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1 / / national policy on education 1986 PROGRAMME OF action 1992 Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of Education Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction 1. Education for Women's Equality CONTENTS 2. Education of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Sections 3. Minorities' Education 4. Education of the Handicapped 5. Adult and Continuing Education 6. Early Childhood Care And Education 7. Elementary Education 8. Secondary Education 9. Navodaya Vidyalayas 10. Vocational Education 11. Higher Education 12. Open Education 13. Delinking Degrees From Jobs and Manpower Planning 14. Rural Universities and Institutes 15. Technical and Management Education 16. Research and Development 17. The Cultural Perspective 18. Development of Languages 19. Media and Educational Technology 20.

2 Sports, Physical Education and Youth 21. Evaluation Process and Examination Reforms _ 22. Teachers and Their Training 23. Management of Education Appendix Composition of Steering Committee and Task Forces Index : (1) These chapters follow the sequence in which NPE, 1986 deals with subjects. Page v 1 5 9 17 21 29 34 44 50 53 61 71 74 76 77 84 90 94 99 103 106 109 112 119 143 (2) Each chapter deals with aspects of 'Content and Process of Educ:ation', 'Making the system Work' and management appropriate to it. Therefore, unlike the POA 1986, there are no separate chapters 'Content and Process' and 'Making the System Work'. (3) The chapter 'Management of Education' deals with management aspects which cover the entire field of education or more than one area of education. -----------------------------------ACRON YMS AND AD BREVIA TIONS Ai: Adult Education AEC Adult Education Centre AIC'IE All India Council for Technical Educ~on ASC Academic Staff College ASCI Administtative Staff College of India BITS Birla Institute of Technology and Science BOAT Boards of Apprenticeship Training BPU B_ureau for Promotion ofUrdu BRAOU Dr.

3 Ambedkar Open University CABE Centtal Advisory Board of Education CBR Community Based Rehabilitation CBSE Centtal Board of Secondary Education CCRT Centre for Cultural Resources and Training CCE Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation CDC Curriculum Development @entre CDPO Commumty Development Project Officer CEO Chief Education Officer , u CHD Central Hindi Directorate CIEFL Centtal Institute of English and Foreign Languages CIET Central Institute of Educational Technology CIIL Centtal Institute of Indian Languages J CIVE Centtal Institute of Vocational Education CLASS Computer Literacy and Studies in Schools COBSE Council of Boards of Secondary Education COSIST Scheme of Strengthening of Infrastructural Facilities in Science and Technology i CSIR Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

4 J CSTT Commission for Scientific and Technological Terminology CTE College of Teacher Education CTV Colour Television Set DAE Directorate of Adult Education OOE&T Director-General Employment and Training DIET District Institute of Education and Training Dl~C District Rehabilitation Centre DRDA District Rural Development Agency DRU District Resource Unit DST Department of Science and Technology DWACRA Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas EB Educationally Backward ECCE Early Childhood Care and Education ECE Early Childhood Education EEO Education Extension Officer EFA Education For All EMRC Educational Media Research Centre AVRC Audio Visual Research Centre GVE Generic Vocational Courses IDI Hearing Hancticap IAMR Institute of Applied Manpower Research lASE Institute of Advanced Saudy in Education ICDS Chi IJ Development Science ICHR Indian Council of Historical Research ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research ICSSR Indian Council of Social Science Research IDES Intt~gratcd Education for Disabled Children IDS Institute of Development Studies JETE Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engine.

5 Rs IGNOU Indira Gandhi National Open University liM Indian Institute of Management liT Indian Institute of Techno log INFLffiNET Information and Library Network ' IPCL Improved Pace and Content of Leaming m Industrial Training Institutes JCVC Joint Council of Vocational Education JRC Janardhana Reddy Committee JRF Junior Research Fellows JRY Jawahar Rozgar Yojna JSN Jana Shiksha Nilayam KHS Kendriya Hindi Sansthan KOU Kota Open University KVIC Khadi and Village Industries Commission KVK Krishi Vigyan Kendra LM Locomotov Handicap MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development MIL Modem lndian Languages MIS Management Information System MIL Minimum Levels of Learning MOU Memorandum of Understanding MLA Member of Legislative Assembly MP Member of Parliament MLC Member of Legislative Council NAB National Accreditation Board NCC National Cadet Corps NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training NCHE National Council of Higher Education ii -----------------------------_____.

