বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্র (তৃতীয় খণ্ড)/১৬৮

শিরোনাম সূত্র তারিখ
গ্রামীণ প্রতিষ্ঠানসমূহ সাংগঠনিক কাঠামো ও প্রশিক্ষণ সিলেবাস বাংলাদেশ সরকার পরিকলপনা সেল ............১৯৭১

I. ORGANISATIONAL FRAMEWORK

1) VILLAGE PANCHAYET

 These blocks would correspond to the villages and the committee may be termed Panchayet in keeping with the tradition of Bangladesh.

 Formation: By direct election of the leader as well as the members, numbering 3 to 7 depending on 'he size of population.

 Authority: The Panchayet will be the sole administrative authority with regard to all village affairs. It will also have unlimited, informal legislative and judicial authority Subject to the statutory limitation of National Legislature.

Function: .............................

 2) UNION BOARD

 Formation: Indirect. Village Panchayet Leaders as ex-officio members to elect a Chairman who will resign from Panchayet Leadership.

 Authority: To act as an executive arm of the District Board in the implementation and management of such works and activities as involving more than one village and feeling within the area and scope of the Union.

Function: .............................

3) THANA BOARD

 Formation: Indirect. Union Chairman as ex-officio member to elect a Chairman who will resign from Thana Chairmanship.

 Authority and Function: To act as an executive arm of the District Board in the implementation of such works and activities as involving more than one Union and falling within the areas and scope of the Thana.

4) DISTRICT DOARD

 Formation: Direct election of members who will elect a Chairman.

Authority and Functions: All planning, executive and administrative authority beyond the scope of the village within the District, within the statutory jurisdiction of the State Government.

II. RURAL RECONSTRUCTION CADRE

1. Need.

Trained Base-workers as intended for maintaining socio-economic 'safe-Bases' for over guerilla forces during the war, will be far more essentially needed for the success of any socio-economic reconstruction plan for our society after its devastation through the war. The Base-work training programme should therefore be intensified with a view to such post-war reconstruction, and the trained base-workers may form the nucleus of the Rural Reconstruction Corps.

2. Syllabus

The present syllabus for Base-workers (enclosed at...) may therefore continue and the exphasis may gradually be shifted on the normal function (at para...) with a corresponding de-emphasis on the war-time function as our victory comes closer. The syllabus will be subject to review by the Board as needed.

3. Camps

Permanent training camps of the present type would be desirable. In their absence, residential High School or College premises in the liberated areas would be used as a stop gap arrangement.

4. Finance

The present budget for permanent camps, costing about Rs. 200/- per trainee for one month's training course will serve as a basis.

5. Admission

a) Immediate:

Class VI and above youth, preferably permanent village residents, or at least volunteering to work in a village for the time being would be desired for base work training.

b) Long Range:

Matric examinees between examination and result out, and abiding to reside in a village permanently or at least for a couple of months after training, may be admitted for Base-work training on a regular basis.

6. Cadre classification

(i) Base-workers: Temporary workers or those failing in deep motivation, test at the end of training.

(ii) (a) Reconstruction corps-Apprentice (also “tentative group leader" selected at the end of training):Matric standard graduate of youth camp; permanent residents of village or town mahalla; passing in test for deep motivation.

 (b) Reconstruction corps-Members: After one year's works in a village (or liberated mahalla) on the basis of Functional Survey Report (See below).  (c) Reconstruction corps-Senior: Group Leader selected from among best Reconstruction corps members: potential Thana Organizers (See below).

 Note: Reconstruction corps members and group leaders may be allowed Rs. 50 and Rs. 100 respectively for work outside their assigned villages.

