Report of the Bihar State Secondary Education Committee (August 30,1961—July 2,1963) PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, SECRETARIAT PRESS, BIHAR, PATNA, 1963 e ;> m - iw o V * . lM -^3 TO h' 9 1 3 7 2 - - ? v ; t . SJ 9 ^) ^ ______ 'V--' ■ W '‘-uOVT. OV CONTENTS CHAPTER. Pages. I ntroduction i— yj Preamble, terms of reference and functioning of the Committee—appoint­ ment of the Committee : inaugmration of the Committee ; co-opted members. I.—A ims and Objectives X— 8 (i) Secondary Education in Bihar,—the existing conditions. (u) A re-statement of aims and objectives 5 Preparation of suitable students for higher education ; Secondary education to be a complete and terminal education by itself for most of the students ; Develop­ ing qualities of character, independent thinking, democratic citizen­ ship, true patriotism, international understanding and a broad out­ look in students ; Promoting an all-round development of the students’ personality ; Development of practical efficiency and vocational bias as also^initiative, drive and qualities of leadership in students. 21.—Organisation q 21 Organisational pattern of education) Place of class VI, VII & VIII in the^organisational set-up of school ; Recognitionj of high or higher secondary schools ; EligibiOity for admission in class VIII; Vocational schools ; Co-education at the secondary stage ; Shift and evening classes ; Academic year and holidays ; Medical care ; School hostels ; Government secondary schools ; Netarhat Residential School ; Anglo- Indian schools.'l ^ I’ll.—A dministration and Supervision 22—31 1. Organisation and Administration. 2. Different types of schools and their managements—{a) the Govern­ ment managed schools, (6) the State-subsidised schools, (c) other schodls—schools run by the Corporate bodies, schools run by the religious minorities and trusts, schools run by other communities. 3. Growing State Participation in the development of secondary edu­ cation. 4. A case for the reorganisation of the Boards and Bodies dealing with the different aspects of secondary education—^reorganisation of the Board of Secondary education. 5. Creation of school districts and constitution of the subordinate school Boards. IW.— Curriculum 32—^61 1. Historical survey ; The courses of studies for classes VIII and IX ; Three language formula ; Classical language andTextra subject ; Position of English in the school curriculum ; Physical education and military science ; The structure of the present secondary and higher secondary syllabi and their shortcomings ; Position of craft teaching in the curriculum ; Social studies ; Staggering of the higher secondary school examination ; Comparative picture of the existing CONTENTS- CHAPTER. Pages. as well as the proposed syllabi ; Rationaliisation of syllabi, agricul­ ture, elementary engineering, home science ; Inclusion of handmade paper industry as a subject of study in the elective group-crafts ; Contents or workload of the secondary (including higher secondary) school syllabus, pattern and quality of the courses committees. 2. Discipline in schools. 3. Religious and moral instruction in schools. 4. Co-curricular activities. 6. National Cadet Corps and Auxiliary Cadet CJorps. 6. Text-books. V.—M ethods o f T eaching 62— 56 1. Need for Right methods ; Objectives of right methods ; Analysis of the present instructional methods ; Cflass-size and instruction ; Homogenous and heterogenous grouping of students ; Team-teaching ; Induction of a new teacher and the head o f the institution *, Vertical and horizontal staff meetings ; Development, of Reading skills—‘develop­ mental, functional and recreational ; IniStructional methods to be adopted in the secondary schools. 2. Library facilities in schools—existing co)nditions ; Suggestions for improvement. VI.—E valuation and Guidance 57—68 1. Evaluation.—^Need for evaluation \ Metkods of evaluation ; pujrpose of evaluation ; External examinations ; Abolition o f the Middle School Certificate Examination in 1949 and its after-effects ; A case for restarting the Middle School Examinafcion ; Introduction of Assess­ ment in secondary schools and its afternaath ; Abolition of Assess­ ment ; External examinations and their delfects - academic and human ; Suggestions for improvement^; Internal Examinations and their defects suggestions for improvement. 2. Ouidance.—Emergence of guidance movement ; Functions of guidance— educational, vocational, and social ; A review of the progress made * in the field of guidance ; Suggestions for inaprovement. VII.