CONTENT AND CURRICULUM
REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Content and Curriculum
1) In classes XI and XII, vocational education be given.
One junior college be provided within 15 km of tehsil
headquarters. Hostel facilities be also provided.
2) Extra curricular activities be encouraged. Students of
class IX to XII be involved in social work.
Name : Sh. Kalyan Jain
Address : 35, Sneh Nagar, Main Road
Indore
Date of Communication : \ \ \
Category : VIP letters
1) Emphasis must be given to science and technology.
2) Standard model of syllabus be evolved.
Name : Dr. Nagen Saikia
Address : New Delhi
Date of Communication : 26/12/89
Category : VIP letters
1) At the pre-primary stage, 'learning through
productive doing' should be the method.
2) The concept of separate vocation stream is
elitist. Vocational component should be obligatory for
all students.
3) Diverse syllabi to suit individual aptitudes are
necessary. Core syllabus prepared by the NCERT is
untenable.
4) All curricula must provide for 25% of the
curricular time for extension work.
5) Value education should be given importance.
Name : Prof. Ramlal Parikh
Address : Gujarat Vidyapith,
Ahmedabad - 380 014
Date of Communication : 15/05/90
Category : VIP letters
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Content and Curriculum
1) There should be uniform pattern of education
throughout India and schools and colleges should be
controlled and guided by Govt. Promotion of teachers
should be linked with the performance of the students.
Teachers should not be allowed to take private tuitions.
Name : Sh. Bejendra Krishna Prasad
Address : Rohini Villa, Chiragora, Dhanbad 826 001
Date of Communication : 10/03/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Services of psychologists should be utilised for the
betterment of students.
2) Modern equipments should be used in education
3) An uniform pattern of education be introduced
throughout the country.
Name : Sh. Adarsh Kumar Rastogi
Address : M/s Nishant Electronics,
Galshaheed, Muradabad
Date of Communication : \ \ \
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Uniform syllabus be followed all over the country
different syllabi followed at present create problems
for students whose parents have transferable jobs. It
also affects entrance examination.
Name : M. Shailaja
Address : St. Teresa's College
Ernakulam, Cochin
Date of Communication : \ \ \
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Education and agricultural training be linked.
schools should be run by villagers. Education be given
rural bias.
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Content and Curriculum
Name : Sh. Surat Singh Rana
Address : Vill. Hadiana Kholi,
Distt. Tehri Garhwal, U.P
Date of Communication : \ \ \
Category : Other Individual letter
1) NCERT syllabus be followed all over the country.
Name : Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta
Address : H.No.80-81, Mirpur Colony
Pathankot
Date of Communication : 07/02/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Stress should be on technical education as education
is for employment. Present system creates terrorism.
Name : Sh. Chetan Kumar Dhiman
Address : Jandrore, Distt. Udhampur,
J. & K.
Date of Communication : 23/01/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) People should be trained in criminal civil law.
Name : Sh. Jageshwar Prasad Mishra
Address : 665, A/I, Sainvilla, Rd. No.4
Anand Nagar, Ajmer
Date of Communication : 11/02/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Efforts be made to reduce number of text books
in schools.
2) Moral science, physical exercise, sports and indus-
trial training be made compulsory in schools.
Name : Sh. Ramanand Mandhanya
Address : 111, Indira Gandhi Nagar,
Indore
Date of Communication : 06/03/90
Category : Other Individual letter
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Content and Curriculum
1) All schools should have some activities of similar
nature; same syllabus be followed in all schools.
Name : Sh. M.S. Prakash Rao
Address : L6/34, Main Road,
Agrico, Jamshedpur
Date of Communication : \ \ \
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Curricula should have an intimate and explicit
bearing upon the native needs, aspirations and economic
activities as identified through National Educational
Survey.
2) Classroom teaching should be minimised and a large
proportion of curricula should be devoted to on-the-work
training through team projects.
3) Curriculum has to be responsive to the changing
realities and growing demands of society.
Name : Dr. C.P. Gupta
Address : NGRI, Hyderabad.
Date of Communication : / / /
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Psychology must form part of curriculum in high
school classes.
Name : Sh. L.P. Das
Address : 26, Mullai Nagar,
Pondicherry 605 005
Date of Communication : 26/03/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Vocational training should be decided on the basis of
study of surrounding vocational activities done by the
students at the primary level.
2) Classical literature be included in the curriculum
at school and university levels.
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Content and Curriculum
There should be six monthly semester system.
Name : Sh. A. Vidyanidhi Shastri
Address : Krishak Kutir Gram, Sonuwalia,
P.O. Rajapatti 841 420
Date of Communication : 28/03/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Agriculture should be made an integral part of
education system. Industrial education, vocational
education be made compulsory at school stage.
Name : Sh. Maliram Gupta
Address : Beh. Madho Vilas Hospital, Berhampuri Rd.,
Jaipur 302 002
Date of Communication : 25/03/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Uniform syllabus and pattern be followed in our
schools.
Name : Sh. Balkrishna Pandey
Address : Government High School,
Kolarpur, Koraput, Orissa
Date of Communication : 21/04/90
Category : Other Individual letter
1) Indian literature be included in university cur-
riculum.
Name : Prof. N.N. Anandan
Address : SAKETH, Aalappuzha-3.
Kerala
Date of Communication : 25/04/90
Category : Other Individual letter
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions-received on Content and Curriculum
1) Uniform educational standards be established by
abolishing private and public schools.
Name : Indian Students Association
Address : Delhi
Date of Communication : 23/02/90
Category : Organisation
1) The Social, Economic, Religious and Educational
Teachings of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar be incorporated in text
books.
2) Special arrangements be made for teaching of Pali
language.
Name : President, Buddhist Society of
Address : India, Vill. Indragarhi, P.O.
Adhyatmic Nagar, Ghaziabad
Date of Communication : 25/03/90
Category : Organisation
India's heritage be included in the school curricula.
Name : Secretary, Bhartiya Vichar
Address : Kendra, Samskriti Fort
Trivandrum
Date of Communication : 17/12/89
Category : Organisation
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REVIEW OF EDUCATION POLICY
Suggestions received on Content and Curriculum
1) Vocational Education be introduced from the
beginning.
Name : Smt. Leena Mehendale
Address : Raj Bhavan complex,
Ganeshkhind, Baner Rd. Pune
Date of Communication : 19/03/90
Category : Institution
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