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1. Sargent’s Report
1944
Priti Kalsia
Assistant Professor
Malwa central college of education for
women, Ludhiana

3. Introduction
The reports of the various committees and commissions
suggested significant educational reforms in regard to
national development. Government of India resolutions,
1913 was followed by
• Sadler Commission’s Report(1919)
• Hartog Committee Report in (1929 )
• Wardha Scheme(1937).

4. Intro….
• Begun to understand the seriousness of the situation in the area of
education.
• Ultimately realized that it could no longer be indifferent to the
problem of education of the Indian people
• there was the need of bringing about radical reform in all aspects of
Indian education.
• As the British became hopeful of its victory in the Second World
War, it directed its attention to do something for the Indian people in
the field of education.

5. Intro…..
• It advised Sir John Sargent
• The Educational Advisor to the Government of India
• To prepare a comprehensive scheme of education for educational
reform in India.
• The government formed a Committee of Enquiry with 22
members.
• The report of the committee was submitted to the Central
Advisory Board of Education (CABE) in 1944.
•

6. • It must be mentioned here that this plan is not
entirely a new plan. It is rather the summery of
different resolutions, minutes and proceedings
since 1936.

7. Report known as
• Sargent Scheme of Education
• Report by the Central Advisory Board of
Education, 1944
• Scheme of Post-war Educational Development
in India.

8. Aims of the Sargent Plan
• Reorganizing the entire system of Indian
education
• Total amount of Rs. 313 crores (227 crores
from Public funds)
• Eight stages( 8 five year programmes)
• First five year programme for training of
teachers
• Remaining for the expansion of education
from area to area till to cover whole country.

9. Suggestions of the committee(12
chapters)
• Pre Primary Basic schools(3-6 yrs)
• Compulsory and free education(6-14 yrs)
Junior basic(6-10) Senior basic(11-14)
• High School Education(11-17 yrs)
Literary vocational

10. • Part time & full time schools
• Technical and Vocational Education
• Adult Education
• Health Education
• Special schools(Dull & Handicapped)
• Administration of Education
• Employment exchange

11. Training of (Handsome salary of the
teachers)
Teacher student Ratio
1:30(Primary) 1:20(Senior)

12. Intermediate
classes
11th high
school
12th Degree
classes

13. Recommendations
• Pre-primary education
• Primary and basic education
• Secondary education
• University education
• Technical, vocational & industrial education
• Adult education
• Training of teachers
• Education for handicapped
• Health of the students
• Recreational & social activities
• Education administration

14. Merits
• First comprehensive scheme embracing all aspects of
education
• Provision of equal opportunities to all the students at
various stages of education.
• Teaching profession.
• Education of the handicapped.
• Importance of the employment problem

15. Shortcoming and defects of the report
• Not an original report. only a patch-work of the
recommendations of different committees.
• copy of the pattern practiced in England.
• could not serve as a model to India because the
social, political and economic conditions in the
two countries are vastly different.

16. • The proposal for selective admission in schools,
colleges and universities was undemocratic.
• Expensive scheme
• Restricted university education
• No provision for vital problems(women edu.,
rural edu.)

17. Implementations
• In 1945 an education department was established at the centre to
increase administrative efficiency.
• According to the recommendations of the committee 40 crores of
rupees were given to the provincial Governments for implementing
certain aspects of the scheme in their areas.
• The Provincial Governments were advised to make five year plans
for education. In 1946 these plans were made in some provinces.
• It was decided that the scheme should be implemented within 16
years instead of 40 year.

18. • According to the recommendations of the committee University
Grants Committee was constituted in 1945 which later on became
University Grants Commission in 1956.
• The aim of providing compulsory and free education to children
between 6—11 years of age was accepted.
• Efforts were made for adult education and also for improving the
economic condition of teachers.
• The committee of polytechnic school and the All India Technical
Education Committee were established in Delhi.