(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?
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.