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Unit 7: Programme of Action, (1992)

• The Janardan Reddy Committee submitted its report in January 1992. The Report of the Notes
Committee is an important document.
• 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 Central Council of Rural Institution is expected to be set up shortly.
• Realising the crucial importance of rapid physical and mental growth during early
childhood, Government started a number of programmes of early childhood care and
education (ECCE). Declaration of a National Policy for Children (1974) shows the
commitment of Government for the development of children.
• The National Policy on Education has given a great deal of importance to ECCE. It views
ECCE as an important input in the strategy of human resource development, as a feeder
and support programme for primary education and as a support service for working
women of the disadvantaged sections of society.
• The significance of play and activity approach and the need for child- centredness in the
programmes of ECCE as well as in primary school education have been spelt out, and it
cautions against the dangers of using formal methods of teaching and early introduction of
the 3 R's.
• In all models of ECCE programmes, the component of training will be strengthened.
• Media support is essential for conveying to the parents and community the messages of
ECCE.
• Provision of free and compulsory education to all the children until they complete the age
of 14 years is a Directive Principle of the Constitution.
• The central feature of the implementation strategy will be area-specific and population
specific planing.
• A comprehensive system of incentives and support services will be provided for girls and
children of the economically weaker sections of society.
• Keeping in view the high transition rate from primary to upper primary stage, enrolment
in the 11-14 age-group will automatically increase after universalisation of primary
education.
• In 1976, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) document
"Higher Secondary Education and its Vocationalisation" was presented to the country setting
out a model conceptual framework for implementation.
• Provision of educational opportunities to women has been an important programme in
the education sector since independence.
• The National Policy on Education (NPE) envisages that education would be used as a
strategy for achieving a basic change in the status of women.
• At each stage in school education; or a part of work experience or vocationalisation, girls
should be exposed to a variety of vocational training activities.
• Revised POA 1992 considering the load of school bag observed, “The tendency on the part
of some schools, particularly in urban areas, to recommend a large number of books, has
contributed to over-burdening of students.”

7.6 Keywords

• Action : The process of doing something in order to make something happen or to
deal with a situation.
• Programme : Plan of things that will be done or included in the development of
something.
• Significance : The importance of something.
• Stagnation : a peeriod of economic stangation.
• Comparable : Similar to somebody/something else and able to be compared.

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