MIDDLE EDUCATION

FROM  THE REPORT

" CHALLENGE OF EDUCATION "

Nov. 1985	MIDDLE EDUCATION
PRESENT SITUATION:                               (LAKHS)                                   1950       1985     GROWTH- RATE Primary Schools (Nos.)     2.01          5.04              2.6% Middle Schools (Nos.)      0.13         1.23             7.2% RATIO – MIDDLE:PRIMARY 1:15         1:4
CHANGE / ACTION DESIRED : -      As Laid Down In the Constitution – Education up to the age of 14 years (i.e. till middle level ) is responsibility of Government i.e. it should be compulsory & free -      Even though the ratio of middle schools has improved still in order to reach the above goal there has to be 4 fold increases in middle schools as compared with Primary.
ADVANTAGES EXPECTED : Constitutional obligation towards citizens will be met
ACTION BY : Ministry of Education, GOI