Mudaliyar Commission (Secondary
Education Commission ) 1952-53
Education
commission was appointed under the
chairmanship of
Dr. Lakshamanaswami Mudaliyar in 1952 to address the issues
related to
school education. The Commission Report (1952) had envisaged
schools to play
a crucial role in developing democratic citizenship, emphasizing
that “democracy
is based on faith and in the dignity and worth of every single
“individual”,
where the innate worthfullness cannot be eclipsed either by economic
or racial or
social consideration .
It stated
“citizenship in a democracy involves many intellectual social and moral
qualities .... a
democratic citizen should have the understanding and the intellectual
integrity to
sift truth from falsehood, facts from propaganda and to reject the
dangerous appeal
of fanaticism and prejudice. It also
called for
education opportunities that would translate into practice a passion for
social justice.”
The Secondary
Education Commission presented its report in 1953 which had
recommendations
on almost all aspects of secondary education. The major
recommendations
of the Commission were:
· installation
of higher secondary system;
· diversified
courses;
· three
language formula;
· emphasis
on education and vocational guidance;
· improvement
in methods of teaching, text books and system of examination;
and
· improvement
in building and equipment.
The Commission
introduced the policy of developing a three-year national system
of secondary
education (after eight years of elementary education).
The
recommendation of splitting intermediate stage into two parts, one year going
to the school
and other to the university turned out to be retrograde - the eleven
year higher
secondary course introduced specialisation too early (after class VIII)
and made
vocationalisation difficult.
Though the major
recommendations of the Commission were related to secondary
education, but it clearly indicated the
importance of elementary education
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