GENERAL COMMENTS
Shri H.R. Dutt, Research Officer, State Institute of Education, Jammu (25th October, 1990)
- The Committee should recommend an implementable policy.
Shri H. Thoi Thoi Singh, Education Minister, Manipur (25th October, 1990)
- More educational facilities should be provided in backward areas in order to reduce regional. disparities. More schools should be opened and the scheme of Operation Blackboard should be continued.
Shri Hari Kumar Audichya, Education Minister, Rajasthan (25th October, 1990)
- The Perspective Paper has not given adequate attention to education of the disabled, culture and arts education, youth services and sports, distance education, teacher education, role and structure of DIETs, teacher's associations etc.
Shri R.S. Jambule, Director of Education, Government of Maharashtra, Bombay (25th October, 1990)
- The Perspective Paper has ignored schemes like Operation Blackboard and Educational Technology.
Shri N. Janardhana Reddi, Minister of Education, Andhra Pradesh, (25th October, 1990)
- It is too early to review the NPE 1986. Schemes which have not been properly implemented cannot be reviewed. There should be a
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permanent body to review the education policy from rime to time. The review should be continuous and there should be regular monitoring.
- The recommendations of this Committee should be discussed in a meeting of CABE.
Shri Kishan Singh Sangwan, Education Minister, Haryana, (25th October, 1990)
- More attention should be given to the education of girls.
- Frequent changes should not be made in education policy. Major changes should not be made in the NPE 1986. However, minor changes could be suggested.
Shri K. Chandrasekharan, Education Minister, Kerala (25th October, 1990)
- NPE 1986 was fundamentally correct and there should not be any major departure from that.
- The stress should be on implementation of recommendations made in NPE 1986.
- There should be a permanent National Commission on Education to take regular stock of whatever is happening in education.
Shri Rajat Kar, Director, SCERT, Orissa, Bhubaneswar (25th October, 1990)
- The performance of voluntary organisations in the field of education is not satisfactory. Certain creative measures should be taken in this regard.
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Shri P. Mathew Samuel, Director of Education, Government of Pondicherry, Pondicherry (25th October, 1990
- In the area of school buildings, low cost building technology should be introduced. The community should also help in constructing school. buildings.
- The Operation Blackboard scheme should be continued.
Shri J.S. Badan, Secretary (Higher Education), Government of Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram (25th October, 1990)
- The Committee should suggest ways on to stop braindrain. It should also evolve strategies for solving problems of unemployment.
Shri K.V. Madanan, Director of Public Instruction, Government of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (25th October, 1990)
- Poverty is the chief reason for drop out. Therefore, incentives like mid-day meals, free textbooks, uniform etc. should be provided to school children.
Shri Kuruvilla John, Director of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala, Trivandrum (25th October, 1990)
- The felt need of today is to provide high quality education at a low cost.
Shri T. Venka Reddy, Director School. Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (25th October, 1990)
- The NPE 1986 should have been given a fair trial before undertaking a review. It is too early to undertake the review.
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Shri Krishnaji, Chairman, Maharishi Institute of Science and Technology, Maharishi Nagar (26th October 1990)
- The recommendations of the Review Committee should be implemented as package deal Selective implementation of recommendations would create problems.
Dr. K. Raman Pillai, Director State Centre, Thirvananthapuram, (26th October, 1990)
- Students graduating from colleges and universities should devote at least six months for service in villages to get first hand knowledge about life in villages.
Prof. Ram Lal G. Parik, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad (26th October, 1990)
- People who are experimenting with `Nai Talim' should be allowed to continue to do so.
Prof. B. Ganguli, Department of Education, Science & Maths, NCERT, New Delhi (26 OCt. 1990)
- During 43 years of independence, not a single problem in education could be solved satisfactorily. There is scarcity of resources vis-a-vis the tasks. Educationists generally moot such Ideas that do not work smoothly.
- Clear cut modus-operandi for implementation of each programme/scheme should be worked out at the time of its formulation.
- Right to work is an important goal to strive for But what is more important is the right to work with dignity.
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- Right to work is an issue that requires deep thinking. Such a right could not be ensured even in some advanced countries. Education facilitates right to work. It should aim at training a learner to function and become able to generate income and job.
Dr. C.J. Daswarni, Department of Non-Formal. Education, NCERT, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)
- The present education system is infested with mediocrity. Hence, it cannot be improved in its entirety. We should, therefore, concentrate on selected areas for improvement.
- It is too early to have a review of NPE 1986. It should have been given a fair trial. Educationists should have proper say in matters concerning education.
Shri S.L. Jain, Principal., Mahavir Model Vidyalaya, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)
- It has become fashionable to speak of sending students to rural areas for work. There is no point in sending then when almost 70 to 80% of them are already living in villages.
