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Dinesh Kumar, Lovely Professional University Unit 7: Programme of Action, (1992)

Unit 7: Programme of Action, (1992) Notes

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
7.1 Rammurti Review Committee (1990)
7.2 Janardan Reddy Revision Committee (1992)
7.3 Modified POA, 1992
7.4 Yashpal Committee 1992-93
7.5 Summary
7.6 Keywords
7.7 Review Questions
7.8 Further Readings

Objective

The objectives of this unit can be summarized as below :
• to discuss about the Rammurti review Committee (1990)
• to explain about the Janardan Reddy revision Committee (1992)
• to describe about the modified programme of Action, 1992
• to discuss about the Yashpal Committee, 1992-93.

Introduction

The Parliament during the Budget Session in 1986 discussed and adopted the "National Policy
on Education 1986". A promise was made at that time by the Minister of Human Resource
Development that he would present in the Monsoon Session a Programme of Action for the
implementation of the policy. Immediately after the Budget Session, the Ministry undertook an
intensive exercise to prepare the promised Programme of Action.

7.1 Rammurti Review Committee (1990)

On the 7th May 1990 the Government of India announced the appointment of a committee to
review the National Policy on Education (NPE) 1986 under the Chairmanship of Acharya
Rammurti.
The committee issued a Perspective Paper on Education in September 1990 and wanted responses
to this paper to be sent before October 10, 1990. The paper starts with Chairman’s Appeal
indicating three basic concerns for reviewing the Policy. These are (1) The right to work which
is proposed to be enshrined in the constitution (2) The Unity and integrity of the nation that are
seriously threatened and (3) The impoverishment of the inner men in India.
The language constitute the Fifth Modality and mother-tongue is to be given due position.
Education for Woman’s Equality has been discussed in the Sixth Modality and Removal of
Regional Disparities in the Seventh one. The Eight Modality consists of Decentralized School
Management and the Nineth one focuses on Resources in dicating strategies for augmenting
resources for education and distribution of the same.
The perspective paper was released in a Press Conference by Acharya Rammurti on September
7, 1990.

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