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Secondary Education Commission
1952 – 1953
Secondary Education Commission
(Mudaliar Commission)
• 1952 September 23• Chairman of the committee –
Dr. A. Lexmanswamy Mudaliar
• Secretary of the committee – A. N. Basu
Aims of Secondary Education commission
• To develop balanced personality.• To inculcate democratic citizenship.• To promote the spirit of nationality and national
integration.• Formation of character and development of ethical
qualities.• To inculcate quality of leadership.• To cultivate discipline, cooperation, social
sensitiveness and tolerance.• To develop vocational efficiency.
Challenges in Secondary Education
Access
QualityEquity
IssuesGender
Socio-Economic
Disability
Disadvantaged
Importance Of Secondary Education
Secondary Education: Develops faculties of critical thinking, abstraction,
insight, skills and competence at a higher level Foundation for higher education Requirement for employment and labour market quality Critical to social and economic development and growth Rates of return on secondary education are high Rising demand from elementary leavers International competitiveness Gender equity Requirement for primary teachers Poverty reduction and equity
Characteristics of Secondary Education Commission
1. The duration should be 7 years (Children between 11 to 17) It should begin after 5 years of primary education.
2 The mother tongue or regional language should be the medium of instruction through out secondary stage.
3 English or Hindi should be introduced at the end of junior basic stage.
4 All the middle school stage, the curriculum should include Languages, Social Studies, General Science, Mathematics. Arts and Music, Craft and Physical Education.
5. The existing text books should be modernized. Frequent changes in text books should be encourages.
6. Steps should be taken to open multipurpose schools to provide vocational courses according to natural aptitude and inclinations of the learner and also the occupational needs of the community.
7. The teaching should be made more purposeful and realistic by reducing verbalism.
8. The existing examination system should be restructured. The number of external examinations should be reduced. More objective type questions should be included to eliminate the element of subjectivity.
9. The service of trained Guidance Officers and Career Masters should be made available gradually in all school.
10. There should be uniform system for the selection and appointment of teachers.
11. There should be a Board of Secondary Education consisting of not more than 25 members with Director of Education as its Chairman to deal with all matters of education at the secondary stage and to lay down general policies.
1. It laid foundation for the process of vocationalisation of education in India.
2. The guidance and counseling programme in schools, recommended by the commission.
3. It caused radical changes in teaching learning activity.4. It give practical suggestions for the overhauling of
examination system, made it more inclusive and genuine.
Merits of Secondary Commission
Demerits Secondary Commission
1. The commission’s suggestion’s regarding the high power committee for selecting text books was ridiculous and unrealistic.
2. It neglected the area of women’s education.
3. The three language formula was a burden on the students.
CurriculumBeyond
Reforms in Secondary EducationExamination
Teachers
Infrastructure
Methodology Drop outs
Improving in
EmpowermentQuality•ICT/Technology
Quality Secondary Education
Transaction
ICT in Schools Integrated Education for the Disabled
Children “SUCCESS” – Universalisation of Access to
Secondary Education Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Incentive for Girls Girls’ Hostel Vocationalisation of Secondary Education To universalize secondary education (class
IX and X) during the 12th Five Year Plan
Educational importance
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