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REPORT 1967-68 Acc. N o........................... ............. Date ......................................... Asian Institute of Bdurynntl Planning and Admin i«ii»n Library ■T'J !»■«.* \ ( I .i’A DC D 13532 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 1968 Publication No. 822 / : ' n • M • • v' - 1 ng aric. Aw. -u CONTENTS Llbrary C hapters P a c i s I. Introductory ........ 1 II. School Education ....... 4 III. National Council of Educational Research and Training 13 IV. Education in the Union Territories .... 23 V. Eigher Education ....... 33 VI. lechnical Education ...... 49 VII. S:ientific Surveys and Development .... 56 VIII. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research . 70 IX. S : h o l a r s h i p s ........................................................... 76 X. S>cial Education, Reading Materials and Libraries . 89 XI. Piysica! Education, Games, Sports and Youth Welfare . 97 XII. Eevelopment of Hindi, Sanskrit and Modern Indian Languages ........ 108 XIII. Lterature and Information ..... 124 X IV . F n e Arts .................................................................................. 131 XV. Vuseums, Archaeology and Archives . 138 XVI. Ciltural Relations with Foreign Countries . 153 XVII. Ctoperation with the United Nations Educational, Scienti- ic and Cultural Organisations ..... 162 A n n e w u s I. Atached and Subordinate Offices and Autonomous Organisations of the Ministry of Education . 181 II. Uiiversities including Institutions Deemed to be Universi- i e s .............................................................................................. 186 ID. Publications Brought out by the Ministry of Education and is A g e n c i e s ...................................................................... ........... 190 IY. tOndriya Vidyalayas (Central Schools) . 196 C h a r ' s I. Vministrative Chart of the Ministry of Education II. Pngress of Primary Education III. Pngress of Middle School Education IV. ?rcgress of Secondary Education V. ?ngress of University Education VI. ?r<gress o f Technical Education VII. >rqres.s of Expenditure on Education by Source CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY After the Fourth General Elections, Dr. Triguna Sen assum ed charge of the portfolio of Education on 16th March, 1967. He is being assisted by two Ministers of State, Prof. Sher Singh and Shri Bhagwat Jha Azad. 2. Scope and Functions: The Government of India has seve ral responsibilities in education, some directly specified in the Constitution and others implied. The Constitution makes the Union Government directly responsible for the Central Uni- \ ersities, for all institutions of national importance, for the en richment, promotion and propagation of Hindi, for the coordina tion and maintenance of standards in higher education, for scien tific and technological research and for education in international relationships which includes the welfare of Indian students abroad and cultural and educational agreements with other countries. The vocational and technical training of labour is concurrent res ponsibility; and so is social and economic planning which includes educational planning. The Centre also has special responsibi lities for the education of the scheduled castes and tribes. 3. In addition, the Government of India also undertakes the collection and dissemination of educational information for the country as a whole. It also strives to provide stimulating national leadership in educational development and financial assistance to State Governments for their educational programmes. 4. Organisation : The work in the Ministry was reorganised into 7 Bureaux and 2 Units. A copy of the Administrative Chart of the Ministry is attached at the end. A list of attached and subordinate offices and the autonomous organisations under the administrative control of this Ministry is given in Annexurc I. 5. Departmental Council: Under the schemes of Joint Con sultative Machinery and Compulsory Arbitration, a Departmen tal Council for the Ministry and the Department of Social Welfare is functioning under the chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Education. It consists of the Chairman and 16 members, 8 cach from the “official” and the “staff” side. An Under Secretary ("Administration) is the Secretary (official side) of the Council. 6. The Council was inaugurated on 19th January, 1967 at New Delhi. Its formation has gone a long way in promoting f harmonious relations between the Government and its employees During 1967, five meetings of the Council were held and a Joint Committee was constituted to study and report on the mattter of revision of pay-scales of the employees of the Survey of Indha. 