Decentralization and Education Services
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What is essential for citizens to take responsibility for transforming society?

  • Strong central government
  • Effective participative democracy (correct)
  • Passive citizens
  • Authoritarian rule
  • What is the key role of citizens in governance according to the text?

  • Supporting authoritarian regimes
  • Blind obedience to authority
  • Having no role in governance
  • Active participation in public duty (correct)
  • How can the new architecture of governance be effectively established based on the text?

  • Limiting citizen involvement
  • Autocratic decision-making
  • Devolution, decentralisation, and democratisation (correct)
  • Centralization of power
  • What is the primary concern raised about primary school teachers seeking promotion from a distant education director?

    <p>They may not be accountable to the local community.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which level of government should have direct supervision over the functions, finances, and functionaries of development and public welfare programs?

    <p>Elected bodies at the district level</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the proposed role of District Councils in managing cadres of school teachers, supervisors, and administrators according to the text?

    <p>Recruit, train, and manage them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main structural problem identified with the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service?

    <p>They were founded on the imperial idea of territorial control.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does the present structure of the All India Services pose a challenge to full-fledged democratic representative government at the district level?

    <p>Because it does not allow elected district panchayats to handle 'law and order'.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the Commission recommend regarding the relationship between the State and associations, NGOs, and voluntary bodies?

    <p>Establish a pattern of cooperative relationship to launch a concerted effort for progressive social change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why does the text suggest that State and civil society are complementary rather than antithetical?

    <p>To emphasize the need for collaborative efforts in social change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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