Annual Administrative Report on The Progress of Education in Orissa For the Year 1961-62 to 1977-78

Abstract

This report presents a concise account of the progress of general education in Orissa during the period 1961— 78. The year 1961 was a significant landmark in the history of the educational progress in India, since it completed a decade after Introduction of the new Constitution of the country. It was also the closing year of the Second Five-Year Plan (1956— 61), and the beginning of the Third Five-Year Plan. During the latter plan period, the Kothari Commission (1964— 66) submitted its Report on the 29th June 1966. This emphasised all the more the need for progress of education in the future plans in India In as much as yesterday's educational system will not meet today's and even less so, the needs of tomorrow. Lastly, 1961 was the year of the General Census in India, which provided relevant statistical data for planning the development of education in the country. Although the year 1978 was scheduled as the closing year for the Fifth Five-Year Plan; but under certain unavoidable circumstances it was allowed to continue till 1980.