ORDER CONSTITUTING THE CABE
 

Subject: CABE Committee on Teachers' Representation in Legislative Councils

The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) in its 46th meeting held on 8-9 March, 1991 decided that the Chairman. CABE should set up a CABE Committee on Teachers' Representation in Legislative Councils.

2. The Minister of Human Resource Development, in his capacity as Chairman of the CABE,. has, therefore, set up the following committee:

        
                  (i)  Shri Veerappa Moiley                    Chairman
                       Minister of Education
                       Karnataka
        
                  (ii) Shri Anant Rao Thopte 
                       Education Minister 
                       Maharashtra
        
                 (iii) Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla
                       Minister  of State (Independent charge) 
                       for Basic and Adult Education
                       Uttar Pradesh
         
                 (iv)  Dr. Ram Chandra Purve 
                       Minister (SE&PE)
                       Bihar
        
                  (v)  Shri P.V. Ranga Rao 
                       Minister of State for Education 
                       Andhra Pradesh
        
                 (vi)  Representative of Ministry of Law and Justice, 
                       Government of India
         
                (vii)  Shri Nikhil Chakraborty 
                       Editor, Mainstream,
                       New Delhi.
         
               (viii)  Dr. (Smt.) Saraswati Swain 
                       Kalyan Nagar
                       Cuttack
        
                 (ix)  Prof.  Moonis Raza
                       Chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research 
                       New Delhi.
        
                                          

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                  (x)  Dr. K. L. Chopra
                       Director,
                       Indian Institute of Technology 
                       Kharagpur
        
                 (xi)  Dr. J. S. Rajput                      Member-Secretary
                       Joint Educational Advisor
                       Department of Education
                       Ministry of Human Resource Development
                       New Delhi
        
                                          

3. The Union Education Secretary and Director. NIEPA, will be permanent invitee to the meetings of the Committee.

4. The terms of reference of the Committee will be as follows:

To examine:

-whether retention of the present provision regarding separate teachers constituencies in Legislative Council elections is at all desirable; and

-If so, whether the status quo should continue or whether the Constitution should be a mended so as to include elementary teachers in teachers' constituencies.

5. The Committee should submit its report within two months of its first meeting.

6. The Committee will lay down its own procedures and methodology of work.

7. The secretariat assistance and other services to the Committee will be provided by the Teacher Education Division, Department of Education.

Sd/-. (T. C. JAMES) Under Secretary to the Government of India.

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1. All members of the Committee and Permanent Invitees.

2. All members of CABE.

3. Education Secretaries of all State Governments and UT Administrations.

4. PS to HRM/PS to ES/PS to AS.

5. Director (TE).

6 All officers in the Department of Education.