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| Dr.Malcolm S.Adiseshiah Award presented to Mr.George IPS in 2004 |
Tamilnadu
Board of Continuing Education promotes quality of life improvement of poor and
needy. Tamilnadu Board of Continuing Education. Malcolm Sathiyanathan Adiseshiah is the founder and the first president
of Tamilnadu Board of Continuing Education. Subsequently Dr.Jayagopal,
Shri.Rangabashyam IAS(Retd) served as the Presidents of Tamilnadu Board
of Continuing Education and currently Dr.K.Govindaraju is serving as the
President of Tamilnadu Board of Continuing Education. The Tamilnadu Board of
Continuing Education had its beginning in the Adult and Continuing Education program
in 1975. It was subsequently upgraded as parent body of State Resource
Centre for Adult, Continuing Education with the aim of planned
involvement of NGOs and Government Departments for in community
extension
activities. The Tamilnadu Board of Continuing Education introduced the concept
of Continuing Education Programmes to meet the variety of educational needs of neo-literates
youths and community as per the guidelines of Government of India. The
extension activities of the Tamilnadu Board of Continuing Education are mainly
focused on educational interventions to create awareness among communities
about various social issues related to peoples’ life. The Tamilnadu Board of
Continuing Education has brought out reading materials on various issues,
including for neo-literates. Documentation and dissemination of
teaching-learning materials for Adult and continuing Education has also been
one of the functions of the Tamilnadu Board of Continuing Education. A
serious effort is being made to bring down the illiteracy rate and the dropout
percentage in schools through a coordinated effort by non-governmental
organisations, educationists and volunteers. Malcolm S. Adiseshiah and Mc Levy
awards, were instituted by the Tamil Nadu Board of Continuing Education in
recognition of concrete efforts taken by the officials,NGOs and Individuals for
the promotion of Continuing education for the equivalency Education program,
Quality of life improvement of poor and needy population, livelihood promotion
and individual interest and communal harmony and national integration programs.
Literacy Day, women’s day etc are regularly celebrated by Tamilnadu Board of
Continuing Education.-Govin
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| Prof.Ratna Natarajan Secretary TNBCE addresses |
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