III. ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA OF THE 34TH MEETING OF THE CENTRAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION

ITEMS ON THE AGENDA

Item No. 1-To record appreciation of the services rendered by those who have ceased to be members of the Board since the last meeting and to welcome new members.

Item No. 2-To report that the proceedings of the thirty-third meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Education held at New Delhi in August 1967 were sent to the State Governments and the Union Territories.

Item No. 3-To discuss the Fourth-Five-Year Plan in Education

(i) Educational Development in the Fourth Plan (1969 74): Report of the Steering Committee of the Planning Group on Education

(ii)Recommendations of the Planning Group on the Report of the Steering Committee 'for the Fourth Five Year Plan

(iii) Fourth Five Year Plan in Education : Some Difficulties and Problems-by J. P. Naik

(iv) Educational Planning, Administration and Evaluation in the Fourth Five Year Plan (1969-74) : Report of the Working Party approved by the Planning Com mission on Educational Planning, Administration and Evaluation

(v) To treat the scheme of Technical High Schools as a scheme under Technical Education (Suggested by the Govt. of Maharashtra)

(vi) Programmes for the Development of Girls' Education (Items suggested by the National Council for Women's Education):

(a) Expansion of the Education of Girls at the Lower Primary Stage

(b) Preparing Girls from Rural Areas to work as Primary Teachers by providing Education and Professional Training through a System of Scholarships

(c) Preparation of Girls for Different Vocations

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(d) Increasing Employment Opportunities for Women

(e) Special Machinery for the Education of Girls and Women

(f) Increasing Facilities for Pre-school and Adult (Social) Education

(vii) Reduction of Drop-outs (Shri J. M. Lobo Prabhu)

(viii) Improvements in the Emoluments of Teachers (Shri J. M. Lobo Prabhu)

(ix) The Possibility of Control and Nationalization of the Expansion of Higher Education in the Country (Suggested by Dr. Samuel Mathai)

(x) Report of the National Seminar on Wastage and Stag- nation at the Secondary Stage

(xi) Development of the State Institutes of Education in the Fourth Five Year Plan

(xii) A Programme of Youth Services in the Fourth Five Year Plan

Item No. 4-To discuss the Implementation of the National Policy on Education

(i) National Policy on Education

(ii) Uniform Pattern of -Courses in Universities in India (suggested by the Government of Mysore)

(iii) Audio-Visual Education (a) at the Secondary Stage and (b) in Adult Education

(iv) Examinations with Supplemental Note

(v) Agricultural Education

(vi) Annual Report of Educational Progress in India (Items (iii) to (vi) suggested by Shri Anil Mohan Gupta)

(vii) Employment of Persons beyond 55 years in High Administrative Posts in Educational and Scientific Fields (Dr. R. M. Kasliwal)

(viii) Pilot Project on Mental Health Education (Dr. R. M.Kasliwal)

(ix) Work Experience in Agriculture

(x) Three-Language Formula

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(xi) Regional Languages as Media in Universities

(xii) Better Textbooks [Items (xi) to (xii) suggested by Shri J. M. Lobo Prabhu]

(xiii) Uniform Pattern of Education

(xiv) Determination of and Giving Effect to a Common Pat- tern of Education, and Achievement of National Integration to be made a Concurrent Subject

(xv) Constitution of Statutory Boards of Secondary Edu- cation and Statutory Secondary Education Grants Commissions

[Items (xiii) to (xv) suggested by Shri S. K. Vaishampayen, M.P.]

(xvi) Sons and Daughters or Wards of Teachers retired from Education Departments to be given Preference for Appointments to Teaching Posts under the Education Departments (by the Government of Madhya Pradesh)

(xvii) Guidelines for the Production of University-level Books in the Indian Languages in the 4th Plan (Ministry of Education)

(xviii) Resolutions proposed by Education Minister, Rajas- than

Item No. 5-Implementation of the Recommendations of the National Integration Council on Educational Aspects, Mass Media and Communal Harmony

Explanatory note to Item 6

Appendix I-Establishment of a National Board of School Textbooks

Appendix II-Regional Languages

Appendix III-Admission of Students from outside the State to Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics, and Admission to Medical Colleges on Inter-State Basis

Appendix IV-Visits by Students in Vacations to the Different Parts of the Country to Promote National Integration

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