Teachers Representation in Legislative Councils. Report of the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) Committee on Teachers' Representation in Legislative Councils

Abstract

The Committee have examined the question o f voting rights to elementary teachers in Legislative Councils in its larger perspective. It examined the proceedings o f the Constituent Assembly to understand the logic and thinking leading to the provision made for teachers* representation in Legislative Councils. It also examined views of the State Governments from time to time, as also proceedings of the State assemblies/Parliament leading to the abolition of Legislative Councils in the States of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh. The Report of the Committee is based on the examination of the issues in totality.