FOREWORD
 

We are happy to bring out this report of a survey of educational administration in Uttar Pradesh. It belongs to a series of such reports which are being prepared by the National Staff College for Educational Planners and Administra- tors, New Delhi as a part of the Third All-India Educational Survey.

The need for modernising and strengthening administration of education in India has been emphasised by a number of committees and commis- sions including the Indian Education Commission of 1966. While education has expanded a great deal, the administrative bodies and methods have remained more or less unchanged. Streamlining the machinery for educational administration has therefore become necessary. This has become more urgent in view of the changing frontiers of edu- cation and pedagogy and significant developments that are taking place in the fields of science and technology and in our socioeconomic set-up. It was, therefore, considered necessary by the Union Ministry of Education that a survey of educational administration in various states and union terri- tories of the country be undertaken as a part of the Third All-India Educational Survey. We are grateful to Professor S. Nurul Hasan, Union Minister of Education and Social Welfare and his ministry for entrusting this project to our Staff College.

This survey of educational administration in India is the first of its kind and is expected to yield comprehensive information about the administrative structure of Indian education. The survey attempts to describe the existing set-up and functioning of the government machinery for educational adminis- tration in the country at various levels and analyse the data with the intention of bridging the gap bet- ween planning and implementation. Unesco's definition of education, namely "organised and sustained instruction designed to communicate a combination of knowledge, skill and understanding valuable for all the activities of life" has been kept in view. The survey covers the governmental set- up for all the stages of education from pre-primary to collegiate, all modalities of instruction, namely, formal and non-formal, full-time and part-time and governmental and non-governmental activities in the field of general education.

The report of the survey is based on materials collected primarily through questionnaires. We are grateful to the officers of the state governments and union territories and of the Union Ministry of Education for responding to our questionnaires and for sparing time for personal discussions. The results of the survey, when all the reports are pub- lished, might help the state governments in looking at their administrative structures in a comparative perspective. A survey of this kind will, however, need periodical updating. During the intervening period specific issues in educational planning and management that have been identified in survey reports will require to be taken up for indepth study. The National Staff College proposes to continue the activities relating to survey, research and training in the field of educational planning and administration with the support of the union and state governments. It would also like to colla- borate and cooperate with other institutions and

v

government departments interested in similar activity.

We were fortunate in securing the services of Dr. P.D. Shukla, Former joint Educational Adviser to the Government of India and Ex-Chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education to take charge of our Survey Unit. He has brought to bear on it his long and rich experience of educational planning and administration. I would like to ex- press my appreciation of the work put in by Dr. Shukla and his colleagues in the Survey Unit. I am thankful to the members of the Advisory Committee of the Survey and to our Executive Director, Shri Veda Prakasha, who have all along helped us by their advice.

We are particularly grateful to the Government of Uttar Pradesh for their kind co-operation in bringing out this report.

M. V. MATHUR Director National Staff College for Educational Planners and Administrators New Delhi.