(III) RURAL RECONSTRUCTION BOARD

(a) Board  A high level, high powered body is needed for initiation and caretaking of the scheme, with the planners of the scheme in key positions for its effective implementation. A Board may be formed with:

   1 Chairman: Dr. Muzaffar Ahmed Chowdhury

   5 Members: 3 M. N. A.M. P. As

       1 Member, Training

       1 Member, Surveys and functional audit of local bodies.

       1 Member-Secretary:

(b) Initiation

 District Organizers and Thana Organizers (along with Agriculturists, Doctors and Engineers) initially under administrative control of MemberSecretary, will initiate the scheme with various publicity and audio-visual media and also act as election returning officers for the local bodies (Village panchayet and District Boards). District Organizer may continue to work under Member-Secretary as member of Central Public Service, whereas Thana Organizer and other may be absorbed in District Public Service.

(c) Training

 Camp Administration and training staff may work under control of member, Training.

(d) Survey-Audit.

 Thana Surveyors/Auditors may work under control as member, Survey Audit who will report to the Board at fixed intervals.

SYLLABUS

 i. What is community? The necessity and importance or community development-Aims & objects. The people who live in the community their general classification.

 ii. Present organisation of the community change in organisation needed future scientific organisation set up-community development a great approach towards National development.  iii. Development works-Agriculture- Animal Husbandry-Forests-Fisheries cooperation like Agricultural Marketing Co-op. Societies-preservation and Marketing of Fisheries Co-op. Primary Credit Societies.

 iv. Industry-Education-Social Education-Health-Water supply-Sanitation Housing-Road development-Welfare of Backward classes etc.

 v. Integrated development of village community-Economic & social and cultural emphasis on village community and not on the individual.

 vi. Self-help and co-op. as a method of community development-common life- common welfare.

 vii. Bengali Nationalism-its aims and objects and community development. Bengali Nationalism and economic freedom.

 viii. Protection of National property-creation and utilization of productive labor elimination of idle labor-solution of unemployment problem.

 ix. Security and community-Loyalty, solidarity, unity, friendly relations for peace and order.

 x. Women and the community-building up of home and society-domestic affairs and women and handicaps of their work-lack of knowledge, means leisure, and education etc. Community and new nation-new mind, peace and prosperous life.

SYLLABUS FOR TRAINING COURSE

General Syllabus


 a) Villages and importance of village development for National Economy. Number of villages, population, area, density of population, Agriculture, cottage industry as source of village as well as National income, comparative study of village and urban population-per capita income.

 b) Labor available in villages for development of National economy-utilization of labor cooperation of labor, education, and training of labor.

 c) Organisation of villages, formation of cooperative Societies.

 d) Village Panchayet as self-government. Formation of Panchayet in a democratic way-the role of Panchayet-advantages and benefits of Panchayet in maintaining peace and order, doing justice and helping development activities. Panchayet is a disciplined way of life.


 e) Functions of Panchayet:

  i. Use village guards to prevent and suppress thieves, robbers, defector, and cheater with iron discipline. ii. Settle and adjudicate all disputes in the village clearly and promptly so as to eliminate dependence on outside agencies for “law, order and justice".

iii. Review owner-labor production sharing practice to intensify cooperative honor in all yields.

iv. Maximum food production by cooperative labor in the utilization of all land, water, vegetables and animal resources of the village.

v. Production of commodities required locally with resources available.


2. Base Workers

i. Introduction and Definition of Base worker-importance of Base worker village development and the role of base worker-self-sustained socioeconomic 'Fortresses' in the villages of Bangladesh and base worker.

ii. The nature, knowledge, character, habit to hard work power of motivation and method of work of the base worker-the base worker is to earn confidence of the villagers before he can activate them.

iii. Maintenance of independence available for welfare and strength is to use in actions as good as possible-otherwise welfare, strength and independence itself go by default.

iv. Base worker must mobilize the people to understand the philosophy of democratic socialism of Sk. Mujib as a path to welfare-irrespective of all 'isms' democratic socialism must be our elemental step to enduring welfare of the nation-social cooperation and democratic government at the foundation of the society-No subjugation and exploitation by the social cheater.

v. Self-reliance-labor-cooperative-descriptive of the people will speed up economic activity through village panchayet with the help of base worker villages will stand upon solid foundation of welfare-everybody will live in peace.

