Towards A Functional Learning Society: A Survey of and Plan for Non-Formal Education in Tamil Nadu

Abstract

From Preface: The Government welcomes this first survey of Non-formal Education in Tamil Nadu. It is Govenment’s policy to develop this area of non-formal education as a supplement to the large programme of school, college and University education that has been its major, and somewhat exclusive, concern as far as the Department of Education is concerned. The wide range covered by non-formal education in the State that is brought out in this report is impressive. The Government Departments of Agriculture, Rural Development, Labour and Employment, Health and Family Planning, and Social, Welfare are engaged in a growing programme of education and training in their specialized fields. The analysis of these programmes and the comments and recommendations made on them will engage the attention of the Departments in the coming months.