Cost of one literacy group or class of 30 adults of 6 months duration
Rs.
1 Salary/Honorarium of one Instructor at Rs. 20 p.m. 120.00
2 Salary of Supervisor at Rs. 50 p. m. 1/10th of
Supervisor for one class 3.00
3 Training of Instructor or teacher 50.00
4 Training of Supervisor at Rs. 30 1/10th of Supervisor
for one class 30.00
5 Slates (Re. 1/- each) 30.00
6 Note-books (Re 1/- each) 30.00
7 Primers etc. at Re 1/- each 30.00
8 Instructors' kit 4.00
9 Kerosene Oil 60.00
10 One Petromax (Rs. 60/-), Two Hurricane Lamps
(Rs. 8 each) lasting 4 years.
60 x 1 2 x 8 10.00
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4 x 2 4 x2
11 Maps and Charts etc.
15 2.00
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4 x 2
12 Follow-up material Rs. 5/- per set of 10 books-30
sets for 2 years 40.00
13 Wall Newspaper 2.00
TOTAL FOR 30 ADULTS 411.00
COST PER ADULT 13. 70or
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APPENDIX IV
LITERACY IN URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL AREAS The Social Education Committee of the City of Bombay has been doing commendable work for the urban and industrial youth in providing adult and further education. The development of urban social education especially in industrial areas has been strongly recommended by the Planning Commission, COPP Team on Adult Literacy in Industrial Areas. It would be necessary to have social Education Committees in at least 10 cities on the pattern of the Bombay City Social Education Committee. The target for providing social education and adult education to urban youth through the social education committees during Fourth Plan is about 20 lakh youths. It is expected that the total cost on making an industrial and urban youth literate would be about Rs. 20. Out of this, the Government expenditure would be about 50% and the rest would be borne by the Social Education Committees/Corporation, Municipalities/Employers. On this basis, the governmental expenditure, during the Fourth Plan on covering 20 lakhs of youth would be Rs. 2 crore.
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APPENDIX V
BLOCK LIBRARIES 1. Out of 5223 blocks spread over the rural areas in the whole country 1394 blocks have libraries. The Planning Commission Working Group on Libraries have observed the block libraries will be the main centres of the State library system which will directly render service to the rural population and further extend, in due course, such service through village-level libraries. As the resources would not be sufficient to establish and maintain self-contained village-level libraries immediately, an attempt will be made to build up a sure base in the block libraries for village-level service. The target could be that, by the end of the Fourth Plan, 2610 block libraries or 1/2 of the 5223 blocks should have well-established library system. The additional block libraries which will have to be established during the Fourth Plan would be 1216 or 1200 (2610 block libraries minus 1394 existing block libraries). Assuming a minimum recurring expenditure of Rs. 15,000 per block library, including the salary of staff (a librarian and a clerk) the amount required will be as under for a period of 4 years.
(Rs. in crores)
Phasing No. of Expendi-
Libraries ture
1 2 3
Rs.
II Year 200 0.30
III Year 200 0.90
IV Year 400 1.50
V Year 400 2.10
TOTAL 1,200 4.80
Building for New Block Libraries 2. It may not be possible to construct buildings for all new block libraries. In the Fourth Plan it is proposed to provide buildings only for 600 block libraries. The cost of these buildings at the rate of Rs. 25,000 per building (including Rs. 5,000 for skeleton shelving for books) would be Rs. 1.50 crore.
Strengthening of Block Libraries 3. It is also proposed to strengthen one-eighth of the existing block libraries, i. e., 175 libraries at the rate of Rs. 500 per annum for a period of 5 years and the cost will be Rs. 43.5 lakh.
4. Total cost would be Rs. 6.73 crore.
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APPENDIX VI
VILLAGE CIRCULATING LIBRARIES Strengthening the existing block libraries and establishing libraries in new blocks by itself will not extend the library facilities to all the villages. Considering the fact that the number of titles is limited, it is essential that the books are kept circulating and that there is provision for the circulation of books and later the assimilation of these books by the villagers. It would be essential that there should be a provision of a librarian who goes round the villages himself, checking on the work that is being done in die distribution and assimilation of book material. It is assumed that the existing block libraries have each a provision of a librarian. The provision of a librarian assisted by a clerk for each of the new block libraries has been separately provided. The block librarian will have to maintain a record of the readers reactions to the book material. The maintenance of this record is essential.
2. For regulating the traffic of incoming and outgoing book material, to and from blocks to villages, it may be necessary to provide for a type of itinerant library assistants about 5, for a block, to begin with, who would be going round on cycle. The primary school teachers would be responsible for circulating the books in the villages through the school children and other local people. This facility will have to be provided for all the 3,900 block libraries. The salary of an itinerant library assistant at the rate of Rs. 40 per month for a period of five years for all the blocks, after proper phasing, would be Rs. 1. 56 crore (3900 x 5 x 40 x 12) / 3 . In addition to this, the Zila Parishads and panchayats may like to pay some allowance to the itinerant library assistants.
3. For the purchase of 5 cycles for each of 3,900 blocks at the rate of Rs. 200 per cycle and maintenance cost of Rs. 50 per cycle, the cost would be Rs. 48.75 lakh (3900 x 1000 + 250).
4. It is estimated that the other expenditure involved in the travelling of block librarians, transportation of books from districts to the blocks, etc., may be about Rs. 46 lakh.
5. Thus the cost on village library circulating system would be as under:
(Rs. in crore)
(a) Salary of itinerant library assistants. 1.56
(b) Cost of cycles and their maintenance 0.49
(c) T. A. & transportation charges 0.46
(d) Honorarium to primary school teachers who will
be in-charge of circulating libraries in the villages 1.56
TOTAL 4.07
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APPENDIX VII
GENERAL READING MATERIAL FOR NEO-LITERATE The number of adults to be covered under the programme of the first phase of literacy would be 30 million and they will be spread over all the villages in the country. The programme would be to supply general reading materials for these neo-literates by supplying 100 booklets duing the Fourth Plan for all the 51 lakh villages or the areas where the first phase of literacy has been taken up. These books would be supplied to primary school teachers in the villages through a wide net-work of block libraries and village mobile libraries, which will be responsible for circulating these to the neo- literates. The number of booklets required would be 5 crore (5 lakh x 100 booklets). The production charges of 5 crore booklets of 40 pages of demi size with 16 pt. type size at the rate of 60 paise per booklet, would be Rs. 3 crore. Out of Rs. 3 crore, the production charges of 5 crore booklets would be Rs. 2 crore and the rest for printing and paper.
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