 ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

Shri Hari Kumar Audichya, Education Minister, Rajasthan (25th October, 1990)

- The importance of literacy in adult education programme cannot be over emphasised. Efforts should be made to create demands for education among adults.

Shri R.S. Jambule, Director of Education, Government of Maharashtra, Bombay (25th October, 1990)

- There is a need for a massive programme for adult literacy.

Shri Kishan Singh Sangwan, Education Minister, Haryana, (25th October, 1990)

- The gains on account of adult education programmes were not commensurate with the expenditure. Hence, Haryana has discontinued such programmes. It should be better to spend the money earmarked for adult education on elementary education.

Rajat Kar, Director, SCERT, Orissa, Bhubaneswar (25th October, 1990)

- Non-formal education centre should be continued for some more time till the concept of opening up and non-formalising the school system takes practical. shape. There should not be any age limits with regard to students in NFE centres and adult education centres. These centres also should not be mutually exclusive.

Shri P. Mathew Samuel., Director of Education, Government of Pondicherry, Pondicherry (25th October, 1990)

- The contents of adult education should be revamped.

Shri Krishnaji, Chairman, Maharishi Institute of Science and Technology, Maharishi Nagar (26th October 1990)

- The problem of illiteracy should be dealt with in two fronts: removal of backlog of illiteracy as a one shot activity and ensuring that present and future children do not grow up as illiterates.

Dr. K. Raman Pillai, Director State Centre, Thirvananthapuram, (26th October, 1990)

- Development of vocational skills should be a part of adult literacy programmes.

Prof. V.C. Kulandaiswamy, Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi (26th October, 1990)

- The Perspective Paper has not referred to the distance education. It should not be taken as the supplementary to formal education. Distance education has done more justice to the disadvantaged sections of the society than the formal education system.

Prof. Vijaya, IGNOU, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)

- Distance learning can play an important role in continuing education for employees, teachers, students and parents.

Dr.Jacob Aikara, Department of Sociology of Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bombay (26 Oct. 1990)

- Adult education programme should be given primary importance.

Prof. B.B. Mohanty, Department of Audio-Visual Communication, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)

- The whole content and process of adult education needs to be re- vitalised. Adult education should not be merely the teaching of the three R's.

Miss Shanta Krishnan, Asstt. Director, Centre for Adult and Continuing Education, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)

- The views of the Committee on adult education are not right. The Committee has created a fear psychosis among adult education functionaries that adult education programmes are going to be wound up. A meaningful adult education programme should be mounted and illiterate labourers should be helped to acquire necessary skills needed in the performance of their responsibilities. Lessons of social. justice should also be included in adult education programme.

Shri Shatrughan Prasad Singh, Joint Secretary, Bihar Madhyamik Shikshan Sangh, Patna (29 Oct. 1990)

- Adult education system should be discontinued and it should be merged with secondary education and university education. Every teacher should be asked to make 100 illiterates, literates every year. For this they could be paid extra remuneration. The students could also be associated In the adult education activity and incentives in the form of certificates, prizes, scholarships etc., could be given to them.

All India Federation of Educational. Associations, (29th October, 1990)

- The problem of adult illiterates should be tackled on a priority basis. Every primary school teacher should be asked to make 10 families literate. Students should also be involved in the programmes for eradication of illiteracy.

Prof. A.K. Sharma, Joint Director, NCERT (Views of NCERT) (29 Oct. 1990)

- Recognition of the importance of other components of adult education need not be at the cost of literacy which is of fundamental importance to any education, adult or other.

Shri Jitendra Prasad, Treasurer, M.D. University Teachers Association, Rohtak, Haryana (29 Oct. 1990)

- Voluntary agencies should be encouraged in the field of adult education.

Shri Pratul Lahiri, Member, National Council, Communist Party of India, New Delhi (30 Oct. 1990)

- Eradication of illiteracy should be given importance and more funds should be allocated for the same. A mass movement should be started for the same.

Shri Prembhai, Director, Banawasi Seva Ashram, Govindpur, U.P. (5th November, 1990)

- Adult education programme should continue. It should be made a people's movement with the help of voluntary agencies. The voluntary agencies should be advised about the most effective ways.

Shri D.N. Malhotra, President, Federation of Indian Publishers, New Delhi, (6th November, 1990)

- Adult education programme should be based on the assumption that illiterates are not uninitiated and uneducated but they have wisdom and knowledge about basic rights.

Shri Shankar Vedantam, Student, Visweswaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University, (6th November 1990)

- The services of educated students of urban areas should be utilised for educating the illiterates in the rural areas.

- In order to eradicate illiteracy in the rural areas, urban educated youth should be deployed as was done in Cuba.