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Secondary or Mudhaliar commission
The document summarizes the key aspects of the Secondary Education Commission of 1952-1953 in India. The commission was chaired by Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar and aimed to examine problems in secondary education and its relationship to primary and higher education. Its major recommendations included defining the aims of secondary education as producing ideal citizens, developing skills for earning a livelihood, fostering leadership qualities, and cultivating human virtues. It also recommended making secondary education last 7 years, using the local language as the medium of instruction, introducing English/Hindi later, including various subjects in the curriculum, modernizing textbooks, offering vocational courses, reducing examinations, and establishing a Board of Secondary Education.
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Introduction of the Secondary Education Commission chaired by Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar.
The Commission aims to address problems in secondary education and develop qualities in students.
Key features include 7-year duration, regional language as the medium, comprehensive curriculum, and teacher selection.
Recommendations for vocationalization and guidance programs, emphasizing activity-based and child-centered education.
Identifies merits such as activity-based education and demerits like lack of focus on teacher conditions and women's education.
Final thanks and closure to the presentation.
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- 2. Secondary Education Commission 1952– 1953 Dhanya Lakshmi II nd year Government College of Teacher Education
- 3. Secondary Education Commission Underthe Chairmanship of Dr. A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar Vice-Chancellor of the Madras University.
- 4. Aims To enquireinto the problems of Secondary Education Organization & content of secondary education and its relationship to Primary & Higher Education
- 5. Recommendations The Commission hasdefined the aims of secondary education in the following manner: 1. To Produce Ideal Citizens 2. To Develop Capacity for Earning Money 3. Quality of Leadership 4. To Develop Human Virtues
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- 7. Characteristics of Secondary EducationCommission 1. The duration should be 7 years (Children between 11 to 17) It should begin after 5 years of primary education.
- 8. Characteristics 2 The mothertongue 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
- 9. Characteristics 4. All themiddle school stage, the curriculum should include Languages, Social Studies, General Science, Mathematics. Arts and Music, Craft and Physical Education.
- 10. Characteristics 5. The existingtext books should be modernized. 6. Steps should be taken to open multipurpose schools to provide vocational courses
- 11. Characteristics 7. The teachingshould be made more purposeful and realistic by reducing verbalism. 8. The number of external examinations should be reduced.
- 12. Characteristics 9. uniform systemfor the selection and appointment of teachers
- 13. Characteristics 10. There shouldbe a Board of Secondary Education - 25 members with Director of Education/Chairman – to deal with all matters of education at the secondary.
- 14. General Recommendations 1. Itlaid foundation for the process of vocationalization of education in India. 2. The guidance and counseling programme in schools.
- 15. Merits • Activity basededucation. • Stress on agricultural education. • Discussion of aims of secondary education. • Child-centered education.
- 16. Demerits • No newstatement regarding the improvement of social and economic conditions of teachers. • No suggestions regarding women education. • Over stress on English.
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