REPORT 1972-73 Af'C: N o ... D s t.o . N a tio r, . for E(h:e K-U'S, and x'. l W i S j hu L zll. GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION & SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE NEW DELHI ; u m e ,. V%A-7 • : »Y\ 174. D O w . PRINTED BY THE MANAGER, GOVT. OF WOM PRESS, RING ROAD, NEW DELhJ 1973 CONTENTS Page C h a p te r I Introductory ...................................................... I D e p a r t m e n t o E d u c a t io n . C h a p t e r II School E d u c a t i o n ................................ II C h a p t e r III Higher E d u c a t i o n ........................................... 38 C h a p t e r IV Technical Education ...... I d C h a p t e r V Scholarships ...... 80 C h a p t e r VI Book Promotion ...... 95 C h a p t e r VII Youth Welfare, Sports & Games _ . 105 Chapter VIII Indian National Commission for Cooperation with U N E S C O ................................................................ 131 C h a p t e r IX Education in Union Territories. 159 C h a p t e r X Pilot Projects, Clearing House Functions, Social . Science Research and Anthropological Survey . 177 C hapter X I A dult E d u c a t i o n ...................................................... 190 C h apter XII Memorial Programmes & Centenary Celebrations 195 C h a p t e r XIII Progressive use of Hindi . 215 D e p a r t m e n t of C u i t u r * C h a p t e r I C ultural A f f a i r s ...................................................... 221 C h a p t e r II L a n g u a g e s ..................................................... 238 C h a p te r III Archaeology, Gazetteers & Copyright . 273 C h a p te r IV Museums and L i b r a r i e s ............................................ 282 C h arts CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY During the period under report, Prof. S. Nural Hasan continued as Minister for Education and Social Welfare and Prof. D. P. Yadav as Deputy Minister. Sri Arvind Netam took over as Deputy Minister in February, 1973 in place of Shri K. S. Ramaswami, who resigned in November, 1972. Budget Department of Education The total Budget provision for 1972-73, 1973-74 for the Department of Education including the provision made in the demands for grants of the Ministry of Finance is as under : (Rupees in lakhs) Particulars Budget Revised Budget 1972-73 1972-73 1973-74 Secretariat of the Department of Education and other Revenue Expenditure . 244.04 235.39 265.78 Provision for General Education and Ex­ pansion of Primary Education (employ­ ment of un-employed educated personnel) 12382.39 13580.94 12258.03 T o t a l ............................................. 12626.43 13816.33 12521,81 The major portion under ‘Secretariat and other Revenue Expenditure’ is for general administration, that is maintenance of non-Plan establishment apd contributions to UNESCO. The shortfall in the revised estimates is due mainly to an intensive drive for economising in non-Plan expenditure. The excess in the Budget Estimates for 1973-74 is because of increase in contributions to UNESCO (Rs. 24 lakhs additional). 2 The provision under General Education is for schemes and programmes both non-Plan and Plan. This includes a provision of over Rs. 29 crores for special development schemes, Expansion of Primary Education, Employment of Educated unemployed persons. The increase in R.E. vis-a-vis B.E. 1972-73 is primarily due to the following reasons : fa) A loan of Rs. 4 crores to the Government of Kerala for revision of salary scales of teachers at highe^ edu­ cation level. (b) Rs. 3.86 crores incidental charges by way of customs duty etc., for import of gift paper being supplied by the Government of Sweden. (c) Rs. 2.00 crores for excess requirements of funds for UGC. The' - shortfall•• ' in B.E. 1973-74• vis-a-vis• , B.E. 1972-73■ .is because the items which accounted for the increase in R.E. 1972-73 do not recur in 1973-74. The B.E. 1973-74 figures are having to be kept down more or less to the R.E. 1972-73 level because of constraint of resources. There, is in fact an inevitable increase for non-Plan expenditure and a corresponding shortfall in Plan expenditure. Department of Culture The budget provision for . 1972-73 and 1973-74 for the Department of Culture including the provision in the demands for grants of the Ministry of Finance Is as under: (Rupees in,l*khs) Particulars Budget Revised Budget 1972-73 1972-73 1973-74 Department of Culture . 653.49 629.17 671.19 Archaeology .... 244.22 231.44 276.®? Total . 