PREFACE
 

As a part of the third all-India educational sur- vey the central and the state governments decided to conduct a survey of educational administration in various states and union territories of the country. The purpose of the survey is to find out the present position of educational administration in India, the knowledge of which may help the educational planners and administrators in their efforts to modernise and strengthen educational management.

This is the first attempt to make a comprehen- sive survey of educational administration in the country. The scope of the survey has, however, been confined to study the governmental set-up and its functioning in relation to general education from pre-primary upto post-graduate and research levels.

The attempt being made in the survey is to look at educational administration as a system with some functions to perform and certain objectives to achieve. It is in this context that a brief study of administrative set-up at the secretariat, directorate, regional/divisional (wherever it exists), district and block levels and of functions like planning, organi- sing, financing, directing, supervising, inspecting and evaluating has been undertaken. Extending the management approach, a study of elements like setting up of goals of education, review, feed-back, and innovation has also been attempted to the extent possible within the limitations of time and resources.

The brief account of educational administration given in the succeeding pages is primarily based on the material collected from Government of Uttar Pradesh in response to a set of question- naires sent to them.

For purposes of comparison, statistics relating to the year 1973-74 have generally been given. Some of the later statistics e.g. salary scales have been incorporated. In the case of recruitment of teachers and heads of non-government high schools and intermediate colleges the detailed procedure issued by the state government in July 1976 has also been embodied.

The analysis and consolidation of the material for the report has been done with a forward-looking disposition. Because of this, some of the difficulties faced by administrative functionaries at various levels of education in the state have been indicated. An effort has also been made to suggest in some cases the problems and issues in educational administration which need to be studied in depth in order to discover appropriate solutions within the means at our disposal.

Similar reports have been contemplated in respect of other states and territories in addition to an all-India report.

We are grateful to all educational authorities in various states and territories for their enthusiastic co-operation and supply of the required material. Thanks are also due to the director, faculty and other members of staff of the National Staff College for Educational Planners and Administrators. I am particularly appreciative of the assistance of Shri C.P. Tewari, Research Officer in the Central Survey Unit for his help in preparing this report.

P. D. SHUKLA Officer on Special Duty National Staff College for Educational Planners & Administrators New Delhi

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