Report on Social Education

Abstract

The Study Team for Selected Educational Schemes was constituted in May 1961. with the following composition 1. Shri B. N. Jha. Leader Ex-Vice Chancellor. University of Gorakhpur, (now Vice-Chancellor University of Jodhpur). 2. Shri K. L. Joshi. Member Chief. Education Division, Planning Commission. 3. Prof. T. K. N. Menon. Member Director. Extension Programmes for Secondary Education and Principal. Central Institute of Education, Delhi, 4. Shri I. N. Menon. Member Retd. Director of Public Instruction, Travancore-Cochin. 5. Shri Jagdish Singh, Member-Secretary Committee on Plan Projects. Three subjects were allotted to the Team for detailed study, viz.., (a) Teacher Training programmes at all levels; (b) Social Education; and (c) Rural Institutes. Before the Terms of Reference were formulated, pilot studies were undertaken in a few selected States and Union Territories (Mysore, Punjab. Maharashtra, Madras, Kerala, U.P., West Bengal and Rajasthan, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh) during the period June to September, 1961. Thereafter discussions were held at various meetings of the Team during the month of September, 1961. The draft Terms of Reference were then formulated and approved by the Committee on Plan Projects, Member (Education) Planning Commission and the Ministry of Education in October, 1961 (Appendix I). The objectives of study were also drawn up and the problems listed (Appendices II & HI).