—Staffing 69—77 Working hours ; Teaching load of a teacSieir, assistant head and head of the institution ; Framework of time-table for classes VI to X II ; Standard staff for the high, h^her se*condary and multi-purpose schools ; Standard staff for opening additional sections ; Short training course and one-year diploma course in academic subjects ; Model salary scales ; Triple Benefit Scheme ; S(eparate service commission for teachers ; Grants-in-aid to the Biha^r {Secondary School Teachers’ Association. VIII.—Finances 78—82 Investment in education ; A review of the financial condition of the secondary schools ; Policy and procediare for sanctioning grants—^re­ curring and non-reciuring. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS 83—90 APPENDICES 91—128 INTRODUCTION Pr eam ble, T erms of R e f ir e n o b a n d FuNcrioiaNG of the Committee The Bihar State Secondary Education Shri S. Thakur, b . a . (Hons), m . b d ., Committee after enquiry and deli­ joined after re-employment as Joint Direc­ berations presents the following report :— tor of Education (Training) as ex officio Member-Secretary on the 25th September A vpointment op the Committee 1961 and since then the office of the committee started functioning. The Government of Bihar by resolution no.|3405, dated the 30th August 1961(Appen- The committee as would appear from dix A) constituted the Bihar State Second­ the above was appointed for four months ary Education Committee to enqnire only but its constitution itself could not and report on the terms of reference be completed before 23rd November mentioned in the said resolution. 1961. So about a month only was left for completion of its work. Accordingly The Bihar State Secondary Education its term of office was extended for ft Committee appointed by the Government period of one year with effect from the 25th of Bihar in accordance with resolution January 1962. vide notification no. 1113, no. 3405, dated the 30th August 1961 dated the 25th April 1962 (Appendix C). consisted of the following:— T erms op R eference (1) Shri Harinath Mishra^ M. L. A. and now Minister in the Government The terms of reference of the commi­ of Bihar—Chairman, ttee were very comprehensive and for (2) Shri Gorakhnath Sinha, Ddrectori fear of repetition and covering a large A. N. Sinha Institute of Social space are not reproduced here. They Studies, Patna—Member. may be looked into in Appendix A. (3) Shri K. Ahmad, Director of Public As envisaged in the constitution of Instruction^ Bihar, Patna—ea: officio the committee a departmental committee Member. consisting of 11 officers of the Education (4) to (6) Three non-official educatioriists Department was appointed on the 26th Sep­ to be nominated by the Govern­ tember 1961.The first meeting of the Depart­ ment of Bihar—Members. mental committee was held on 3rd October 1961. It split itself into a number of (7) Shri S. Thakur, Joint Director of sub-committees for the purposes of draft­ Education (Training), Bihar— ex ing the questionnaire. officio Secretary, The committee was asked to submit After inviting and incorporating com­ its recommendations within four months ments from the members of the committee from the date it started functioning. the draft questionnaire was sent for printing on the 7th March 1962.The commit­ The following three non-official edu­ tee expresses its thanks to the members of cationists were nominated as members of the departmental committee who rend­ the committee by Government notification ered valuable help and attended nearly no. 4380, dated the 23rd November 1961 all the meetings of the committee. (Appendix B)— Thus soon after its constitution the (1) Rev. Father G.E. Murphy, Principal, committee started its work and did some St. Xavier’s School, Patna—Member, preliminary work. The progress, how­ (2) Shri Nageshwar Singh, Principal, ever, in the initial stages was a bit slow S. K, M. Multi-purpose School, as some time was taken in completing Mokameh (Patna)—Member, the constitution of the committee and also because soon after it settled down (3) Shri Ramakant Jhaj then M. L. A., to work the General Elections of 1962 Principal, Anant College, Pandaul approached and further progress was (Darbhanga)—Member. help up. N ew Chaieman Takes Office. Soon after the inauguration, the committee drew up its programme of Immediately after” the General Eltec- work. The committee made its first tions the Chairman Shri Harinath Mashira tour of Netarhat Residential School,'^''a was called upon to shoulder more onerous Public School wholly financed by the responsibilities and was appointed! a Government of Bihar and where the Minister in the Government of Bihar. students bear the cost of education in The committee offers its congratulations proportion to the income of their parents. to the outgoing Chairman and records its appreciation of the work done amd Just after the return of the committee interest shown by him in the very smjall from Netarhat when tours inside and span of time for which he worked as outside the State