Himalayan Times (1962)

Hiroalaysn Times

Seven

i-age provision of tea-
chars during the Third
Plan It is our hope that
the Stats' Governments
v?ilI avail themselves of
thi3 assistance both to
improve the financial lot
of the teachers and also
to do away with the dis-
parity in the emoluments
of teachers working in
Government and local au-
thority or private schools,
where such disparity still
exists.

The Ministry of Edu-
cation has uIro been im-
pressing upon the State
Governments to introduce
the Provident Fund.Cum-
in s u r a d oe-Cum Pension
Scheme commonly known
as the Triple-Benefit
Scheme So far three
Southern States have in-
troduced the measure
while others are examin-
ing it. Gujarat and Ma-
harashtra have introduced
a pension scheme, while
Bihar has agreed to the
idea in principle. I hope
that in the near future
this beneficent measure
will be adopted by all
the States.

The Government-aided
Private Schools (Discip-
line, Punishment and Ap
peal) Kules have been
introduced in all Union
Territories under which
it has been made obliga-
tory on the part of the
management to inform
every particular teacher
in writing of the allega-

tions made against him
and to allow him to make
representation in defence
before any punishment is
awarded to him. The
scales of pay of teachers
of aided Eohools have been
brought at par with those
of Government sohool tea-
chers in Himachal Pra-
desh, Manipur and Tripura
and in all the Union
Territories these have been
revised on the basis of
the Pay Commission's
recommendations. T b e
Government of India have
further agreed in princi-
ple to the introduction of
the Triple-Benefit Scheme
in the Union Territories.

Besides the above
measure?, 500 scholar-
ships have been institu-
ted by the Ministry of
Education for the child-
ren of working teachers
of primary and secondary
schools. Children of these
teachprs are also benefited
under the National Scho
larships Scheme of the
Ministry. Talented tea-
chers in secondary scbonls
are also assisted to go
abroad for higher trnining
and for observation of
educational systems there
under the Commonwealth
Education Cooperation
Plan. During the last
two years, J 3 teachers
have been sent abroad
under this Plan.

The University Grants
Commission has also at-
tached the highest im-

portance to the improve-
ment cf ihe couditions of
service of University and
College teachers and re-
commanded raising their
sainrit'3 scalt-a, which were
m*de applicable to the
Central Universities. It
is gratifying to note that
2'J other universities im-
mediately followed suit.
The Commission paid 80
p"r oent of the increased
expenditure on the ac-
count. In the case of
affiliated oolleges, however,
the position has not been
very satisfactory and the
Commission has taken ao-
tinn to help teachers in
such colleges 8b well
Realising that upgrading
of salary alone cannot
improve educational stand-
ardein universities, various
steps have been taken by
the Commission to enable
the teachers to fit them-
stlves better for their
work. Some of these are:
in service training, parti-
cularly for teachers of
science, loans and grants
to Universities for build-
ing staff quarters; and
assistance lo outstanding
If-achars after their su-
perannuation to enable
them to continue their
teaching and research
activity.

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