(a) whether a two days national seminar on rural development organised by school of Continuing Education of Indira Gandhi National Open University;
(b) if so, the objectives of the seminar and the issues
discussed therein; and
(c) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the
Government on the recommendations made in the seminar?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (JAYSINGRAO GAIKWAD PATIL)
(a) according to the information furnished by the Indira
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a two days National
Seminar on Rural Development was organized on March 22-23,
2000 at New Delhi.
(b) The main objectives of the seminar were as under:-
- To discuss critical issues/ challenges that confront rural development.
- To identity knowledge and new skills needed to enable learners/participants to to respond to these challenges.
- To consider various approaches which can be adopted to develop human resources needed in rural development; and
- To promote cooperation among concerned institutions/organizations in the
- Field of rural development.
The broad themes which were addressed through 19
papers presented during the seminar include
(i)
strategies needed to promote rural development;
(ii)
democratic decentecisisation and rural development;
(iii) education and training in rural development;
(iv)
networking of rural development institutions; and
(v)
rural development in perspective.
(c) recommendations of the seminar are yet to finalize
by IGNOU.