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Shri H. Thoi Thoi Singh, Education Minister, Manipur (25th October, 1990)

- The relationship between teacher and student should be improved. The method of recruitment and the task to be assigned to the teacher should be radically reviewed.

Shri S.N. Bajpai, Education Minister, Uttar Pradesh, (25th October, 1990)

- Teacher training should instil sense of commitment in teachers.

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

- The quality of education in private schools is because of the commitment of the teachers there though their pay scales are not as high as that of government school teachers. They are also more accountable than government school teachers. The security of their jobs is dependent on their performances.

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

- Frequent refresher courses should be organised for school teachers. More funds should be allotted for teacher training.

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Dr. V.R. Nagpure, Director, SCERT, Pune (25th October, 1990

- The innovations and experiments made in the teacher education programme in Maharashtra by Anutai Wagh should be mentioned. The SCERT and NCERT have also contributed significantly in restructuring teacher education.

Shri J.S. Badan, Secretary (Higher Education), Government of Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram (25th October, 1990)

- The teacher training programme should be restructured to produce ideal teachers. The community should respect the teacher.

Shri K. Venkata Sivaiah, Commissioner of Collegiate Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad (25th October, 1990)

- Teacher training programme should be re-organised. Model pre- service and in-service teacher training programmes should be framed. This should be done in a phased manner.

Dr. (Mrs.) Rajammal P. Devadas, Vice-Chancellor, Sri Avinash Lingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, (26th October, 1990)

- There is no need for separate teachers' training colleges.

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

- Distance education can effectively contribute in the training of teachers.

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Prof. N.K. Jangira, Professor of Special Education, NCERT, New Delhi, (26th October, 1990)

- in the pre-service teacher training programme, pedagogy and methodology to educate the disabled should be included. It may be necessary to have an in-service training programme of sensitization of teachers which would include various components of non-formal education, vocationalisation of education and distance education to make the teachers aware of the needs of the disabled and ways and means to handle them.

Prof. Ram Lal G. Parik, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Ahmedabad (26th October, 1990)

- The Perspective Paper has not given due attention to teacher education. Distance education is a viable method to train a large number of untrained teacher in the country.

Prof. C.S. Jha, I.I.T., New Delhi (26 Oct. 1990)

- Non-formalising school system would require appointment of more teachers which would be difficult. Hence qualified persons in the society may be involved in teaching in the school on regular, part- time or voluntary basis.

Prof. G.S. Randhawa, Vice-Chancellor, GND University, Amritsar (26 Oct. 1990)

- The Perspective Paper has not focussed on the role of teachers. At present teachers are not performing their duties sincerely. The Committee should suggest ways to make teachers accountable.

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

- Teachers should be involved in the management of school. education.

- There should not be any transfer of teachers.

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

- An Indian Education Service (IES) should be constituted.

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

- Measures should be taken for improving the competence of teachers.

- Grievance Redressal Committees should be formed at different levels for educational personnel.

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

- The educational reforms suggested in the Paper assumes the availability of dynamic and competent teachers in large number which is not the case.

- The `Intership Model.' of teacher training suggested in the Paper needs to be spelt out clearly.

Shri Labh Singh Kadian, President, Haryana Prant Adhyapak Sangh, Panipat (29 OCt. 1990)

- Distance education is not the answer to the problem of large number of untrained teachers.

- There is no need for a code of conduct for teachers when there is none for politicians.

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- Common pay scale and common service conditions should be provided to all teachers.

- The Chhotopadhya Commission's recommendations should be implemented.

Shri N.S. Mann, Secretary, All India Primary Teachers Association, New Delhi (29 Oct. 1990)

- Uniform salary and service conditions should be provided to all teachers.

- The recommendations of NCT-I should be implemented.

Shri Tarseen Lal, General Secretary, Association of Heads of High Schools, Punjab (29 Oct. 1990)

- The nature and quantity of work should be the criterion for determining pay scale.

Shri S.N. Bhanot, Ex-President, Joint Council of Delhi Training Organisations, New Delhi (29 Oct. 1990)

- The teacher being the central point of the system of education, his training, status and service conditions should be improved. There should be uniformity in the pay scales. The Chattopadhya Commission report should be implemented.

Dr. (Ms.) Vimla Srivastava, Reader, Baikunthi Devi College, Agra (29 Oct. 1990)

- Teacher should be given autonomy but with accountability.