Prof. B.B. Mohanty, Department of Audio-Visual. Communication, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)
- The community should have greater involvement and participation in the whole educational process. A list of skilled persons in the community should be prepared and their service utilised for the education of children.
- There is a need to link the curriculum and the educational process. The methods enshrined in `Nai Talim' should be revived and
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implemented. The Nai Talim stresses' the development of values such as democracy, secularism, scientific temper etc.
- The national communication policy should be supportive of education system.
Miss Shanta Krishnan, Asstt. Director, Centre for Adult and Continuing Education, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)
- The major impediment to the universalisation of education is the poverty of the people. Therefore, measures for economic development like land reforms should be given primary importance. Also incentive schemes like the ones existing in Himachal Pradesh could be tried out for attracting children and adults to education.
Shri Shatrughan Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary, Bihar Madhyamik Shikshan Sangh, Patna (29 Oct. 1990)
- Women should be given equal. opportunities in education.
- Regional disparities in education should be removed. For this more schools should be opened in backward regions.
- A national recruitment policy should be formulated to bring about uniformity in education and educational standards.
All India Federation of Educational. Associations, (29th October, 1990) - Voluntary educational organisations should be encouraged.
Prof. A.K. Sharma, Joint Director, NCERT (Views of NCERT) (29 Oct. 1990)
- The Review Committee should have critically examined the `Programme of Action' rather than the policy of document.
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- The proposals in regard to education for women's equality needs to be elaborated. It is important that ECCE centres covering 0-6 age group children are attached to link with the primary schools and are run for the entire duration of the school hours. The paper also has not taken note of the problems of the girl children in urban areas.
- The Paper has not mentioned about distance learning and use of mass media.
Shri Lakshman Khanna, All. India Secondary Teachers Federation (29 Oct. 1990)
- Education should be recognised as a productive enterprise.
- Politicians should not interfere in education.
Dr. Y. Mohendra Singh, Principal, Moirang College and General. Secretary, Manipur Principals' Council, Imphal (29 Oct. 1990)
- Privatisation and commercialisation of schools should be stopped.
Shri Amar Nath Jha, Lecturer, Ramahalakh Jalan College, Dambhinagar, Bihar (29 Oct. 1990)
- An integral approach for developing linkages between primary, secondary and college education should be developed. The Gram Panchayat should be made an effective instrument for implementation of educational programmes.
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Mr. V.K. Manchanda, All India Federation of Teachers Associations (29th October, 1990)
- The Paper has ignored the education of the mentally retarded.
- The Paper has made no mention on Gandhiji.
Dr. Shiv Shankar Mishra, Head, P.G. Department of Comm. & Management, Marathwada University, Aurangabad (29 Oct. 1990)
- Steps like semesterisation, internal assessment, delinking of degree with jobs should go as a package for human resource development.
Sh. V.N. Wanchoo, All India Science Teachers Association, Delhi (29 Oct. 1990)
- Emphasis should change from teaching to learning.
Dr. Ashok Kumar Gupta, Reader, NCERT, New Delhi (30 Oct. 1990)
- Technological inputs should be made for improving educational system. We must be careful. in selection of appropriate technology suitable for Indian conditions. The cost should be an important factor in deciding the appropriateness.
- Education should be kept free from political and religious influences.
Sh. A. Vijay Raghawan, MP, (30th October, 1990)
- Review of education should take into account the reforms being made in education in other parts of the world.
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- Education is closely related to economic conditions. Kerala was able to achieve universalisation in elementary education because of the land reforms implemented there in the 1950s and 1960s.
- There is a need for a study of capital mobilisation and educational centralisation.
Shri J.N. Kaul, President, SOS Children's Village India, New Delhi (5 Nov.1990)
- The Committee should formulate strategies for implementation on the basis of existing trends of allocation. The planning should be action oriented.
- Voluntary agencies should be encouraged. The assistance to voluntary agencies should be given on government's own initiative.
Shri Mohd. Syeed Hameed, Former Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University and presently secretary, Hamdard Education Society, New Delhi (5 Nov. 1990)
- It is too early to have a review of NPE 1986 as most of the programmes envisaged in the policy have not "taken off" The review has created a situation of uncertainity which has affected implementation of existing programmes.
- Though the Perspective Paper contains many good ideas and suggestions most of the them are too theoretical and academical and lack practical orientation. It is also devoid of clear direction.
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Shri N. Satyanarayana, President, Constructive Forum, New Delhi 5 Nov.1990)
- Separate schools should be established for boys and girls.
Smt. Nirmala Despande, Harijan Sevak Sangh, Delhi. (5 Nov.1990)
- It is too early to review NPE 1986.
