CONTENT AND CURRICULUM
 

fr. Louis xavier, national secretary, jesuit educational association of india, sterling road, nungambakkam, madras (9.11.1990)

- already successful experiments have been conducted in some colleges to link curriculum with regional development. They should be evaluated and the experience gathered should be widely shared before the proposal in this regard is implemented.

Dr. V.e. Moray, advocate, supreme court, "maduban", g-19/4, dlf qutab enclave phase-I, gurgaon (12.11.1990)

- social work and sports should become an integral part of education.

Shri lalit kumar das, chief design engineer, iddc, iit delhi, new delhi110016 (31st october, 1990)

- art, craft and design be made an integral part of the education at the primary and secondary level and specialised creative vocational courses in design and crafts be introduced at the post-secondary stages. At the primary and secondary levels the nature of courses could differ between urban schools and rural tribal schools.

- At the primary school level the students could be introduced to drawing and craft based on local readily available material like clay, leaf, cow dung, bamboo, etc. At the middle school level the children could be introduced to other crafts like cooking, embroidery, tailoring, wood carving, stone carving, house building and metal craft, etc. While it is important that these classes be

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approached with the object of integrating hand, head and heart, it is equally important that crafts should be used as a means to introduce creativity and problem solving to the students. Craftsmanship requires not only skill but also an attitude of mind. This can only be picked up from a master craftsman only. It is, therefore, necessary to involve master craftsmen in the education process itself.

Shri s.s. Gokhale, secretary, faculty association, iit, madras (24th october, 1990)

- there is need for new pedagogy at the elementary school level keeping in mind the difference between literacy and education and recognising the need for non-formal and vocational education. Voluntary agencies can help in augmenting governmental efforts and in reinforcing moral value system in a student which is rather difficult to achieve in a formal school education.

Smt. Shakuntala saxena, headmistress, junior high school, uttarkashi (5th october, 1990)

- the load of books at primary level should be reduced.

Smt. Subhadra jain, marudhar girls school, p.o. Vidyawari, station rani-306115, distt. Pali (rajasthan)

- core syllabus should be formulated after careful discussions and keeping in view that every student will not become an engineer or a doctor.

- Load of school bag should be reduced.

- At the primary stage apart from mother-tongue and basic arithmetic,

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social practices (in place of social science) should be taught. Other subjects should be introduced only at the secondary level. Only subjects relevant and useful in the day to day life of the student should be taught.

Shri rajpal tyagi, secretary, all india democratic teacher's organisation, central office-88 b.b. Ganguly street, calcutta-700012

- dialects and their literatures should also be taught.

Shri m.b. Prajapati, assistance teacher, kathara primary school, kathara, surendra nagar, gujarat

-the existing school timings are convenient for rural areasand it should not be altered.

Shri lajja ram tomar, all india organising secretary, vidya bharati akhil bharatiya shiksha sangathan, saraswati kunj, nirala nagar, lucknow-226020

- education system should be indianised.

- Contents of education should be spritualised.

- Indian culture and heritage should be a compulsory subject in every class.

Dr. Shreekrishna misra, general secretary, madhya pradesh shikshak sangh, state office 69/1, south tatyatope nagar, bhopal.

- To strengthen national integration, authentic history of the country, history of freedom movement and india's achievement in the field of education, science and arts should be included in the syllabus.

Smt. Daya sirohi, principal, s.d. Girls inter college, saharanpur- 247001

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- a uniform syllabus and core structure should be introduced throughout the country. Only one language should be used as medium of instruction in the entire country.

- Students should be taught not only indian history and geography but also world history and geography. Patriotic contents should be incorporated in the textbooks. Students should be taught about all religions.

- Basic amenities should be provided in all schools. Mid-day meal. Scheme should also be introduced.

Shri pankanj shree, c/o shri ramesh chandra, kalal toli, p.o. Church road, ranchi.-834001

- from primary classes onwards students should be taught about environment and family planning. Sex education should commence from class viii. Ancient indian classics should also be taught in schools.

Shri h.k. Thakur, president, vanavasi seva kendra, p.o. Adhaura, distt. Rohtas, bihar

- academic session and timings of schools should be adjusted according to the local needs.

Shri virendra prakash pancholi, 3 days, irrigation campus machhala magara scheme, udaipur, rajasthan

- moral education should be an integral part of primary education.

- There should be only faculties of science, humanities and commerce.

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- Load of the books should be reduced.

Shri durga prasad purohit, secretary, bhartiya shikshan mandal, c-25, vikas marg, jaipur-4

- true history of the country and heritage should be taught in schools.