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Dr. Y. Mohendra Singh, Principal, Moirang College and General. Secretary, Manipur Principals' Council, Imphal (29 Oct. 1990)

- Transfer of teachers should be as per a clearly laid down policy.

Dr. Y. Mohendra Singh, Principal, Moirang College and General Secretary, Shri Jitendra Prasad, Treasurer, M.D. University Teachers Association, Rohtak, Haryana (29 Oct. 1990)

- Teachers should not be singled out for accountability.

- There should be a running grade from a Lecturer to Professor in order to motivate the talented people to join the university.

Mr. V.K. Manchanda, All India Federation of Teachers Associations (29th October, 1990)

- An Indian Education Service should be established.

Shri Girwa Singh, All India Democratic Federation, New Delhi (29 Oct. 1990)

- The number of students in a class should not be more than 20.

Dr. Shiv Shankar Mishra, Head, P.G. Department of Comm. & Management, Marathwada University, Aurangabad (29 Oct. 1990)

- The selection procedure for teachers should be streamlined and only those who are committed to the profession should be selected. There should be continuous appraisal of teachers' performance.

Shri Mohd. Syeed Hameed, Former Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University and presently secretary, Hamdard Education Society, Pew Delhi (5 Nov. 1990)

- Teachers are the main tools for bringing about changes in education. Therefore, there in a need to reorient and train teachers to bring in the changes suggested in the Paper.

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Mr. Jyotibhai Desai, Gujarat, (5th November, 1990)

- The experiment in teacher training conducted by Gijubhai should be taken note of.

Shri N. Satyanarayana, President, Constructive Forum, New Delhi 5 Nov.1990)

- Selection of teachers should be rigorous so that the best persons join the profession. Retired persons should be encouraged to join teaching profession.

Smt. Sudha Kaul, Director, Spastic Society of India, Calcutta (5 Nov.1990)

- Teachers should be given special training to enable them to teach children with special needs. This would mean that our B.Ed courses should have some component which should orient the teachers to teach disabled children.

Shri P.M. Tripathi, General Secretary, Association of Voluntary Agencies of Rural Development, New Delhi (5th November, 1990)

- There should be, a mechanism for ensuring accountability in teachers.

Shri S.W. Dhabe, Ex-MP and President, All India Physical Education and Allied Teachers Association, Nagpur, (6th November, 1990)

- One Physical Education teacher should be appointed in every educational institution. There should be parity between physical education teachers and other teachers in schools and colleges in all respects.

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Shri Davendra Sharma, Federation of Publishers and Booksellers Associations of India, New Delhi (6th November, 1990)

- Training of teachers should be a four-tier system pre-primary, primary, middle and secondary. Teachers should be given thorough training in the methods of teaching at different stages because the same method cannot apply to all the stages.

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

- An Education Manpower Base for recruitment of educational functionaries at an all India level should be set up. The pay scales and other perks of teachers should be at par with those of IAS and IPS.

Shri Mrigank Sharma, President, Student Bar Association, National Law School of India, University of Bangalore, Bangalore (7th, November 1990)

- Teachers should be provided appropriate remuneration and recognition so that they are motivated enough to motivate students in turn. They should also be enabled to acquire communicational and inspirational qualities.

Shri Shankar Vedantam,. Student, Visvesvarya College of Engineering, Banglalore University, Bangalore (7th November, 1990)

- At the higher education level students may be involved in the evaluation of the performance of teachers. Incentives, promotions and pay scales of the teachers should be linked with students' evaluation.

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Dr. (Ms.) Saroj Lalwani, Chief Commissioner of Guides, Bharat Scouts and Guides, New Delhi (7th November, 1990)

- The status of teachers should be improved. Special care should be taken to provide residential facilities to lady teachers in rural areas.

Shri Shyam Sunder Aggarwal, Executive Member, All India Students Federation, New Delhi (7th November, 1990)

- Students should be given political training. Students Unions should be allowed to function.

Shri Sandeep Kale, President, P.G. Students Association, Marathwada University, Aurangabad, (7th November, 1990)

- A national aptitude test should be conducted for selection of teachers.

Shri C. Balasubramaniam, Research Scholar, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (7th November, 1990)

- Pay scales of teachers should be attractive enough to draw intelligent and dedicated people to the profession.

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