Smt. Hem Lata Swarup President, Manushni and Mahila Vikas Sangthan, Kanpur, (5 Nov.1990)
- It is too early to review NPE 1986. The programmes initiated in it would take at least 25 years to bear fruits.
- Separate schools should be provided for the girls as parents are reluctant to send grown up girls to co-educational institutions.
Shri P.M. Tripathi, General Secretary, Association of Voluntary Agencies of Rural. Development, New De1hi (5th November, 1990)
- The assumptions like "right to work" and "democratic decentralisation" on which the Perspective Paper is based are nor valid.
- We should not put too much premium on our national heritage.
- it is not appropriate to use terms like "first generation learners".
- The school is already integrated with community. It should be strengthened further.
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Shri Dharam Narain Awasthi, All. India Organising Secretary, Bhartiya Shikshan Mandal (5th November, 1990)
- National Education Policy should be based on Indian philosophy and culture. No special facilities should be extended to any group or community at the cost of national integration. The achievements of the country In areas like defence, medicine, science and technology should find a place in the curricula.
Shri D.N. Malhotra, President, Federation of Indian Publishers, New Delhi, (6th November, 1990)
- Book publishers have an important role to play in educational development. The paucity of teachers in rural areas can be overcome by books. There should be multiplicity of books to enable the students, parents and teachers to choose books of their interest and level. To boost publishing industry, paper at concessional rate should be made available to the publishers. If this is done, private publishers can also bring out cheap text-books.
Shri Davendra Sharma, Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Associations of India, New Delhi (6th November, 1990)
- Private publishers should also be allowed to publish text books. However, enough time should be given to the publishers to prepare the books.
- In order to promote publishing industry in the country, the postal rates for sending books should be reduced, import of remainders from abroad should be banned and book culture should be developed in our society.
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Shri N.K. Bhatt, Vice-President, INMW Federation, INTUC, New Delhi, (6th November, 1990)
- Education system should be de-politicised.
- In the programme for eradication or illiteracy voluntary organisations should be involved. The private and public sector undertakings should make special. efforts for spreading literacy and should ensure that none of their employees remains illiterate. The management of such undertakings should make provision for library, play ground, debating hall etc. for school and community. They should invest on research and development related to education instead of restricting the same to their products.
Shri G. Prabhakar, General. Secretary, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, New Delhi (6th November 1990)
- The suggestions made in the Perspective Paper are relevant and useful. for the development of education.
Shri Shukhdev Ray, Secretary, Physics Society, IIT, New Delhi, (7th November 1990)
- The social and economic conditions of our country should be taken into consideration before we think of education for all. The basic need of survival is more vital than that of education. Hence, social awareness should be developed through various social reform measures by Incentives, disincentives and legislation.
Shri G.N. Saibaba, PGDTE Participant, Central. Institute of English and Foreign Language, Hyderabad (7th, November 1990)
- Student belonging to other backward classes (OBCs) should be given reservation in institutions of higher learning.
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Shri Mrigank Sharma, President, Student Bar Association, National Law School of India, University of Bangalore, Bangalore (7th, November 1990)
- There is a need for functional. interaction in the various societal processes and that legal literacy be introduced in order that an awareness is created regarding an individual's rights and duties.
Shri Shankar Vedantam, Student, Visvesvarya College of Engineering, Banglalore University, Bangalore (7th November, 1990)
- Measures will have to be taken to tackle the problem of brain- drain. This could be both financial incentives as well as legislative measures.
Ms. Suvarna Sen, Council. Member, Calcutta University Students' Union, Calcutta (7th November, 1990)
- Land reforms and rate of literacy are corelated.
Shri Pargat Singh, Dehati Students Union, Punjabi University, Patiala (7th November, 1990)
- Educational, facilities are still. not available in most of the villages. Priority should be given to ensuring primary education for all in the rural areas.
Shri Navtaj Sharma, Student, Department of Geography, Punjabi University, Patiala (7th November, 1990)
- Instead of a uniform policy a differential approach based on different literacy level in different States should be adopted. Regional Planning is very important.
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- Emphasis should be on Improvement of the quality of school education rather than on quantity. In order to provide quality education in villages incentives should be provided to students and teachers.
Shri Gregory Sequeira, President, P.G. Students' Union, Mangalore University, Mangala Gangotri (7th November, 1990)
- There should be a high school in every village. Educational institutions should adopt villages for developmental activities.
Shri Sandeep Kale, President, P.G. Students Association, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, (7th November, 1990)
- Political leaders should not be allowed to establish educational institutions.
Shri R. Chandrasekharan, Students Chairman, Research Scholars and Students Association, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (7th November, 1990)
- Children from rural backward should be given preference in admission to the professional colleges.