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Ocument Resume OCUMENT RESUME ED 126 356 CE 007 497 C AUTHOR Stambler, Moses, Ed. TITLE Indian Perspectives on Adult Education in India: Views From the Inside. INSTITUTION Southern Connecticut State Coll., New Haven. Graduate Adult Educator Program.. PUB DATE 75 NOTE 371p.; Not available in hard copy dueto marginal reproducibility; Many portions of thisdocument contain faded broken type that will not reproduce well in microfiche 'EDRS PRICE OF-$0.83 Plus Postage. BC Not Available'from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Adult Education; *Adult Education Programs; *Anthologies; Communication Satellites; Community Development; *Foreign Countries; Literacy; Nonformal Education; Organizations (Groups); *Program Descriptions;* Urban Education; Voluntary Agencies IDENTIFIERS *India ABSTRACT The document contains information on adult education in India, ,consisting_ mainly of a collection of previouslypublished articles from professional journals and other relatedcommunications focusing on: input factors, nonformal education, voluntary organizations, literacy, community development, urbaneducation, worker education, Satellite Instructional TelevisionExperiment, and adult education organizations. (EA) *********************************************************************** Documdnts acquired by ERIC includemany informal unpublished * materials not available from othersources. ERIC makes every effort * * to obtain the best copy available. ,,,Nevertheless, items ofmarginal * * reproducibility are often encountered and ticsaffects the quality * * of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC, makesavailable * via the ERIC Document RepiOduction Service (EDRS).EDRS is not -* * responsible foethe quality of the original document.Reproductions * * supplied by EDRS arethe best thatcan be made from th original. *****************v************************************** ************** juN 98 1976 BEST A SW Le /INDIAN PERSPECTIVES ON ADULT EDUCATION IN INDIA: VIEWS FROM THE INSIDE Edited by MOSES STAMBLER U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGIN- ATING IT PCiN TS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRE- SENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY EL L Graduate Adult Educator Program Southern Connecticut State College INDIAN PERSPECTIVES ON ADULT EDUCATION IN INDIAiVIEWS FROM THE INSIDE 1 Edited by: Dr. Moses StambleV, Professor of EducaAion Developer and Director of the Adult thlicator Program in India - Summer 1975 Edited for use by the Graduate Adult Educator Prgramat Southern Connedi4cut State College 501 Crescent Street New Haven, Connecticut06515 November, 1975 3 TABTINTTENTS INTRODUCTION *1). 1-8 11. INPUT FACTORS 1.1 Ministry of Education and Social Welfare Educationin India, Report . on Educational Developments, 1973-75, Presented at Geneva,September' 1975, p. 2-3, 11-12, 17419,25-28, 34-35 P. 9-17 ` 1.2 ,/.P. Naik, "The Contentof Education," Policy and °--V. Performance in Indian Education, Delhi,Orient Longman, 1975, p. 23125 P. 18-20 1.3 J.P. Naik, "Expenditure/Outlayon Education in the Successive Five Year Plans (1950-1974)" PollFy and Performance in IndianEducation, "Delhi, Orient Longman,1975, p. 99-100 P. 21 1.4 Mohan Sinha Mehta, Progress and''Oevelopmentof Adult Education in India, Bombay, Indian CoNcil_of Basic Education,Nov. 1974, p. 7-12 1.5 p. 22-26 Moses Stambler, "Adult Educationin India: Context and from an American Perspective" Developments p. 27-46 1.6 Malcolm S. Adiseshiah, "The Relevance of Adult Educationto Our Edu- cational Crisis," IndianJournal of Adult Education, January 1974, . P. 3-8 p. 47-52 1.7 "Patterns of Adult Education," A Guide to Literacy andAdult Educa- tion, Literacy House,Lucknow, 1969 p. 53-58 1.8 D.P. Yadav, "Trends in-Indian Adult, Education," IndianJournal of Adult Education, April/Mky 1974,p. 3-5 . p. 59-61 1.9 Directorate of Adult Education's Adult Education and NationalDe- velopment, Concepts and Practices in India, NewDelhi, Ministry of Education and Social Welfare,June 1974, p. 1-40 1)% 62-89 1.10 T. K. N. Unnithan, 'Sociology of Adult Educationin India,".Prassar, April 1973, p. 6-13 P. 90-97 1.11 "The Resolutions Adopted by the Conference,"Indian Jpurnal of Adult Education, Jan./Feb. 1975,p. 6-1 4 P 98-99 1.12"Anil,Bordia, "Staffing in Adult Edu ation,"Indian Jour al of Adult Education p.100-103 1.13 Indian Adult EduCation Association, Adult EducationPublications- 1974 , , p.104-108 1.14 Directorate ofAdult Education, Publications, Ministry of Education . and Social Welfare, Delhi, August 1974 , p.t9-112 2. NONFORMAL EDUCATION 2.1 Asher, Deleon, "Informal Education,"Indian Journal, of Adult September 1973, p. 10-15 Education, p.I13 _116 2.? Directorate of Adult Education,"Special Feature: Nonformal Education," Adult Education Newsletter, Ministryof Education and Social Welfare, July -Dec.. 1974, p. 2-19 p. 117-129 a 2.3 "Non-Formal education- A Vocational Approach," Literacy Today, A Panorma of Adult Literacy, (Lucknow,Llteracy House) Nov.