Economy of self-sustenance

 a) Food and agriculture practices and possibilities of indigenous development in the villages of Bangladesh. Food control, embankment, irrigation, green manure, deep ploughing, seeding, harvesting, fruits, vegetables, poultry, dairy, fishing, use of every inch of land and water. Village clothing and housing. Village health-cleanliness, drainage, sanitation, water purification, fly and mosquito eradication as epidemic prevention; indigenous first aids and other indigenous medicines as curatives, other accessible medical services. Village education

Village communication-roads, paths, bridges. waterways-the construction and cares and their use against enemy.

Village beautification-cultural and recreational activities-rural arts, crafts, skills and industries.

COURSES OF STUDY OF TRAINEES IN

THE TRAINING CAMPS

1. Agriculture:

a) Introduction about agriculture for the national development of Bangladesh- economy of the country and agriculture-Agricultural needs-p.c. of total population depends on agriculture-primary industry as a source of national income GNP AND NNP.

b) Old system of cultivation and modern improved cultivation-Defects of premative system of cultivation and advantages of modem scientific cultivation-Extensive and intensive cultivation etc.

c) Irrigation-use of fertilizer-insecticides and improved cultural practice better seeds-better ploughing and the nursing of the plants etc.

d) Instruction for different crops cereals, i. e. paddy, Boro paddy, wheat production- pulses, vegetables, kitchen gardening etc.

e) Storage preservation of products-marketing-transportation and distribution of goods. 0 Poultry-Dairy and other allied topics.

f) Poultry- Dairy and other allied topics.

g) Discussion of various problems and their solution-cooperation with all invitation of suggestion-opinion etc.

2. Weaving:

a) Importance of cottage industry-need for cloth only next to food-quality of cloth- color-design etc.

b) Supply of yarn-supply of color-dyes-different kinds of production of clothes like sharee, lungi, gamcha etc.

c) Price for the cotton piece goods-marketing facilities etc.

d) Problems-discussion of problems-opinions and suggestions etc.

3. Fishing

a) Introduction about fish as well as fishing-fishes provide badly needed protein in the diet of people of Bangladesh-art of catching fishes etc. b) Supply of fishing nets-supply of coaltar for boats-production of different kinds of fresh water fish-river fishes. Importance of pisciculture etc.

 с) Preservation and storage of fishes. Iceing-besketing-marketing of fishes. Capital requirements-loans-refund of loan etc.

 d) Discussion of problems-Instruction of opinion and suggestion etc.

4. Adult Education:

a) Introduction-need for adult education-illiteracy curse. Beautiful life and education comparative study of our country with Japan, West Germany, UK, USA, USSR, France and other developed countries of the world-relation with economic activity.

b) Discussion for Bengali Nationalism-modern civilization-reading of Newspapers-Books poems-Family letters-Building up of character.

с) Social and political education-how other countries of world developed through their efforts-Modernization of Turkey.

 d) Religious education with emphasis on unity of all religion-spirit of religion and practical ethics-Religion and humanity and mental development of human beings.

 e) Communal harmony-acts of charity-justice-examples of struggle like Karbala etc., universalism-selfless service to the society irrespective of caste, creed etc.

 (f) Discussion of problems, invitation of opinion and suggestions for quick improvement etc.

5. Cottage Industry

Introduction and importance of cottage industry for the economy of Bangladesh comparative study of cottage industry of Japan, China, India, Holland and Bangladesh. Cottage industry and solution of unemployment problem-idle labour and cottage industry.

  a) Nature of cottage industry-cane and bamboo products-Ghani, and mastered oil, toys, pottery etc.

  b) Finance-marketing-problem-opinions and suggestions for improvement.

6. Health Education And Beautification

  a) Importance of sanitation-Neatness and cleanliness as a part of daily life-sanitation and vaccination-pure drinking water-water purification Fly and mosquito eradication-first and epidemic protection (Prevention) i.e. Cholera, Small Pox etc.

  b) Model village-clean and airy house-good drainage system-cleaning of ponds, canals cleaning of water hyacinth unwanted jungles and bushes. Tree plantation- gardening etc. Rural house planning for comfort and economy.

  с) Discussion of problems and invitation of suggestions.