APPENDIX `N'
MEMORANDUM ON SUPPLEMENTARY
 ITEM (ii)
TO REPORT THE DECISIONS OF
 THREE-LANGUAGE FORMULA
 IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
 

The Education Ministers' Committee' set up by the Education Ministers' Conference met on April 15 and 16, 1963, under the chairmanship of Union Education Minister. All the members were present:

        
             1.   Dr. K. L. Shrimali,                           (Chairman)
                  Union Minister of Education,
        
         
             2.   Shri P. V. G. Raju,
                  Education Minister, Andhra Pradesh
        
             3.   Shri Dev Kanta Barooah,
                  Education Minister, Assam
        
             4.   Shri M. Bhaktavatsalam,
                  Education Minister, Madras,
        
             5.   Acharya Jugal Kishore,
                  Education Minister, U.P .
             
             6.   Shri  Rai Herendra Nath Chaudhuri, 
                  Education Minister, West Bengal
        
                                          

The Committee reviewed in detail and noted with satisfaction the progress made in implementing. the three-language formula. The Committee agreed that while certain variations to suit local conditions and circumstances were unavoidable and may even be desirable, it was necessary that the three-language formula should be so implemented in the States as to secure the largest measure of uniformity in regard to the place of the languages in the school curriculum, the selection of languages other than the mothertongue or the regional language for inclusion in the curriculum, and the standard of proficiency to be aimed at. The Committee noted with satisfaction the decision of Madras Government to make Hindi an examination subject in which the marks secured, though not yet counting for eligibilty for university courses of studies. will be taken into account for moderation, and the decision of the U. P. Government to make English a compulsory subject of study at the school stage and to make increasingly greater provision for teaching other modern Indian languages in addition to Sanskrit in the curriculum. The Committee hopes that these measures will prepare the way for uniform implementation of the three-language formula.

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The Committee emphasised that at the school stage at least three languages should be taught and the provision for teaching should ensure that a student passing out of the secondary school has an adequate knowledge of these languages. The teaching of a language should be provided for not less than three years in a continuous course. The Committee recommends that, wherever the existing arrangement falls short of these requirements, the States should take early steps to conform to the three-language formula.

the Committee pointed out that the three-language formula in its application to the Hindispeaking States envisaged that the third language should be one of the modern Indian languages. Provision for the teaching of a classical language. need not be in lieu of a modern Indian language but may be as part of a composite course or as an elective. The Committee recommends that in Hindispeaking States the three-language formula should be so implemented that, progressively and as early as possible, the teaching of one of the modern Indian languages also becomes compulsory in the school curriculum. It further recommends that financial assistance on 100% basis should be given to these States to enable them to provide for the teaching of modern Indian languages of non-Hindi areas on the same lines as is being done at present for teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi States.

The arrangements for the training of Hindi teachers for non-Hindi areas were reviewed and it was recommended that a Committee should be set up by the Ministry of Education to examine and assess the training arrangements and to suggest, measures for further improvement and bringing about greater uniformity in the standards.

The Committee decided to meet periodically to review the progress in the implementation of the three-language formula.