Report of the Working Group no III on Development of Human Resources 17 th May 2006

1. Report of the Working Group no III on Development of Human Resources 17th May 2006

2. Development of Human Resources Is of critical importance for long term development of the state Education Health Science & Technology

3. Education • Social Welfare & Social Education • School Education • Youth Affairs & Sports • Higher and Technical Education

4. Social Welfare & Social Education • Child & Mother Welfare – • Health & Education up to 6 years • Universalize ICDS • Literacy- universalize • Pre- School [up to 6 years] • Adult- post-school [above 18 years up to 50 years] • Women Welfare • Disabled • Universalize pension / care • Old aged • Universalize pension / care System centric approach

5. School Education • Universalize coverage • 100% enrolment - pay specific attention to • Girls • Schedule Tribe • Disabled • Sarva Sikhya Aviyan • Universalize up to Class VIII • Check drop out rates • Follow up after class VIII

6. School Education- continued • Infrastructure- Physical • Schools adequate number- new and addition/ renovation of old school • Establish 400 new primary and 200 upper primary schools • 300 new High and Higher Secondary schools • Furniture • Library facilities with computer and internet • Text books, uniform, etc • Toilet • Drinking water • Midday meal

7. School Education- continued • Infrastructure- Social • Teachers • Training of teachers • Strengthen the DIET s to provide IT, Computer facility and strengthen other infrastructure facilities • Kakborak language • Technology • Computer aided learning • EduSat • Science Education • Curriculum revision • Revision of school syllabus in view of National Curriculum Framework - 2005 • Vocationalisation

8. School Education- continued • Management issues • Commercially participation • Involve PRI s • Accountability it teachers • Promote private sector participation

9. Promotion of Sports • Universalise “Sports for all” • Sports as an integral part of education • Play ground facility in each school • Promotion of sports for achieving excellence • Facility for selected few disciplines • football, swimming, athletics and gymnastics • Adequate assistance for the meritorious sports persons for pursuing sports as a career • provide infrastructure • coaching facility • financial support on a long term basis • Competition at Block, Sub-Division and District level to be held regularly for promoting talent • provide all facilities • Tripura Sports School • District Level Sports Complexes

10. Promotion of Youth Services • Broad base • National Service Scheme • National Cadet Corps • Revamp and extend all over the State • Expand activities Youth organizations to be engaged to fight social evils like dowry, crime against women also promote literacy, blood donation, aforestation etc.

11. Higher Education • Quality of Education • Market potential • Private participation Give stress on streams • Vocationalisation keeping in view emerging market in the state/ region/ country/ abroad • Introduction of P.G courses in Information Technology, Computer Education, Library and Information Science, Bio chemistry, Earth science, Genetics, Sociology, Linguistics etc. in Tripura University • Introduction of B.Sc Computer Science, B.Sc IT, BCA courses in some selected colleges.

12. Higher Education – continued • Promote private sector • Develop suitable strategy • state providing land & building (hardware) • private providing staff, teaching facility (software) • Suitable regulation for • maintaining quality • checking exploitation by excessive fees • Suitable tie up for bank educational loan • Scholarship- adequate number & amount • For taking care of the poor student

13. Health • Preventive • Curative • Primary • Secondary • Tertiary health care • Medical education

14. Health – continued • Infrastructure-Physical • Hospital • Beds • Other supporting facility. • Infrastructure- Social • Doctors - Target is 0.5 Physicians per 1000 population-2080 required [Gap is 1338]- Specialists 272 available-477 is needed • Nurses- 3339 Nurses are needed for 3 shifts [Gap is 1345] • Supporting staff • Training

15. Health – continued • Promote private sector • Develop suitable strategy • state providing land & building (hardware) • private machineries, staff, maintenance (software) • Suitable regulation for • maintaining quality • checking exploitation by excessive fees • Suitable support/ insurance for taking care of the poor student

16. Science, Technology& Environment • Environment conservation • Checking pollution air, water environment • low cost, appropriate technology • Remote sensing • global positioning • satellite related facility • Steps • Regular thorough analysis of air, water and noise pollution level. • Study on status of different lakes / water bodies. Give thrust for large scale utilization of benefit of Biotechnology to ensure optimum utilization of local bio resources to increase production in Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Resources. • Appropriate projects to be taken up to ensure value addition on local resources based production, post harvest losses and waste utilization.

17. THANK YOU For your kind attention