ANNEXURE II
 

RESPONSES TO A PERSPECTIVE PAPER ON EDUCATION: A STATISTICAL PROFILE

The "Responses to a Perspective Paper on Education" (five volumes) contains the gist of the suggestions on review of education policy received from individuals, organisations etc. in response to the Perspective Paper entitled "Towards an Enlightened and Humane Society" brought out by the NPE Review Committee on September 6, 1990. Statistical Profile of the respondents is presented in the following pages along with graphic exhibition of the data.

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Statement - I

REVIEW OF NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION 1986

Statement showing number of letters

                                          

        
        Sl.             Sources                              No. of letters
        No.
                                          

        
        1.   Academics, Vice-chancellors and Resource          113
             Organisations
        
        2.   MPs and Political Leaders                           6
        
        3.   Teachers and Teachers Organisations                77
        
        4.   Students and Students and Youth                    27
             Organisations
        
        5.   State Governments                                  19
        
        6.   News Paper Editors and Articles in                 35
             News Papers
        
        7.   Seminars and Workshops                             20
        
        8.   Voluntary Organisations and Important             115
             People
        
        9.   Central Government Departments                      3
        
        10.  Industrialists and Trade Unions                     4
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                                           Total               419
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RESPONSES TO A PERSPECTIVE PAPER ON EDUCATION

NUMBER OF COMMENTS

                                          

                                   Vol.I Vol.II  Vol.III  Vol.IV  Vol.V  Total
                                          

        1.   General Comments         115    107    82     75      29     408
        
        2.   Goals, Roles and          18     37    22     30       9     116
             Values
        
        3.   Right to Education         6      5    13      7       4      35
        
        4.   Elementary Education      37     91    55     57      11     251
             and Universalisation
        
        5.   Secondary Education       32     54    42     52      14     194
             and Vocationali-
             sation
        
        6.   Higher Education          30     41    33     20      13     137
             (General and
             Technical)
        
        7.   Equity and Diversity      46     51    57     41      26     221
             (Navodaya Vidyalayas)
        
        8.   Adult and Continuing      11     29    21     20       9      90
             Education
        
        9.   Content and               30     39    57     45       8     179
             Curriculum
        
        10.  Examination Reforms       18     36    30     31      10     125
        
        11.  Decentralisation of       31     40    38     42      12     163
             Management
        
        12.  Languages                 20     41    41     39      18     159
        
        13.  Teachers and              25     45    49     28      12     159
             Students
        
        14.  Resources (Centrally      26     28    39     34      12     139
             Sponsored Schemes)
                                          

             Total                    445    644   579    521     187    2376
                                          

        
                                          

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NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS

      
                                          

                                 Vol.I  Vol.II  Vol.III  Vol.IV  Vol.V   Total
                                          

        1.   General Comments       49    52       53      38      17    209
        
        2.   Goals, Roles and       15    24       21      20       5     85
             Values
        
        3.   Right to Education      5     5       11       6       3     30
        
        4.   Elementary Education   19    42       30      32       9    141
             and Universalisation
        
        5.   Secondary Education    21    30       36      37      10    134
             and Vocationali-
             sation
        
        6.   Higher Education       17    26       23      13       6     85
             (General and
             Technical)
        
        7.   Equity and Diversity   29    34       48      32      19    162
             (Navodaya Vidyalayas)
        
        8.   Adult and continuing    9    21       20      17       8     75
             Education
        
        9.   Content and            22    25       36      29       7    119
             Curriculum
        
        10.  Examination Reforms    13    29       27      25       8    102
        
        11.  Decentralisation of    22    29       36      28      11    126
             Management
        
        12.  Languages              18    36       41      34      14    143
        
        13.  Teachers and           21    30       40      24       7    122
             Students
        
        14.  Resources (Centrally   15    17       34      26       7     99
             Sponsored Schemes)
        
                                          

             Total                 275   400      465     361     131   1632
                                          

        
                                          

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