6 NCfE NEC NEO NET NFE NGO NIEPA NIHH NIVH NIMH NIOH NLM NLMA NOS NPE NPERC NSS NTMIS NYK OB PC POA RCCP .RCE R&D REC RPF SABE SAP sc ST SCERT SCHE SCVE SEEUY SH SRC -STEI SIET 'ILC TQM TRYSEM TTTis : \ ':J National Council of Teacher Education North Eastern Council National Evaluation Organisation ' National Eligibility Test Non-Fonnal Education Non-Governmental Organisation National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration AI Javar Junj National Institute of Hearing Handicapped National Institute for the Visually Handicapped National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped National Institute for the Orthopaedically Handicapped National Literacy Mission National Literacy Mission Authority National Open School National Policy on Education National Policy on Education Review Committee National Service Scheme National Technical Manpower Information System Nehru Yuvak Kendra Operation Blackboard Personal Computer PROGRAMME of action Radio-cum-Cassettee Player Regional College of

7 Education Research and Development Regional Engineering College Revised Policy Fonnulations State Advisory Board of Educa,lon Special Assistance PROGRAMME Scheduled Cast~ Scheduled Tribe State Council of Educational Resean:h and Training State Council of Higher Education State Council of Vocational Education Self Employment for Educated Unemployed Youth Speech Handicap State Resource Centre Secondary Teacher Education Institute State Institute of Educational Technology Total Literacy Campaign Total Quality Management Training for Rural Youth in Self Employment Technical Teacher Training Institutes iii ----------------J-(\XI ,, TV UEE UGC UNDP UNESCO UNICEF UT -VEC VH VRC YCMOU Television l[niversalisation of Elementary Education University Grants Commission United Nations Development PROGRAMME United Nations Educational.)]

8 Scientific and Cultural Organisation United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund Union Territory Village Education Committee Visual Handicap Vocati~ Rehabilitation Centre ~ Y ashwantrao Chavan Maharashtta Open University iv ) \ INTRODUCfiON . -::' . The ReYiaecl Policy (RPF') which. f(Jrlh -: 'diemodifir. to the Nadoaai PoJkyQD :Education. 1986 ;,.'(NP , 1~ placed in bolb HoUies on 71h Ma)r, i992. 'lbeile,rpoclificadons wae evolved through the ilme~.process lhrough which the NPE, 1986 'fts 0\' Jb J'uly, 1991, a CABB (Cent,ral AdvisOry ) Committee Oil Polity (iRC), under the c:lllinnlnlbiPoflhe Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, and canprisina six other Educalion Minislen belonpng to the ,.. polilical .,.lieS a&! eight educllionists, ~ con-llitutecl to' the of the.

9 Plliamelas of the NPE1 1986,1aking inio c: ftiPOit of the Committee for Review of (NPERC) ..r other relevant development$ since the Policy .Tbe .. JR .. ~ ;.ii-~. 992. , came to tbe conclusiolt .while very little of the NPE, 1986 ft'JqUilm refQnn the Propamme of action (POA) needed to be re ~ considmlbly. At its 471h meet U. held~ S-6tb May 1992, abC CABB, the hisforic forum for foqing a nalional"coniealus on educalional issues, con-. sideredtheJRCreportandfoanulatedtheRPF. Whilereply-. ina to the discussion on the RPP iri thO~ Sabha. on121h Ma. 1992. the Minister of Human Reloun:e y . ~ ~~-gave an ~ .to praent a rmsect POA (herelf&a" refenecl to Is POA, 1992) m the~ Session: The PoA,. 1m was evolved througll the same cOnsen-sual process through which daePolicy was reviewect.

10 Twen-ty~two task forces were cOnstituted Oil different subject ll'eiS comprising ~ and officials of the Union . and Stile Governments. A Sieeriilg Commiuee was also set up. ~ ~tion of lhe Task Forces ~ the Steering . Committee. il given in the Appendix to Ibis documenL In spite of the -constraint, the Taslc Forces and the St=-ing Commitree accomplished their work wilh great care. Tbe draft Pt'Pgramme of Aclion was diSicussed at a Con- ferenceofStateSecretariesandDirectorsofE ducalion,held on 3-4 August, 1992. Sui$~011 Srec:eivedduring this meet-ing were carefully considqetl and incorporated in the docu-menL Tbe Cenlral AdvisOry Board of Education (CABE) .met 011 8th August, 1992 and endorsed~ document after delailed cOnsideration. The valuable suggestions made by lhe State Education Minis&ers and educationists were also taken into accouht in fmalizing th~ documenL The Policy review had established that the policy framework the NPE, 1986 enunciated is robust and can guide the educational development of the country for a loog time to comer :Likewise.