the senior and junior and basic training schools brings the annual supply of basic and primary school teachers to 2,510, to be raised from 1950-51 to 3,060.
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(b) Institution for training the staff of training schools
No. of No. of trainees on Duration Programme Minimum Provision of
Institutions Name of institutions 31-3-50 Total of of studies qualification refresher facilities
Training and craft for admission course for research
in
Men Women taught problems of
Basic
Education
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Patna Training schools .. 16 1 17 1 year As in case Graduate .. ..
6 months of basic
2. Pusa Do. .. 4 1 5 .. School .. .. ..
teachers
3. Kumarbagh Do. .. 4 .. 4 .. but of .. .. ..
higher
4. Kuru Do. .. 9 1 10 .. standard. .. .. ..
5. Hatgamaria Do. .. 4 .. 4 .. .. .. .. ..
6. Hansdiha Do. .. 4 .. 4 .. .. .. .. ..
7. Pindrajora Do. .. 12 .. 12 .. .. .. .. ..
8. Haveli
Kharagpur Do. .. 5 .. 5 .. .. .. .. ..
9. Tikapatti Do. .. 3 .. 4 .. .. .. .. ..
10. Bikram Do. (a) .. 12 .. 12 .. .. .. .. ..
Total .. 74 3 77