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Mention the “Dr. Sampurnananda Committee” recommendations to strengthen National Integration.

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The Central Education Ministry organized a ‘Committee for National Integration’ in 1961 under the Chairmanship of Dr. Sampurnanand. The Integration Committee. gave some recommendations to promote and strengthen national integration. 

Some of them are stated below:

1. Re-organization of the syllabi at various levels primary, secondary, college and university level to promote national integration. 

2. Giving due encouragement to extracurricular activities besides imparting formal knowledge to the students with the intention of promoting national unity. 

3. Improvement of textbooks helps a great deal in giving a true national perspective to the students. They can be made to understand their rich cultural heritage and feel proud of their nation. 

4. Conducting Community programmes such as mass prayers, mass meetings, speeches by respected leaders, etc., to help to bring the people together.

A part from the governmental efforts to achieve the goal of national unity various stakeholders such as educational institutions, religious/cultural associations and mass media should involve in Chalking out action-based programmes to enhance awareness/dissemination of traditional values among the masses and increase cultural exchange banking on the richness of our cultural heritage and diversity.

Special steps should be taken by various interest groups to speed up the development of economically and socially backward groups who are the easy victims of violent activities.



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