-Dec. 1974, p. 1-2 p. 130_131 1N, Directorate of Education- Maharashtra State, "Non-Formal Education Programme in Maharashtra, Action Prfgramme for 1975-:76," 8p. p. 132-140 3. VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS 1 3.1 J.C. Mathur, "The Role of Voluntary Organizations," in AdultEducation for Farmers in a Developing_Society, Delhi, Adul Education Associa- tion, August 1 ,912, p. 172-185 p. 141-150 3.2 Ministry of Education, "Scheme ofAssistance to Voluntary Organiza- tions Working in the Field ofAdult Education," New Delhi,Ministry of Education and Youth Services, Government of India, 1970,p. 1-4 + p. 151-156 3.3 Arun Gandhi, "Is Gandhi Relevantin Gujarat Today?" Youth Times, Aug. 8, 1975, p. 21 p. 157 4. LITERACY 4.1 ,Directorate of Adult Education, "Communication fromMrs. S. Dorai- swami, Director of AdultEducation, June 1, 1975 P. 15159 4.2 Directorate of Adult Education,Farmers Functional Literacy Programme, Ministry of Educationand SocialWelfare, 1975,p. 1-21 p. 160181 . Kerala Granthasala Sangham, "FunctionalLiteracy in Kerala, p. 1-5 p. 182-184 4.4 If. Sivadasan "The Experiments in KeralaTowards Eradication of Illiteracy," reprinted from Educational India, Oct. 1973,3P. p a 4.5 Literacy House, A Profile of Literacy House, Lucknow, LiteracyHouse, 1973, p. 1-20 . p. 187-193 4.6 Satyen Maitra, "The Public Libraryand Adult Education in India," Convergence, Vol. II, No. 2, 1974, p. 72-76 p. 194-197 4.7 "Shocking Revellation onLiteracy! What is To Be (Done?)" The Young March, January-March1975, p. 7-10 p. 19q-203 4.8 N.K. Jaiswal'and H.P.S. Arya,'Problems in Diffusion of Agric4ltural Innovations and Functional EducationProgrammes," Farmers Training and Functional Literacy, Delhi, Adult Education Association,1975, p. 19-25 p. 204-212 5 3 5. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 5.1 Prasad Narmadesshwar,"Community Development Administration,"chapter in Change Strategy ina Developing Society, Meerut, Meenakshi Prakashan, 1970, p. 141-160 p. 213-219 5.2 "Syllabi of the (1975) TrainingProgrammes at the National Institute of Community Development, Hyderabad"and (1975) Programme of Courges and Seminars (at the) National Instituteof Community Development" p. 3220-225 6. URBAN EDUCATION 6.1 G.K. Gaokar, Social Education in Greater Bombay, 1974-75, Worli, Bombay, Bombay City Social EducationCommittee, 1975, p. 1-74 passim 226-246 6.2A Polyvalent Adult EducationCentre, (Established by the Ministry of Education with the Bombay City SocialEducation Committee with Expert Assistance of UNESCO) Bombay Shramik Vidyapeth, (1975?) .p. 247-249 6.3 Directorate of Adult Education, "SummingUp" Polyvalent Adult Educa- tion Centre, Second .EvaluationStudy, Deli, Ministry of Educatilo. and Soial Welfare, 1974,p. 60 -63 ' 6.4 "Shramik Vidyapeth, Bombay,Programme for the Month of July 1975," Bombay, Shramik Vidyapeth, 1975, 3 P. p. 253-256 Rakesh Hooa, "Polyvalent Education- A Revolutionary Developmental Device or the Old System UnderNew Trappings?" Indian Journal of Adult Education, March 1974,p, 20-21 P. 257-258 6.6 D.P. Nayar, "Urbanisation and Adult Education,"Indian Journal of Adult Education, (1975?) p. 13-17 p. 259_263 6.7 "Non-Formal Education of the UrbanCommunity, Experimental PrOect 1974-75," Jaipur, University ofRajasthan Department of Adult Education, 1975, 4 p. p. 264...267 7. WORKER EDUCATION 1 7.1 "Story of Workers' Education.;'Nagpur, Central Board of Workers Education, (1975?) 3 p. p. 268-270 8. SATELLITE INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION EXPERIMENT(SITE) - 8.1 Gerry D'Rozario, "Indian Television:Medium or Mirage," A project 4discussion presented at the InternationalConference of the World Education Fellowship, 29-Dec.-4 Jan.1975, p. 1-11 p. 271-281 4 8.2 "Satellite Instructional Television Experiment,"Publicity brochure developed by the Indian Government, 1975, p. 282_287 8.3 Pradeep Pur, "Site Charm Wearing Off Gradually,"The Times of India, Monday, Aug. 18, 1975, p. 3 jp. 288 9. ADdLTEDUCATION OR ,ATIONS 9.1 "Gram Shikshan Mohim (Village Education Camps4gn)in Maharashtra State (1961-1964)" 11 p. p. 289-300 9.2 (Poona Society-Established in 1909)Annual Report, 1973-74 of the Poona Seva Sada Society (1974) 20P- p. 301-310 9.3 "Kerala Granthasala Sangham, A BriefOutline of Its Work," Trivandrum, 1974, 2 p. p.311-313, 9.4Eleventh Annual Repot, 1974-75, ofthe Karve Institute for Social Service, Karvenagar, Poona, p. 1-11passim p. 314-325 --) 9.5 'Dr. Mohan SinhaMehta Eightieth Anniversary 2 p. Celebrations," 1975, 4 p. 326-328 9.6Mohan Sinha Mehta, "Vidya Bhawan SOciety,Udaipur,
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