- Moral education should be included in the curriculum.

Shri n.r. Hiremath, ex-dy. Director of public instruction, govt. Of karnataka, and principal, sri sarvajana college of education, bangalore (31st october, 1990)

- the suggestion of the committee to make curriculum relevant to the sociocultural and economic needs of the country is quite opportune.

- The curriculum of girls should invariably include home science at appropriate levels.

Shri khem singh gill, vice-chancellor, punjab agricultural university, ludhiana (29th october, 1990)

- the school children at all levels are burdened with knowledge. The books are heavily packed with information and are unreadable. But the paper does not emphasise the need to have books and other reading materials which employ various innovative and interesting approaches to attract the attention of students. The paper does not make even a passing reference to the fact that the present system of "rote learning" should be replaced by "learning to think".

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Shri gandrao harwani aldak, headmaster, hindi main board primary school, chhindwara (26th september, 1990)

- entire education should be work-based. It should be kept in mind while formulating syllabus. Casteism and communalism should have no place in textbooks. Our text books should encourage secularism, socialism and equality.

Shri mukesh kumar sahdev, h.no. 686, Sahdev bhawan, urban estate ii, hisar-125 005 (haryana) (25th october 1990)

- sports should be made a part of school curriculum

- publication of textbooks should not be a monopoly of ncert. Private publishers should be allowed.

Shri k.k. Tandon, secretary general, punjab state recognised school teachers (& other employees) union h.o. 19 Sewak colony, patiala (30th october, 1990)

- publication of help books and private tuition should be made a cognisable offence. Textbooks should be carefully prepared.

Shri b.l. Seth, president, rajasthan shikshak sangh, 45, ganesh nagar, university road, udaipur, rajasthan-313001 (1st november, 1990)

- curriculum for classes x-xii should have three streams - science, commerce and arts. Vocational education should not be a part of the curriculum. Opportunities should be provided at the end of the school education to get training in various vocations.

Mrs. Rajam p.r.s. Pillay, director, balavikas institute, trivandrum 695005 (30th october 1990)

- there should be a national syllabus and a state syllabus'. Children

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should not have to carry books between school and home. There should be very little home work. If necessary, school hours be extended and vacations curtailed.

Shri vinod pandey, chinmaya vidyalaya, vasant vihar, new delhi

- there should be uniform pattern and syllabus of education through out the country.

dr. H.k. Jha, namkum bazar, ranchi

- moral science should be a part of the syllabus.

Shri h.p. Biswas, programme officer, deptt. Of adult and continuing education, university of delhi, delhi (one day discussion held at bangalore on 3rd november, 1990)

- science education should not be limited to class. It should spread to the community through community science centres which can be set up at village, taluka and block levels. This would facilitate a more meaningful understanding of the roles of technology. More resources are also required for science education at school level.

Shri ranjeet singh, general secretary, bhartiya shikshan mandal, uttar pradesh, 2-a/411-a, azad nagar, kanpur

- social, cultural and other activities and functions should be organised by students.

- Yoga and meditation should be introduced in schools and colleges. Principles and practices of various religions and spiritualism should be included in the syllabus.

Seminar organised by institute of education and culture, hyderabad, the

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university of hyderabad and the osmania university, hyderabad at the central institute of english and foreign languages, hyderabad on 20th- 21st october, 1990

- traditional creative arts and crafts like music, painting, dance sculpture and architecture should be brought into the main stream from school level to the highest level of education specialisation should start from the plus two level.

- The perspective paper does not make any mention about strengthening physical education and promoting sports and games. In view of the deteriorating standards in this area and the dismal performance of our sportsmen and athelets in the national and international competitions, there is an urgent need to promote these programmes effectively.

- The problems of ecology which have assumed threatening proportions due to population explosion, deforestation, massive industrialisation and urbanisation should be concern of the education system at all levels.

Indore discussion group, indore.

- The load of school bag and the number of subjects at school level should be reduced. Emphasis should be on the 'joy of learning' to be realised through interaction.

- The ideas of intermediary technology and technology with a human face have remained merely concepts and are yet to be realised. Special care should be taken for proper and adequate use of educational technology I.e. Tv, radio, computers and other selflearning materials.

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Shri k.n. Nigam, teacher, hindu inter college, rudauli, state bank colony, rudauli, 225411, distt barabanki (30th october, 1990)

- literacy, cultural activities, games, extra curricular activities etc. Be encouraged in schools.

Seminar organised by academy of administration) madhya pradesh, bhopal

- at national level minimum levels of competency should be prescribed.

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