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    Sargent Scheme was a 1944 memorandum prepared at the behest of the Britishrun Government of India. It recommended the introduction of free and compulsory education for all Indian children in the 611 years age group. The plan aimed to bring about Universal Literacy in India within 40 years of its introduction, i.e. By 1984. Average literacy levels in post independence India had only reached about 65% in 2008.

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    Sargent Scheme was a 1944 memorandum prepared at the behest of the Britishrun Government of India. It recommended the introduction of free and compulsory education for all Indian children in the 611 years age group. The plan aimed to bring about Universal Literacy in India within 40 years of its introduction, i.e. By 1984. Average literacy levels in post independence India had only reached about 65% in 2008.

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    Sargent Scheme was a 1944 memorandum prepared at the behest of the Britishrun Government of India. It recommended the introduction of free and compulsory education for all Indian children in the 611 years age group. The plan aimed to bring about Universal Literacy in India within 40 years of its introduction, i.e. By 1984. Average literacy levels in post independence India had only reached about 65% in 2008.

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    TheSargentScheme,formallyknownastheReportoftheSargentCommissiononPostWar
    EducationDevelopmentinIndia,wasa1944memorandumpreparedatthebehestoftheBritishrun
    GovernmentofIndiathatoutlinedthefuturedevelopmentofracyandeducationinIndia.[1]

    Universalliteracy
    AcentralgoaloftheSargentSchemewastheeducationalreconstructionofIndia.[2]Itrecommendedthe
    introductionoffreeandcompulsoryeducationforallIndianchildreninthe611yearsagegroup.[2]The
    planaimedtobringaboutuniversalliteracyinIndiawithin40yearsofitsintroduction,i.e.by1984.[3]
    Theschemewentasfollows:
    1.Establishmentofelementaryschoolsandhighschool.
    2.Highschoolsof2types:
    A.Academic.
    B.TechnicalandVocational

    3.Intermediatecoursesweretobeabolished.
    Althoughthe40yeartimeframewasderidedatthetimebyleadersoftheIndianindependence
    movementasbeingtoolongaperiodtoachieveuniversalliteracy,[3]averageliteracylevelsinpost
    independenceIndiahadonlyreachedabout65%in2008(64yearsaftertheschemewouldhavebeen
    launched)andwereincreasingonly"sluggishly"at1.5%peryear.[4]

    References
    1. RamNathSharma,RajendraKumarSharma(1996),HistoryOfEducationInIndia
    (http://books.google.com/?id=yqtAAgS3NSEC),AtlanticPublishers&Distributors,ISBN8171565999,
    "...JohnSargentwastheEducationalAdvisortotheGovernmentofIndia.JohnSargentwasdeputedtodraw
    upamemorandumforthedevelopmentofIndianeducationinthepostwarreconstructionperiod.He
    submittedhismemorandumbeforetheCentralAdvisoryBoardofEducationin1944.Theboardacceptedit
    intoandrecommendeditsenforcement..."
    2. IndianEducationalActs,JupiterInfomediaPvtLtd,"...namedafterSirJohnSargent,whowasthe
    educationalAdvisortotheGovernmentofIndia...envisagedtheintroductionofuniversalfreeand
    compulsoryeducationforthechildrenbetweentheagesof6to11years..."
    3. IndiaTalksAmartyaSen(http://www.india50.com/abni/aksI09.html),MediaWebIndia,retrieved
    20090920,"...wouldmakeIndialiteratein40years,andthenationalistleadersrightlylaugheditoutof
    court,onthegroundsthatIndiadidnothavethepatiencetoremainfor40yearswithoutUniversalLiteracy.
    Now50yearshavegoneby,andthecountryisstillhalfilliterate,twothirdsofthewomenareilliterate..."
    4. "India'sliteracyrateincreasesluggish"(http://news.indiainfo.com/2008/02/01/0802010844_india_rate.html),
    Indiainfo.com,20080201,retrieved20090920,"...LiteracyinIndiaisincreasingatasluggishrateof1.5
    percentperyear,saysarecentreportoftheNationalSampleSurveyOrganisation(NSSO)...India'saverage
    literacyrateispeggedat65.38percent..."

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