897.71 860.61 9*7.89 3 The provision under the ‘Department of Culture’ is for general administration of the department ancd for miscellaneous schemes and programmes under Culture iincluding museums, libraries, cultural academies and Modern Inddian Languages. The shortfall in the revised estimates (Rss. 24 lakhs) is due partly to a drive for effecting economy in ncon-Plan expenditure and partly due to lower requirements of funids for certain pro­ grammes for Book Production in regional lamguages at Univer­ sity level, which were in the developmental sttage. The increase in B.E. 1973-74 vis-a-vis RIE. 1972-73 (Rs. 42 lakhs) is due partly to normal increase in mom-Plan expenditure and partly due to an increase in provisiom for production erf books in regional languages at University lewel. Owing to cons­ traint of resources the B.E. 1973-74 dcoes not reflect any substantial increase over 1972-73 provision.. The provision under Archaeology is for tthe maintenance of archaeological monuments, explorations amd excavations and special repairs. It is mostly normal maintenance provision. The shortfall in R.E. (Rs. 13 lakhs) 1972-73 is mainly owing to a drive for effecting economy in non-Plan expenditure. The excess in'B.E. 1973-74 vis-a-vis R.E. 1972-73 (Rs.. 45 lakhs) is partly due to normal increase in maintenance expenditure and partly for conservation of ancient and special repairs. Scheme for Providing Employment to the Educated Unemployed— Expansion of Elementary Education Under this Central Scheme which was launched in the later part of 1971-72 and continued during 1972-73, Government of India have assisted the State Governments and U.T. adminis­ trations in the field of elementary education on a hundred per cent basis by providing 60,000 teachers with corresponding inspectors, classrooms, provision of free textbooks, mid-day meals etc. during 1971-72 and 1972-73. An additional 30,000 teachers with corresponding other assistance is likely to be provided during 1973-74. 4 Educational Technology Project Under this project an educational technology centre is being set up in Delhi. In addition to the development of curriculum, preparation of basic scripts for films, radio and television lessens and other programmes, it will also train personnel to produce these programmes and 16 mm teaching films. Educational tech­ nology cells are being set up in various States m a phased manner. These cells will assist in producing instructional material and the training programmes of certain categories of personnel re­ quired for the introduction of educational technology in schools. Details about these and other projects are narrated in Chapter 11. Higher Education A revised Bill for the establishment of a Central University with its headquarters in Shillong is expected to be introduced in Parliament shortly. The University will meet the needs of the North-Eastern Region in higher education. The University Grants Commission, which has been recons­ tituted in accordance with the University Grants Commission (Amendment) Act, 1972, maintained its tempo of activity and programmes initiated earlier for strengthening of research and improvement of standards in universities were further developed. “Details about these and the recently set up Indian Council of Historical Research and other Institutions are given in the rele- vant chapters of the Report. Technical Education Quality improvement has been the keynote in the programmes of technical education. The response to programmes designed to improve the professional competence of serving teachers, particularly those leading to Masters or Doctoral Degrees has been very satisfactory. Programmes of Sandwich courses meant to improve the practical content in degree and diploma courses have been ex­ tended to a larger number of institutions in 1972-73. On the basis of the conclusions reached through discussions with State 5 Governments, a plan of action has been formulated to implement the major recommendations of the Expert Committee set up by the All India Council for Technical Education towards the reorganisation of polytechnic education. In addition to assisting the existing postgraduate courses, the Central Government has approved grants to more institutes to enable them to introduce postgraduate courses in accordance with the recommendations of the Board of Postgraduate Engi­ neering Education and Research. The Expert Committee set up following the introduction of the Architects Act 1972 has started its work of screening archi­ tectural qualifications. Book Promotion India participated in the International Book Year celebra­ tions, following the UNESCO declaration of the year 1972 as International Book Year. The National Book Trust organised the World Book Fair as part of the celebrations of the Inter­ national Book Year. A liberal policy in respect of the import of books, journals, magazines, children’s literature and other educational material is being followed as it is in the interest of education and will enable a free flow of reading material into the country.