THE CENTRAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Brief History The Central Advisory Board of Education, the oldest and the most important advisory body of the Government of India in education was first established in 1920 and dissolved in 1923 as a measure of economy. It was revived in 1935 and has been in existence ever since.
2. Origin of the Board:
3. Revival and Reconstitution of the board:
4. Constitution: 2
Annexure-I.
5. The Present Composition:
6. Meetings held: The details of the venues and chairmanship of the 48 meetings held so far are given in the following table:
Sr. No. Year Place Chairmanship
of the
Meeting
1 2 3 4
I 1935 New Delhi Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai
II 1936 New Delhi Kunwar Sir Jagdish Prasad
III 1938 New Delhi Kunwar Sir Jagdish Prasad
IV 1938 New Delhi Kunwar Sir Jagdish Prasad
V 1940 Simla Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai
VI 1941 Madras Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai
VII 1942 Hyderabad Sir Maurice Gwyer
VIII 1943 Lucknow Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh
IX 1943 Dehradun Sir Maurice Gwyer
X 1944 Baroda Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh
XI 1945 Karachi Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh
XII 1946 Mysore Hon'ble Rt. Rev. G.D. Barne
XIII 1947 Bombay Shri C. Rajagopalachari
XIV 1948 New Delhi Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XV 1949 Allahabad Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XVI 1950 Cuttack Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XVII 1950 New Delhi Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XVIII 1951 Thiruvanan- Shri B.G. Kher
thapuram
XIX 1952 New Delhi Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XX 1953 New Delhi Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XXI 1954 New Delhi Shri N.K. Sidhanta
XXII 1955 New Delhi Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XXIII 1956 New Delhi Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XXIV 1957 New Delhi Dr. K.L. Shrimali
XXV 1958 New Delhi Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
XXVI 1959 Madras Dr. K.L. Shrimali
XXVII 1960 New Delhi Dr. K. L. Shrimali
XXVIII 1961 New Delhi Dr. K.L. Shrimali
XXIX 1962 Jaipur Dr. K.L. Shrimali
XXX 1963 Pachmarhi Dr. K.L. Shrimali
XXXI 1964 Bangalore Shri M.C. Chagla
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XXXII 1965 Chandigarh Shri M.C. Chagla
XXXIII 1967 New Delhi Dr. Triguna Sen
XXXIV 1968 New Delhi Dr. Triguna Den
XXXV 1970 New Delhi Prof. V.K.R.V. Rao
XXXVI 1972 New Delhi Prof. S. Nurul Hasan
XXXVII 1974 New Delhi Prof. S. Nurul Hasan
XXXVIII 1975 New Delhi Prof. S. Nurul Hasan
XXXIX 1983 New Delhi Smt. Sheela Kaul
XL 1986 New Delhi Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao
(April)
XLI 1986 New Delhi Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao
(August)
XLII 1987 New Delhi Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao
(June)
XLIII 1988 New Delhi Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao
(March)
XLIV 1988 New Delhi Shri P. Shiv Shankar
(Sept.)
XLV 1989 New Delhi Shri P. Shiv Shankar
(July)
XLVI 1991 New Delhi Shri Rajmangal Pande
(March)
XLVII 1992 New Delhi Shri Arjun Singh
(May)
XLVIII 1992 New Delhi Shri Arjun Singh
(August)
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ANNEXURE-I
COPY OF GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MINISTRY OF HUMAN
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT RESOLUTION (DEPART-
MENT OF EDUCATION) NO.F.1-2/90-PN (D.II) DATED THE
19TH OCTOBER, 1990. The Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) is the highest advisory body to advise the Central and State Governments in the field of education. In the past, important decisions have been taken on the advice of CABE has a particularly important role to play at the present juncture in view of the decision of the Government to appoint a Committee under the Chairmanship of Acharya Ramamurti to review the National Policy of Education, 1986 and also in view of the significant socio-economic and soco-cultural developments taking place in the country. It is a matter of importance that the Central and State Governments, and educationists and teachers, should increase their interaction so that education becomes an instrument for national reconstruction and social cohesion.
2. The Government of India have accordingly decided to reconstitute the CABE as per the Annexure*.
3. The function of CABE would be :
(a) to review the progress of education from time to time;
(b) to appraise the extent and manner in which the education policy has been implemented by the Central and State Governments, and other concerned agencies, and to give appropriate advice in the matter;
(c) to advice regarding coordination between the Central and State Governments/UT Administrations, State
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Governments and non-governmental agencies for educational development in accordance with the education policy; and
(d) to advise, suo motu, or on a reference made to it by the Central Government or any State Government or a Union Territory Administration or any educational question.
4. For the discharge of these functions, the Board may (i) call for information and comments from any Government institution, any other organisation or a individual; (ii) appoint committees or groups comprising members of CABE and/or others as may be necessary; and (iii) commission through Government or any other agency, studies, research or reports on any specific issue requiring attention of the Board of its committees or groups.
5.
(a) TENURE OF OFFICE:
(b) CASUAL VACANCIES:
(c) MEETINGS :
(d) AGENDA: 6
explanatory memorandum will ordinarily be circulated to all the members at least 15 days before the date of the meeting of the Board.
