Report of the High Level Committee to Review The Educational Statistics System in India

Abstract

In pursuance of the recommendations made by the Eighth All India Conference on Educational Statistics held in Udaipur in September, 1980 which were accepted by the Standing Committee on Educational Statistics at its seventh meeting held on 30-12-80, a High Level Committee was constituted in 1981 vide Ministry of Education’s Gazette Notification No. F. 10-l|81-Stat. dated the 20th February, 1981 for reviewing the entire educational statistical system in the country. The terms of reference of the Committee were:— (i) To prepare a perspective plan for the improvement of the educational statistics ^nd their utilisation in policy making, planning and administration at all levels. (ii) To propose the methodology for collecting data on various items and to spell out the role of different agencies involved in data collection so that duplication of efforts is avoided and the relevant data are made available with minimum of resource. (iii) To suggest the type of schedules to be used for data collection from primary sources and the records to be maintained at different levels so as to help in efficient collection of information. (iv) To propose measures for improving the quality and timely presentation of data. (v) To suggest the changes in the infrastructure at the Central and State levels and the norms for staff, etc., in order to bring about the above improvements. (vi) To suggest training and orientation programmes at all levels for ensuring proper collection and use of data. vii) To suggest short-term measures for improving the existing system on the basis of the discussions held with the high officials by personal visits of members of the Committee to some of the States.