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Development of Education System

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In the press Conference Acharyaji highlighted the salient features of the paper which
were reported in various newspapers on 8th September 1990.

7.2 Janardan Reddy Revision Committee (1992)

(The Revision Committee for NPE 1986)
In July 1991 Central Advisory Board of Education appointed a Committee on National Policy of
Education under the Chairmanship of Janardan Reddy, the then Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh. Six other Education Ministers belonging to major political parties and eight educationists
were the members of the Committee. The Committee reviewed the NPE 1986 taking into
consideration the report of Acharya Rammurti Committee known as National Policy on Education
Review Committee (NPERC) and other relevant developments since 1986.
The Janardan Reddy Committee submitted its report in January 1992. The Report of the
Committee is an important document. The committee reiterated the recommendations made in
NPE 1986 and came to the conclusion that very little change was required in National Policy on
Education 1986 and hence policy need not be reformulated. If we have a look in the Modified
National Policy on Education issued by MHRD in 1992, we notice almost the same paras and
articles with a very little change here and there.
Self Assessment
1. Fill in the blanks :
(i) Central advisory board of educations appointed a committee on national policy of
education under the chairmanship of ....................... .
(ii) On the ................................ the Government of India announced the appointment of a
committee to review the national policy on educations.
(iii) Rammurti Review Committee (1990) issued a paper on education starts with chairman’s
appeal indicating ........... for reviewing the National policy of education.
(iv) Education for ......................... has been discussed in the sixth modelity of perspective
paper issued by review committee.
(v) The Nanardan Reddy Committee submitted its report in January ..................... .

7.3 Modified POA, 1992

As discussed in the previous page POA 1986 was revised and modified to a great extent keeping
the spirit of National Policy of Education 1992. The following is the main theme of PoA 1992.
7.3.1 Education of SC, ST, and OBC

1. Analysis of present situation.
2. Access and Enrolment are highlighted, universal access is to be ensured.
3. Adequate incentives for SC/ST and OBC children.
4. All schools, NFE centres and pre-schools centres in SC/ST habitations to be equipped with
facilities.
5. Operation Blackboard to cover all schools in tribal areas and Harijan Bastis.

7.3.2 Elementary Education
1. Non-formal education has become an accepted alternative channel.
2. NCERT revised school syllabi and brought out revised text books for classes I to XII.

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