X. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONAL
 RESEARCH AND TRAINING IN THE
 FOURTH PLAN
 

1. At the eighth meeting of the Steering Committee of the Planning Group on Education held on the 30th July 1968 under the Chairmanship of Shri G.K. Chandiramani, Education Secretary, the National Council of Educational Research & Training was asked to revise its fourth plan proposals keeping in view the recommendations of the NCERT Review Committee set up by the Government of India. The NCERT was also asked to prepare its Fourth Plan within the ceiling of Rs. 10 crore.

2. The NCERT Review Committee has not yet submitted its report nor has the Council considered its tentative recommendations. However, assuming that its recommendations are likely to be accepted, an attempt has been made by the office of the NCERT to indicate roughly the allocations for the major programmes, during the Fourth Plan. The schemes along with financial provisions are indicated below

I. PROGRAMMES

        
        
                                                                Outlay
        
                                          

                                                               (Rs. in lakh)
        
         A.  Academic
        
             (i) Primary Education                                  80.00
        
             (ii) Secondary-Social Sciences and Humanities          52.25
        
             (iii) Sciences-(Secondary)                             57.63
        
             (iv) Educational psychology                            37.44
        
         B.  Technical
        
             Central Science Workshop                              63.05
        
             Audio Visual                                          64.09
        
             Survey & Data Processing                              27.13
        
             Evaluation & Measurement                              19.05
        
             Library & Documentation                               58.39
        
         C.  Publication                                          125.50
         
         D.  Programmes at the Campuses of the Regional Colleges
            of Education,Teacher Education and Extension           33.48
        
         E. National Science Talent Search Scheme                 152.47
        
         F. Cooperative Research and Research Grants (including 
             Grant-in-aid to Approved Research Projects)           21.07
        
        II.  STAFF
        
        (For National Institute of Education and Regional Campuses) 30.00
        
        III.  BUILDINGS
        
        (For the campuses at Delhi and at Four Regional Campuses)                      200.00
        
                                                        TOTAL    1021.55
        
                                          

        
                                          

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The above figures do not include the following schemes but provision to the extent noted against each will have to be provided for in the fourth plan.

(1) Grant in aid to Extension Centres (Secondary & Primary) @ Rs. 26 lakhs per annum, 130.00

(2) Adult Education 45.81

(3) Central Institute of Education 16.82

Further any new programme which might be allotted by the Minitry has not been indicated and no provision as such has been shown.

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