7. Planning: A series of Working Group meetings were h(eld to discuss State Annual Plans for 1968-69. This tprptfjded an occasion to review the progress of education in the country diur- ing 1966-67 and 1967-68. It was found that, due to the diiffi- cult economic conditions that prevailed in the country during tiis period, the total Plan outlay for education had fallen far shiort of the original expectations. Consequently, provision of teachteis and other facilities was not commensurate with the expansion tlhat took place and most of the schemes of qualitative improvemient had to be drastically reduccd or put off. 8. Fourth Five-Year Plan: It has now been decided to treat 1966-67, 1967-68 and 1968-69 as annual plan years and to be;gin a new fourth Five-Year Plan from 1969-70. Action for the preparation of the new Plan has been initiated. The States and Territories have been requested to prepare a long-term plan of educational development on the basis of the recommendations, of the Education Commission and to draw up the new fourth Fi:ve- Year Plan against its background. 9. Report of the Education Commission: The Report of the Education Commission (1964-66), submitted to Government in June 1966, was very widely discussed during the year by the pness, public, teachers’ organisations, universities and State Govern ments. 10. State Education Ministers’ Conference: The Conference of State Education Ministers was held in New Delhi from 2l8th to 30th April, 1967, to discuss the recommendations of the Eidu- cation Commission. After detailed consideration of some of the recommendations, the Conference unanimously adopted resolutions on various subjects, such as (i) the neighbourhood school system, (ii) work-cxperience, (iii) medium of education at the university stage, (iv) pay scales of school teachers, (v) teachers’ status and teacher education, (vi) priorities in eduica- cation, (vii) the structure of educational system, (viii) tal<ent- intensive programmes, (ix) N.C.C. and National Service Corps and Sports programmes, (x) Centre-State relations in educational finance, (xi) moral education, and (xii) teaching of languages' at the school stage. 11. Committee of Members of Parliament on Education : The Report of the Education Commission was also discussed during the year by a Committee of Members of Parliament on Education which consisted of the representatives of all the major political parties. The Committee held a series of meetings from 7th April to 29th June, 1967, and finally submitted a report to the Government on 24th July, 1967. The report of the Com mittee has since been discussed by both Houses of Parliament and also by the State Governments. 12 Central Advisory Board of Education: During the year under review, the CABE held its 33rd Session on August 22 - 23, 1967. The Board discussed the recommendations of the Education Commission and the draft Statement on National Policy on Education prepared by the Committee of Members of Parliament on Education. 13. Vice-Chancellors’ Conference: The fifth Conference of Vice-Chancellors was held at New Delhi on September 11-13, 1967 to consider the recommendations of the Education Com mission relating to higher education. The Conference broadly approved of the recommendations. 14. In the light of these discussions, steps are being taken to formulate a National Policy on Education. 15. Review of Standing Charges: The budget estimates for the year 1968-69 relating to the grant of Secretariat proper, in cluding the provision for permanent establishments, were dis cussed in detail in a meeting of the Internal Economy Committee. As against the budget estimates of Rs. 94.14 lakh, the revised estimates and budget estimates for the grant as a whole have, with the assistance of Associate Finance, been arrived at Rs. 93 64 lakh and Rs. 97.61 lakh respectively. 16. Budget ■. As against the total sanctioned grant of Rs. 130.61 crore for the Ministry as a whole (including the provisions made for the Ministry of Education in the Demands operated by the Ministries of Home Affairs and Finance) for the year 1967-68, both Plan and non-Plan, the revised estimates for 1967-68 and budget estimates for 1968-69 proposed to be provided amount to Rs. 143.48 crore (provisional) and Rs. 149.78 crore (provisional) respectively. CHAPTER II SCHOOL EDUCATION School education is essentially a responsibility of State Gov ernments whose programmes for its expansion and improvement receive Central aid. The programmes directly undertaken by the Government of India in this field are broadly restricted to a few special schemes, research and training activities. The Union Government also provides financial assistance to voluntary educa tional organisations engaged in carrying out significant experi ments in school education. A brief account of the various Central schemes under this sector has been given in the para