SYLLABUS

Unit - I

ANCIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM
Vedic and Buddhist Period: Main Characteristics, Aims of Education, Merits and Demerits of Education System, Contribution to Modern Indian Education.
Viewpoints of Travelers towards Ancient Indian System.

Unit - II

EDUCATION IN MEDIEVAL PERIOD
Main Characteristics. Aims of Education. Merits and Demerits of Education System. Contribution to Modern Indian Education.

Unit - III

EDUCATION IN COLONIAL PERIOD
Some Landmarks of British Period:
Charter act of 1813 to 1833 and Oriental Occidental Dispute. Macaulay Minute Filtration Theory. Wood Dispatch. Hunter Commission. Indian University Commission. Gokhale Bill. Sadler Commission. Wardha Yojna.

Unit - IV

POST-INDEPENDENT ERA OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Radha Krishna Ayog Commission. Mudaliar.Commission. Kothari Commission. National Policy of Education 1986 and 1992. National Education Policy 2020.

Unit - V

PROBLEMS OF PREPRIMARY EDUCATION
Unsatisfactory Conditions of Preprimary Schools. Training of Preprimary Teachers. Unavailability of Teaching Material. Loopholes of Supervision and Administration. Problem of Uniformity.

Unit - VI

PROBLEMS OF ELEMENTRY AND SECONDRY EDUCATION
Problems of Access and Equity. Problems of Multilingualism, Child's Home Language and the Language of School-Classroom, Textbooks etc. Mass vs Class- Gap in Standards, Financial Load on Parent, Syllabus. Problem of Non-Availability of Technical and Vocational Guidance at Secondary Level and NSQF. Problems due to Cyber World and Increasing Stress.

Unit - VII

PROBLEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Problems of Access - Gender (Masculine, Feminine and Transgender) and Caste, Class, Religion, Region.
Problem of over-emphasis on Examination System in India, Information Explosion and its Validation. Problem related with Students- Aimlessness, Intolerance, Aggression, Unemployment and Competition.

Unit - VIII:

AFFECTING FACTORS OF INDIAN EDUCATION
Urbanization. Population Explosion. Poverty. Brain Drain

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