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Proceedings the Thirtieth Meeting the Central PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTIETH MEETING OF THE CENTRAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION HELD AT PACHMARH1 IN MAY, 1963 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 1964 CONTENTS PROCEEDINGS P a g e {\) Introduction ..... .... (ii) Welcome speech of Dr. S. D. Sharmn, lulweation and Law Minister, Madhya Pradesh. * . 8 (iii) Address of Shri B. A. Mandloi, Chief r. Madhya Pradesh *3 (iv) Presidential Address by Dr. K. L. Sh-.-nnaii, Union Eduction Minister and Chairman, Centra] AdvUor p(U. i}\l of Education. >5 !-v) Minutes and lvrommendauoris . 21 APPKNDICES : MEMORANDA ON TFIi. I'lT.MS EisCUSSED. APPENDIX ‘A[ Memorandum on item 3 : To consider the report M th<- Em*'U«;i>al li ;< Ration Committee. 31 ■ Mil. ;.s r \ f I .ration) APPENDIX ‘B> .Memorandum on item 4 : Education and National Em< r^<-nev. ..... (Minis* ry Education) 66 APPENDIX ‘C’ Memorandum on item 5 Appraisal of compulsory education programmes and allocation of funds for them. ........ 97 (Ministry of Education ' & Government of Assam, West Bengal and Mysore) APPENDIX *D* A Umorandum on item 6 .* Introduction of productive labour in schools and colleges . 103 (Ministrv of Education & Government of Bihar) APPENDIX ‘E’ Memorandum on item 7 .* To consider the report nf the Expert Committee appointed by the Government to work out details of the scheme of corres­ pondence courses and evening colleges . • * . 120 (Ministry of Education) (i) (ii) APPENDIX ‘F’ P.’ AGt; Memorandum on item 8 : Integrated programme of national discipline, physical education and other allied schemes ....... 1 (Ministry of Education) APPENDIX ‘G’ Memorandum on item 9 : To consider the need to plan for adult literacy and for increase of tempo of work ........ 125 (Ministry of Education) APPENDIX ‘H’ Memorandum on item 10 : To consider the need for development of a comprehensive agri­ cultural education pattern co-ordinated with the national education structure of the country . ^ . ,128 (Ministry of Food an 1 Agriculture (ICAR) APPENDIX ‘I’ Memorandum on item 11 : To submit interim reports of the 4 reconstituted standing 139 committees of the Central Advisory Board of Education. (Ministry of Education) •^APPENDIX ‘J’ Memorandum on item 12 Working days in secondary schools in India . , 14; (Ministry- of Education) APPENDIX ‘K’ Memorandum on item 13 : Consideration of the report on the progress of implementation of important Plan schemes during 1961-63 .... 146 (Ministry,’of Education) APPENDIX ‘L’ Memorandum on item 14 : To receive the report from the Government of India and State Governments about the action taken on recommendations of the Board made at its last meeting ..... 263 (Ministry of Education) APPENDIX ‘M’ Memorandum on supfilemrnfary item (i) To consider the working of junior technical schools . , (Ministry of Education) APPENDIX ‘N’ P a g e Memorandum or. ■ uppUmt?itary item ■ ' To report the decisions of Three-L:i .u.iazje Formula Implementa­ tion Committee ...... .... 