A Critical Study of the Recommendations of Ashok Mitra Commission (1991–`92) regarding Secondary Education in West Bengal

Madan Mohan Mandal; Dr. Santosh Kumar Behera

Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2017

A Critical Study of the Recommendations of Ashok Mitra Commission (1991–`92) regarding Secondary Education in West Bengal

Madan Mohan Mandal, Dr. Santosh Kumar Behera

Abstract :

India officially the republic of India (Bharat Ganarajjya) is a country in South Asia. It is the Seventh–largest country by area, the second– most populous country with over 1.2 billion people and the most populous democracy in the world. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the South, the Arabian Sea on the South–West, and the Bay of Bengal on the South–East and Burma and Bangladesh to the East. In Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Srilanka and the Maldives; in addition, India`s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia. Home to Ancient Indus Valley Civilization and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four world religions–Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism–originated here, where as Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity diversity and Islam arrived in the first millennium CE and also helped shape the regions diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and ought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18^th` century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid–19^th` century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non–violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi. After 1947, different educational committees and commission was established by the Left Front Government in West Bengal. Ashok Mitra Commission (1991–`92) is one of them. In this paper the authors try to highlight the various educational contributions of Ashok Mitra Commission regarding secondary education in West Bengal. The authors also try to shed some light to the relevance that the secondary education under the recommendations of Ashok Mitra Commission in West Bengal in the present context.