(e) QUORUM:
(f) PROCEDURE:
(g) GENERAL: Sd/- (Dr. R.V. VAIDYANATH AYYAR) JOINT SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
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ANNEXURE-II
THE COMPOSITION OF THE CENTRAL
ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION
1. Chairman Union Minister of Human Resource Development
2. Vice-Chairman Minister of State for Human Resource Development.
3. Representatives of the Government of India
i) Minister of Information & Broadcasting.
ii) Minister of welfare.
iii) Minister of State for Labour.
iv) Minister of State for Science & Technology.
v) Minister of Health & Family Welfare.
vi) Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports.
vii) Member (Education), Planning Commission
4. Representatives of State Governments and U.T.
Administrations
i) Ministers incharge of Education in each State
Government.
ii) Lt. Governor or Ministers incharge of Education in each
UT Administration.
5. Elected Members
i) Four members of Parliament from Lok Sabha
ii) Two members of Parliament from Rajya Sabha
iii) One Member of the Association of Indian Universities
elected by the Executive Committee of the Association.
iv) One Member of the All India Council for Technical
Education to be nominated by the Chairman of the
Council.
v) One Member of the Medical Council of India to be
nominated by the Council
vi) One member of the Central Council of Indian Medicine to
be nominated by the Council.
6. Ex-Officio Members
i) Chairman, University Grants Commission
ii) Director-General, Indian Council for Agricultural
Research
iii) Chairman, Central Social Welfare Board
iv) Director, National Institute of Educational Planning
and Administration.
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v) Director, National Council of Educational Research and
Training
vi) Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education
vii) Chairman, Indian Council of Historical Research
viii) Chairman, Indian Council for Social Sciences Research
ix) Chairman, Indian Council for Philosophical Research
x) Director-General, National Literacy Mission
7. Nominated Members representing various categories
(in alphabetical order)
i) Dr. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah, Chairman
Madras Institute of Development Studies
79 Second Main Road, Gandhi Nagar
Adyar, Madras : 600 020.
ii) Dr. S, Anandalakshmy, Senior Fellow
Murugappa Chettiar Research Centre, Madras
iii) Shri Prem Bhai, Secretary
Banvasi Seva Ashram,
Distt. Sonbhadra,
(Uttar Pradesh) PIN-231221.
iv) Shri Nikhil Chakraborty
Editor, Main Stream
F-24, Bhagat Singh Market, New Delhi-110001.
v) Dr. K. L. Chopra
Director, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur (W. B.)
vi) Dr. Jyotibhai Desai
Gandhi Vidyapith, Vedachhi
Distt. Surat, Gujarat-394641.
vii) Dr. A. Gnanam
Vice-Chancellor, Pondicherry University
Pondicherry.
viii) Dr. Syed Hasan
Director, Rishi Valley School,
Rishi Valley - 517352
Distt. Chittor (Andhra Pradesh)
x) Prof. Izhar Hussain
Professor, Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh-202001.
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xi) Dr. Vijendra Kabra
Director, Indian Institute of Rural Workers
Aurangabad, Maharashtra
xii) Pro. D.S. Kothari
A-3, Professors' Quarters, Chhatra Marg
Delhi-110007
xiii) Shri Komal Kothari
2-B, Paoda Road, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
xiv) Smt. Jagannathan Krishnammal
Secretary,
Land For Tiller's Freedom (LAFTI)
Kilvelur-611104, Thanjore Distt. (Tamil Nadu)
xv) Prof. Mrinal Miri
Department of Philosophy
N.E. Hill University, Shillong
xvi) Dr. Ram Dayal Munda
Professor, Ranchi University,
Ranchi
xvii) Dr. M. P. Parameswaran
Bhartiya Gyan Vigyan Samiti/
Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad,
Parishad Bhavan, Anayara, Trivandrum-695029.
xviii) Shri Hari Vallabha Parik
Chairman, Anand Niketan Ashram,
P.O. Rangpur (Kavant), Distt. Baroda
xix) Dr. D.P. Pattanayak
Bogadi Road, Mysore-670006.
xx) Acharya Ramamurti
P.O. Khadigram,
Dist. Munger,
Bihar : 811 313
xxi) Prof. G.S. Randhawa
Vice-Chancellor
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
xxii) Dr. (Mrs) Suman Sahai
President, TOS,
Tilhar, U.P.
xxiii) Dr. Kartikeya V. Sarabhai
Director, Centre for Environment Education
Thalej Tehre, Ahmedabad-380054.
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xxiv) Dr. Naseem Ahmed Shah
Former Principal, Medical College
Leading Medical Practitioner,
Dal Gate, Srinagar
xxv) Dr. (Mrs) Annapurna Shukla
Professor & Principal,
Mahila Mahavidyalaya,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005.
xxvi) Shri M.P. Singh
125, George Street, Meerut Cantt. (UP)
xxvii) Smt. Sarva Sridevi
12-10-336/2/3, Sitaphalmandi,
Secunderabad-61 (AP)
xxviii) Dr. (Smt.) Saraswati Swain
Kalyan Nagar, Cuttack, Orissa
xxix) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
11, Rathna Nagar, Teyanampet, Madras-600018
xxx) Shri Habib Tanvir
Director, Naya Theatre,
L-15, DDA Staff Quarters,
Ber Sarai, New Delhi-110030.
xxxi) Dr.(Smt) Jyothi H. Trivedi
Raj Mahal, Juhu Koliwada, Bombay-400049.
xxxii) Shri B.C. Zaveri
Technical Director
M.N. Dastoor & Company
9, Mathew Road, Bombay.