35j NTuistrv of Education) APPENDIX ‘O’ Supplementary tem (ji.) E uem and manner of transf'T of auihori-.y in (lie scheme of elementary education to Panelur.aii Raj institutions at N.E.S. block levels in rural areas 357 (government of U.P.' APPENDIX ‘P* Suhplnnenlary 'tern ( r) Failures in 11' aminaiions -Go lies -1 [ion by .S’ ri I5. X. Kirpal) Ministry of Education's APPENDIX crV Supplementary tem (v) Setting up of rcMuenii; :'cliou!s f r super-intell'geni cluk’ren. 3 6 1 < Resolution by Suit. Ranu Mookeijcc) APPENDIX ‘R’ Supplementary i :tn v '': Women’s ed'.icalii >l.:i S 711f. Kakslr.i Saran' .a - i Kdn o ! PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTIETH MEETING OF THE CENTRAL ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION INTRODUCTION The thirtieth meeting of the Central Advisory Board of Educa­ tion was held at Pachmarhi on May 6 & 7, 1963, under the Chair­ manship of Dr. K. L. Shrimali, Union Education Minister. The fol­ lowing memBers attended the meeting : Ex-officio Membei's 1. Dr. K. L. Shrimali, Union Education Minister 2. Shri P. N. Kirpal, Education Secretary, Ministry of Educa­ tion 8. Smt. Raksha Saran, Chairman, National Council for Wo­ men’s Education Nominated by the Government of India 1. Kuiiidi S. Panandikav 2. Smt. Ranu Mookerjee 3. Prof. T. M. Advani 4. Dr. A. C. Joshi, 5. Dr. Mohan Sinha Mehta Elected by the Parliament of India L o k S a sh a 1. Smt. Renu Chakravarty 2. Shri P. Muthiah. Nominated by the Inter-University Board 1. Dr. J. M. Mehta, Nominated By the Indian Council of Agricultural Education 1. Shri S. K. Mukerji Nominated by the Medical Council of India 1. Dr. C. B. Singh Ministers of Education 1. S!v: P. V. G. Raju Juiucat.on Minister, Andhra Pradesh 2. Shri D. K, Barooak Education iMinister, Assam 3. Smt. Indumat' Clvmanlai Education Minister, Gujarat 4. Dr. S. D. Sharma Education Minister, Madhya Pradesh 5. Shri M. Bhaktavatsalam Education Minister, Madras 6. Shri Shantilal H. Shah Education Minister, Maharashtra 7. Shri S. R. Kanthi Education Minister, Mysore 8. Shri P. M. Pradhan Education Minister, Orissa 9. Shi’ Pratap Singh Kairon Chief Minister, PunjaB 10. Rai Harendra Nath Education'Minister, West Bengal Choudhuri Secretary, Central Advisory Board of Education 1. Shri R. R. Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education. The following memBers were unaBle to attend: 1. Education Minister, Bihar 2. Education Minister, Jammu & Kashmir 3. Education Minister, Kerala 4. Education Minister, Rajasthan 5. Education Minister, Uttar Pradesh 6. Dr. D. S. Kothari. 7. Lt. General H. H. Maharajdhiraj Sir Yadvindra Singh Mo hinder Bahadur, Maharaja of Patiala. 8. Dr. B. V. Keskar. 9. Dr. M. S. Chadha 10. Prof. G. C. Chatterjee 11. Prof. M. S. Thacker 12. Shri Frank Anthony, M.P. 13. Shri S. R. Das 14. Shrimati Sarojini Mahishi, M.P. 15. Rear Admiral B. A. Samson. 16. Dr. Vikram A. SaraBhai 17. Dr. S. Bhagwantam 18. Shri A. A. A. Fyzee 19. Dr. C. P. Ramaswamy Aiyar 20. Shrimati Indira Gandhi 21. Shri U. N. DheBar 22. Shri Satyacharan, M.P. 23. Shri M. Satyanarayana, M.P. 24. Smt. Renuka Ray, M.P. 25. Dr. A. L. Mudaliar 26. Shri R. Choksi 27. Shri M. Fayazuddin. The following also attended: 1. Shri P. R. Dutt, Assistant Director-General of Health Ser­ vices Representing Dr. M. S. Chadha, Director-General of Health Services Andhra Pradesh 1. Shri L. N. Gupta, Education Secretary 2. Dr. V. C. Vaman Rao, Director of PuBlic Instruction. 3 Assam 1. Smt. K. K. Barua, Deputy Education Minister 2. Shri S. M. Rehman, Education Secretary 3. Shri S. C. Raikhowa, Director of PuBlic Instruction. Biliar 1. Shri S. Sahay, Education Secretary. 