Question : COMMITTEE ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF SACHAR COMMITTEE



(a) whether a Committee was constituted to prepare an action plan on Sachar Committee’s recommendations;

(b) if so, whether the Committee has submitted its report to the Government;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the action taken by the Government on the recommendations of the said Committee?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SMT. D.PURANDESWARI)

(a) to (d) A statement is attached.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.149 BY S/SHRI SURAVARAM SUDHAKAR REDDY, C K CHANDRAPPAN, HANSRAJ G AHIR AND BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHY REGARDING COMMITTEE ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF SACHAR COMMITTEE, FOR ANSWER ON 27TH FEBRUARY 2007.

(a) to (d): A High Level Committee was constituted on 4.12.2006 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. The High Level Committee of this Ministry in its report submitted on 31st January 2007 has given various recommendations like opening Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas and Upper Primary Schools for girls only, in Muslim Concentration Blocks/Urban Areas, coverage of willing Madarsas and Maktabs by Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, appointment of more women teachers in co-educational schools, encouragement of teaching in Urdu medium, establishment of multicultural schools, girls hostels, Block Institutes of Teacher Education, linking of open and distance learning and vocational education with Madarsas, expansion of Aligarh Muslim University, Maulana Azad National Urdu University etc. Resources permitting, these recommendations would be considered as and when the XI Five Year Plan is finalized.