(a) whether the Government is planning to improve the basic educational infrastructure in
the Muslim majority areas as suggested in the report of Sachar panel; and
(b) if so, the details thereof including the expected financial implications of the move?
MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRIARJUN SINGH)
(a) & (b) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.215 BY 3HRIMATI RUPATAI
DILIPRAO NILANGAKAR PATIL ON IMPROVEMENT OF BASIC EDUCATION INFRASTRCTURE FOR ANSWER ON 13TH
MARCH, 2007
(a) & (b): A High Level Committee constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to
prepare an Action Plan to implement the recommendations on education contained in the Report of
the Justice Rajinder Sachar Committee, has given various recommendations including the following:
#Opening of Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas,Upper Primary,Secondary and Senior Secondary
Schools for girls only in Muslim Concentration Blocks (MCB)/Urban Areas;
#Coverage of willing Madarsas and Maktabs under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan;
#Appointment of more women teachers in co-educational schools;
#Encouragement of teaching in Urdu medium;
#Establishment of multi-cultural schools;
#Starting of additional girls hostels;
#Establishment of Block Institutes of Teacher Education in MCBs;
#Linking of open arid distance learning and vocational education with Madarsas;
#Expansion of Aligarh Muslim University and Maulana Azad National Urdu University.
The above Action Plan on education will be suitably reflected in the XI Five Year Plan subject
to the availability of resources.