Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Substituted for “two years” by Act No.27 of 1987. School Education. [Act No.1 of 1982] 15 achieve, among others, the following specified objective, namely:- (a) irrelapsable literacy in the mother tongue including skills of articulation; (b) basic numeracy skills and necessary knowledge of child‟s physical and social environment; (c) proficiency in socially useful productive work: Provided that a child who has completed the age of five years shall not be denied admission in the schools. (4) (a) The main objective of secondary education shall be to impart such general education as may be prescribed to each pupil so as to make him fit either for higher academic studies or for job-oriented vocational courses, by the time he completes his secondary education. (b) The general education so imparted shall, among others, include,- (i) the development of linguistic skills and literary appreciation in the mother tongue or regional language, as the case may be; (ii) the attainment of prescribed standards of proficiency, in Hindi and English; (iii) the acquisition of requisite knowledge in mathematics and physical and biological sciences to pursue further courses of study; (iv) the study of social sciences with special reference to history, geography and civics so as to achieve 16 [Act No.1 of 1982] the minimum necessary knowledge by the pupil in regard to his State, country and the world; (v) the introduction of 25[socially useful productive work] as an integral part of the curriculum; (vi) the training in sports, games and other physical exercise and other arts; (vii) the imparting of knowledge in basic agricultural science and irrigation methods. 26[(viii) the introduction of Intermediate Courses; (ix) the teaching of morals.] (c) The Government may,- (i) accept and implement progressively at the secondary stage, the principle of subject specialization by the teacher; (ii) take all steps necessary to secure the qualitative strengthening of secondary education and for that purpose make every effort to bring the physical standards of existing schools to optimum levels. 27[8. (1) Every Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council shall make provision for education upto the end of the secondary education stage in the area within its jurisdiction for all children in the prescribed age group ordinarily resident therein and shall undertake the management of pre-primary, primary and secondary education schools taken over by the Government and entrusted to it.