2. Shri S. Prasad, Deputy Director of Education (Jujarat 1. Shi i D. L. Sharma, Director of Education. Kerala 1. Shri P. K. Abdulla, Education Secretary Madhya Pradesh 1. C . S 3. '?-.1', "Deputy E d u catio n 2. Shri Kanti Chouahuri, Education Secretary Madi’as 1. Shri P. P. I. Vaidyanathan, Education Secretary 2. Shri N. D. Sundaravadivelu, Director of PuBlic Instruction 3. Kumari S. SatyaBhama, Deputy Secretary (Education). Maharashtra 1. Shri H. G. Vartak, Deputy Education Minister 2. Shri V. M. Joshi, Education Secretary. 3. Shri E. R. Dhongde, Director of Education Mysore 1. Smt. Grace Tucker, Deputy Education Minister 2. Shri B. R. Verma, Education Secretary 3. Shri S. P. Patil, Senior Assistant Director of PuBlic Instruc­ tion Orissa 1. Smt. S. Pradhan, Deputy Education Minister 2. Shri S. Misra, Director of PuBlic Instruction Punjab 1. Shri C. D. Kapur, Education Commissioner. 2. Shri J. D. Sharma, Director of PuBlic Instruction Rajasthan 1. Shri N. N. Acharya. Deputy Education Minister I. Shri Vishnu Dutta Sharma, Education Secretary. 4 Uttar Pradesh 1. Shri G. P. Pandey, Education Secretary 2. Shri C. N. Chak, Director of Education. 3. Shri D. N. Joshi, Deputy Secretary (Education) West Bengal 1. Dr. D. M. Sen, Education Secretary 2. Shri B. Dutta, Director of PuBlic Instruction. Representatives of Union Territories A & N Islands 1. Shri B. D. Singh, Education Officer L.M. & A. Islands 1. Shri V. P. Unnithan, Education Officer Manipur 1. Shri H. Madan Gopal Sharma, Under Secretary (Education). Nagaland 1. Shri R. C. Chiten Jamir, Minister for Education. 2. Shri Yajin Aier, Deputy Director of Education N.E.F.A. 1. Shri Sham Lai Soni, Director & Ex-officio Education Secre­ tary Pondicherry 1. Shri P. L. Sarny, Under Secretary 2. Shri P. Rollin, Director of PuBlic Instruction The following memBers of the Standing Committees of the Board on Primary Education, Secondary Education and Social Education attended as oBservers: 1. Shri D. P. Mankad. Primary Education Committee 2. Dr. Salamat-uliah, Primary Education Committee 3. Shri H. L. Patwari. Primary Education Committee 4. Shri T. A. Koshy. Social Education Committee 5. Smt. Akkamma Devi, Social Education Committee 6. Shri S. L. Silam, Social Education Committee 7. Shri K. L. Joshi, Secondary Education Committee 8. Shri K. Kuruvila Jacob, Secondary Education Committee 3. Shri M. N. Kapur. Secondary Education Committee 10. Shri D. P. Nayar, Secondary Education Committee 11. Shri S. Natarajan, Secondary Education Committee 12. Shri G. K. Chandiramani, Secondary Education Committee. 5 Ministry of Education, Government of India 1. Dr. (Mrs.) T. S. Soundaram Ramachandran, Union Deputy Education Minister 2. Shri R. P. Naik, Joint Secretary 3. Shr5 L. O. Joshi, Joint Secretary 4. Shri R. K. Kapur, Joint Educational Adviser 5. Shri J. P. Naik, Adviser (Primary Education) 6. Shri A. R. Deshpande, Adviser (Social Education) 7. Dr. P. D. Shukla, Deputy Educational Adviser 8. Shri A. H. Hemrajani, Assistant Educational Adviser, 9. Shri M. C. Minocha, Under Secretary. 10. Shri M. P. Jain, Assistant Educational Adviser. 11. Dr. D. V. Navathe, Assistant Educational Adviser 12. Kumari Kamla Nair; Assistant Educational Adviser 13. Shri N. M. Ketkar, LiBrarian, Central Secretariat LiBrary 14.
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