131. Duties and Functions of Social Education Organisers.
- Primary functions of a Social Education Organiser is the full Education of the people in citizenship and thus creating a field for work by the other extension officers of the Book-team. The duties and functions of Social Education Organisers are as follows:(a)General Approach. - (a) to make people conscious of their existing want;(b)to create an urge in them for a better living ;(c)to create the necessary outlook and aptitude in them towards the satisfaction of their wants and the attainment of better living through self-help;(d)to acquaint the people with the various facts of the Community Development Programme which offer assistance to them for securing a better living;(e)to impart new ideas and skills, including literacy to the people;(f)to provide recreation to the people;(g)to revive social and cultural activities which, though extremely necessary, for the community life of the people, may yet be dying out for want of proper and adequate interest;(h)to build up local leadership; and(i)to enthuse the people and secure their full participation in the implementation of the Community Development Programme;(b)Duties. - (i) to bring about a change in the outlook of the people to help them to see the possibilities for development through self-help projects;(ii)to create in the village people an urge for healthy living and a desire for more knowledge about improvements relating to agriculture, animal husbandry, health, Cottage Industries, etc.;(iii)to help in organising the people for Co-operative efforts through the formation of Panchayats, Co-operatives, Farmers' associations, Youth clubs, Women clubs and Welfare organisations;(iv)to promote education and adult education activities in the villages. These would include persuading the parents to make better use of the existing schools by sending their children to schools and associating the school in the social education activities like organisation of literacy campaigns, rural literacy, etc;(v)to organise cultural and recreational activities such as dances, Kirtans Bhajans, exhibitions, Melas, etc.;(vi)to develop rural leadership, through training camps, study tours and group discussions;(vii)to educate the village people about implications and essentials of planning and to create in them a consciousness of priorities;(viii)to educate the people about the rights, duties and obligations of citizenship in a democratic society;(ix)to inculcate among the people a growing interest for the knowledge about the country;(x)to develop public opinion by persuasion against existing social evils such as child marriage, drinking habits, use of narcotics such as Ganja, Bhang, opium, etc.;(xi)to distribute educational materials such as charts, news-letters, wall newspapers, editing local news-bulletin, setting up rural circulating libraries, etc.;(xii)to organise social types of physical welfare activities like games, sports, Akharas, etc.;(xiii)to prompt the use of audio-visual media through film strip, lantern slides, projection materials, posters, gramophone records, exhibitions, etc.;(xiv)to co-relate social education with primary and basic education and to associate in their spread, and improvement of standards and to visit primary schools in their areas;(xv)to ensure that community centres work as local centres of social services and other amenities for the community;(xvi)to organise voluntary agencies for furthering the social education programme in all its facts;(xvii)to work for the implementation of the detailed Social Education Programme drawn up for the Block in the light of the model programme for it;(G. O. no. 1988, dated the 12th May, 1959.)(xviii)to help the preparation of reports and returns relating to the social education programme;(xix)to carry out such other work as is entrusted to him/her from time to time;Notes. - (i) In addition to the above, the Lady Social Education Organisers will concentrate on women's and children programme in particular. They will see that sufficient number of social education centres for ladies are run in their respective Blocks. They will organise Mahila and Shishu Krira Kendras. In Mahila Mandals, some handicrafts e. g., cutting, knitting, embroidery or some other kinds of household work may well be developed. Kirtan, Bhajan and Folk songs will undoubtedly play an important role in the Mahila Mandals. Education and recreation should go hand in hand.(ii)Lady Social Education Organisers should have a proper understanding of "Planning for the family". She should be able to advise the ladies of her area regarding the value of small savings, kitchen garden, home-washing, storage of food stuff, economy at festivals, as also on occasions of birth, marriage and death.(iii)Lady Social Education Organisers are expected to have a full knowledge and experience of rationalisation of household duties including use of alternative fuel, smokeless fire places, bath, habits of cleanliness, storage of food-stuffs, and drinking water.(iv)In fact, the Lady Social Education Organisers are expected to motivate the rural women-folk to improve their economics, educational, social and cultural aspects of life by freely mixing with them and by their own example.(G. O. no. 1988, dated the 12th May, 1955.)(C)Rules for Inspecting Officers.
