Ramachandran, Vimala
(2018)
Persisting gap between policies and practice.
Learning Curve (30).
pp. 3-7.
Abstract
If we are to study government policies and important
education commission reports since 1950 – what
strikes us is the list of policy recommendations
that been repeated over and over again. Here are a
few that has been reiterated in almost every policy
statement:Introduce flexible school timings and region-
specific school calendar –– especially in tribal
areas. Create a pool of teachers from the tribal
communities and encourage more people to
become teachers... (Kothari Commission 1968,
NPE 1986, Bhuria 1 and Debar Commissions 2 on
Tribal areas); in particular tribal commissions
specifically recommended that the government
“pay special attention to pedagogical and
linguistic aspects of tribal education, focused
programme to develop and train teachers in the
tribal areas, provide mid-day meals, clothing
and books and most importantly calibrate the
school calendar to suit the social rhythm of
tribal communities... (Tribal Commission 1961)”
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