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10.1 An overhaul of the system of
planning and the management of education will receive high priority. The
guiding considerations will be :
a) Evolving a long-term planning and
management perspective of education and its integration with the country#s
developmental and manpower needs;
b) Decentralisation and the creation
of a spirit of autonomy for educational institutions;
c) Giving pre-eminence to peoples
involvement, including association of non-governmental agencies and
voluntary efforts;
d) Inducting more women in the
planning and management of education;
e) Establishing the principle of
accountability in relation to given objectives and norms.
NATIONAL LEVEL
10.2 The Central Advisory Board of
Education will play a pivotal role in reviewing educational development,
determining the changes required to improve the system and monitoring
implementation. It will function through appropriate Committees and other
mechanisms created to ensure contact with, and coordination among, the
various areas of Human Resource Development. The Departments of Education at
the Centre and in the States will be strengthened through the involvement of
professionals.
INDIAN EDUCATION SERVICE
10.3 A proper management structure in
education will entail the establishment of the Indian Education Service as
an All-India Service. It will bring a national perspective to this vital
sector. The basic principles, functions and procedures of recruitment to
this service will be decided in consultation with the State Governments.
STATE LEVEL
10.4 State Governments may establish
State Advisory Boards of Education on the lines of CABE. Effective measures
should be taken to integrate mechanisms in the various State departments
concerned with Human Resource Development.
10.5 Special attention will be paid to
the training of educational planners, administrators and heads of
institutions. Institutional arrangements for this purpose should be set up
in stages.
DISTRICT AND LOCAL LEVEL
10.6 District boards of Education will
be created to manage education up to the higher secondary level. State
Governments will attend to this aspect with all possible expedition. Within
a multi-level framework of educational development, Central, State and
District and Local level agencies will participate in planning,
coordination, monitoring and evaluation.
10.7 A very important role must be
assigned to the head of an educational institution. Heads will be specially
selected and trained. School complexes will be promoted on a flexible
pattern so as to serve as net works of institutions and synergic alliances
to encourage professionalism among teachers, to ensure observance of norms
of conduct and to enable the sharing of experiences and facilities. It is
expected that a developed system of school complexes will take over much of
the inspection functions in due course.
10.8 Local communities, through
appropriate bodies, will be assigned a major role in programmes of school
improvement.
VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND AIDED INSTITUTIONS
10.9 Non-government and voluntary
effort including social activist groups will be encouraged, subject to
proper management, and financial assistance provided. At the same time,
steps will be taken to prevent the establishment of institutions set up to
commercialize education.
REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES
10.10 Educational tribunals, fashioned
after Administrative Tribunals, will be established at the national and
state levels.
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