GITA DEWAN VERMA

1356 D-I VASANT KUNJ, NEW DELHI – 110 070; Ph: 26132921, 26895840

19 December 2003

Mr Anand Sarup

Chairman

Task Force for Improvement in the System of Education

NIEPA

17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016

Sub:     Elementary Education Bill

Ref:      Round Table Discussion at NIEPA on 15.12.2003

Dear Sir,

In continuation of what I briefly mentioned to you at lunch at the discussion under reference, I am enclosing a copy of a letter I had written on 10.11.2003 to draw attention to conflict between the proposed Bill and existing provisions flowing from Delhi Development Act. I am also enclosing a brief note on structured approach and minima suggestions for a common school system based elementary education Bill. I am sending the same to Mr Acharya. The note I am also sending to Mr Ashok Agarwal and Prof BP Khandelwal and also posting on the web.

Best regards

Gita Dewan Verma

B.Arch (SPA, gold medalist); M.Planning (SPA, gold medalist); PG Dip-Research (IHS-Rotterdam, top rank); Dip-Training (DoPT)

Formerly: Senior Fellow (HUDCO-HSMI), Visiting Faculty (SPA, TVB-SHS), Consultant (DfID, IHSP, Nuffic, UNICEF, etc)

Currently: Independent planning researcher and writer and planning consultant exclusively to citizens’ groups


GITA DEWAN VERMA

1356 D-I VASANT KUNJ, NEW DELHI – 110 070; Ph: 26132921, 26895840

19 December 2003

Mr K M Acharya

Jt Secretary (EE)

MoHRD

Room 116 C, Shastri Bhawan

New Delhi

Sub:     Elementary Education Bill

Ref:      Round Table Discussion at NIEPA on 15.12.2003

Dear Mr Acharya,

In continuation of what I briefly mentioned to you at lunch at the discussion under reference, I am enclosing a copy of a letter I had written on 10.11.2003 to draw attention to conflict between the proposed Bill and existing provisions flowing from Delhi Development Act. I am also enclosing a brief note on structured approach and minima suggestions for a common school system based elementary education Bill.

Best regards

Gita Dewan Verma

B.Arch (SPA, gold medalist); M.Planning (SPA, gold medalist); PG Dip-Research (IHS-Rotterdam, top rank); Dip-Training (DoPT)

Formerly: Senior Fellow (HUDCO-HSMI), Visiting Faculty (SPA, TVB-SHS), Consultant (DfID, IHSP, Nuffic, UNICEF, etc)

Currently: Independent planning researcher and writer and planning consultant exclusively to citizens’ groups


GITA DEWAN VERMA

1356 D-I VASANT KUNJ, NEW DELHI – 110 070; Ph: 26132921, 26895840

19 December 2003

Prof B P Khandelwal

Director, NIEPA

17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi – 110016

Sub:     Elementary Education Bill

Ref:      Round Table Discussion at NIEPA on 15.12.2003

Dear Prof Khandelwal,

Thank you for your invitation (F.05/S&NF/2003-04/NJ of 11th December 2003) to the round-table discussion under reference, which I was able to attend only up till lunch. I am enclosing herewith a plannerly note on structured approach and minima suggestions for a common school system based elementary education Bill.

Best regards

Gita Dewan Verma / Planner

B.Arch (SPA, gold medalist); M.Planning (SPA, gold medalist); PG Dip-Research (IHS-Rotterdam, top rank); Dip-Training (DoPT)

Formerly: Senior Fellow (HUDCO-HSMI), Visiting Faculty (SPA, TVB-SHS), Consultant (DfID, IHSP, Nuffic, UNICEF, etc)

Currently: Independent planning researcher and writer and planning consultant exclusively to citizens’ groups



To Mr Ashok Agarwal, Social Jurist, via eml

Note posted on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eebill/message/1 on 19.12.03

(list migrated in june 2004 to http://mail.architexturez.net/mailman/listinfo/eebill)