Report on Netarhat School Ranchi: An Experiment in Promotion on Excellence

Abstract

Pursuit and promotion of excellence is an integral part of the over-all policy of equalisation of educational opportunities among the people. The provision of scholarships to meritorious students, with inadequate means, is one method of promoting excellence. But what is more important is that the meritorious students, after being identified, are placed in a proper environment which helps in a fuller nurturing of their abilities. This highlights the importance of setting up quality institutions to help excellence grow. It is in the light of this conviction that I thought that it would be desirable to undertake an on-the-spot factual study of the Netarhat School, Ranchi, which was set up by the Bihar Government with this object in view. This Report on Netarhat School, Ranchi, by Dr. S. N. Saraf, Director, Bureau of Planning & Coordination, Ministry of Education and Youth Services, is a very useful document which brings out in a Very objective way the functioning of the school.