ROLE OF STATE IN

POLICY MAKING

EDUCATION AND
GOVERNMENT
INTRODUCTION

Education in India is provided by the public sector as well as the

private sector, with control an managed by three levels: central, state
and local. The state level government plays an important role in the
educational policy making, educational financing and regulating
education. In India there are various private organizations which also
play important roles in education. There are various changes has made
in India, such as globalization, liberalization, marketisation
commercialization and privatization. All these changes affects on the
education.
STATE GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION

Education is primarily the responsibility of the of education. The

machinery of educational administration in the State is composed of
the Dept of Education headed by a Minister. The Minister is
responsible to be appointed by the Chief Minister. The Minister
performs his activities through the officers of the Dept. and some other
agencies like the universities, the statutory bodies. He is also assisted
by the Education Secretary and the Director of Education. state
Governments; every state has a department

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FUNCTIONS OF STATE GOVERNMENT IN
EDUCATION:
The important functions of state government towards education are given
below:
1. Providing Elementary Education: Elementary education is essentially a
responsibility of the state government. It is to provide free and
compulsory education to all children, from 6 to 14 years of age. During
the third Five Year plan period all most all States in India including the
Punjab; have been providing compulsory education to children 6 to 11
years of age. It was during the fourth Five Year Plan period that all State
Government in India were in a position to discharge this responsibility
completely.
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2. Providing Higher Education:
The state not only arranges for elementary education but also higher
education of all types Liberal, Scientific, technical and vocational in order to
train its citizens for careers in administration, industry, commerce, medicine,
engineering and agriculture. For this purpose the state opens and maintains a
number of high and higher secondary schools, industrial technical institutes,
Polytechnique's, colleges and special schools for fine arts and for education
of handicapped Controlling the Activities of Universities: In every state
government finances the university or universities and sees that prop
standards of education and instruction are maintained in all branches. It also
sees that there is co-ordination between the university and the State
Education Department. It nominates sown represent alive Leo the senate or
legislative body of the universities functioning etc. recommends
appointments made and looks lo the general well being of the universities,
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3. Providing Adult and Social Education:
More than seventy-five percent of our people are yet illiterate. The
state government also looks to the needs of those adults who have had
no schooling in their childhood. it is the responsibility of the State to
makes all these illiterate adults fit for democracy. For this purpose the
state maintains a well-organized programme of adult and social
education.

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4. Opening Training Institution:
The state also opens training schools and colleges for providing
trained and efficient staff to educational institutions. These training
institutions admit matriculates for basic and elementary schools and
graduates for high and higher secondary schools. The duration of
training is generally two years in case of matriculates and one year for
graduates Arrangements are also made for the training of art, craft and
technical instructor's recent State inspectors and headmasters for
elementary school

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5. Framing of Curriculum and Syllabus:
The State also prescribes syllabus and course of study for various
school classes and grades. The length of each course is determined and
sometimes, evens the time schedule is prescribed and the working
days, working hours and vocations specified. Text-books are
prescribed or got prepared. Some states have nationalized textbooks
and some have nationalized partially. Rules and regulations for
admission, withdrawal and migration are also framed by the stale so
that there is co-ordination and uniformity in all the educational
institutions, functions the State.

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6. Appointing Supervisory Staff:
The state appoints supervisors, inspectors and education officers for
regulating the activities of various institutions. The supervisory staff is
responsible not only for maintaining a uniformity of standards in their
respective jurisdiction but also to see that state aids and grants are not
misused by private and other agencies.
7. Providing Financial Aids:
The State recognizes schools and other institutions run by private
bodies, persons or local bodies, in accordance with set rules and
regulations. It also provides them with suitable aids and grants to run
efficiently and effectively. Financial aid is also given to universities,
functioning in the state
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8. Appointing Commissions and Committees:
The state also appoints commissions and committees
from time to time, to discuss the various aspects of
education and educational activities in the stale. These
committees of experts suggest ways and means for a
further improvement of education in various fields.

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9. Holding Examinations:
Some states hold public examinations at various levels and some states
that do not hold examinations, give directions to the examining bodies
like school Boards and District Educational authorities that conduct
elementary School examinations at the district level. Teacher training
examinations at the school level (like Junior Basic Training) of
secondary School level (like L.T.) are also held by some stales. The
state education departments also award certificates to teachers who
have undergone special orientation course a institutes (like institute of
English, state institutes of education) and recommend persons of
distinction in the educational field for state Award or National Award.

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ROLE OF STATE IN
EDUCATIONAL POLICY MAKING
Education policies are the principles and government policy-making in
educational sphere as well as the collection of laws and rules that
govern the operation of education systems. Education occurs in many
forms for many purposes through many institutions. Examples include
early childhood education, kindergarten through to 12th grade, two
and four year colleges or universities, graduate and professional
education, adult education and job training. hereto reeducation policy
can directly affect the education people engage in at all ages.
Education reform is a topic that is in the mainstream currently in the
United States. Over the past 30 years, policy makers have made steady
increase at the state and federal levels of government in their
involvement of US schools.

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Although states hold the constitutional right on education policy, the
federal government is advancing their role by building on state and
local education policies. In the state of Texas during the 84th
Legislature, there were several education reform bills filed and
sponsored by many education reform groups, such as Texans for
Education Reform. Law makers want to create more involvement at
the local level and more transparency in our public schools. These
groups are being pressured and opposed by teachers unions saying that
accountability and transparency policies are targeting educators and
that they are trying to hold them responsible for the education system.

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 We want the education by which character is formed,
strength of mind is increased, the intellect is
expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own
“QUOTE” feet.

- Swami Vivekananda
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PROF D. B. GHULE