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THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM. SARASWATI. THE GODDESS OF WISDOM. GURU- THE TEACHER. TAKING YOU FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT. In India the Guru or the teacher is held in high esteem.

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THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

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  1. THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

  2. SARASWATI THE GODDESS OF WISDOM

  3. GURU- THE TEACHER TAKING YOU FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

  4. In India the Guru or the teacher is held in high esteem. • Indeed, there is an understanding that if the devotee were presented with the guru and God, first he would pay respect to the guru, since the guru had been instrumental in leading him to God.

  5. THE ANCIENT SCRIPTURES VED VYASA In compiling the vedic mantras, VED VYASA edited them into four books, the Rig-Veda, the Yajur-Veda, the Sama-Veda, and the Atharva-Veda.

  6. The Vedas are a large body of texts originating in ancient India. Composed in Vedic Sanskrit, the texts constitutes the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. • Scholars have determined that the Rig Veda, the oldest of the four Vedas, was composed about 1500 B.C.

  7. MANUSCRIPT OF VEDAS

  8. THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF ANCIENT INDIA

  9. Gurukul system of education

  10. THE GURUKUL SYSTEM Gurukul was a type of school in India, residential in nature, with pupils living in proximity to the guru. In a gurukul, students resided together as equals, irrespective of their social standing, learnt from the guru and helped the guru in his day-to-day life. At the end of his studies, the pupil offered dakshina (fees) to the guru. The gurudakshina is a traditional gesture of acknowledgment, respect and thanks.

  11. THE GURUKUL SYSTEM A SCHOOLING UNIQUE TO INDIA

  12. THE ANCIENT VEDIC UNIVERSITIES

  13. NALANDA UNIVERSITY Nālandā is the name of an ancient university in Bihar, India and was a Buddhist center of learning from 427 CE to 1197 CE. It has been called "one of the first great universities in recorded history.

  14. THE ANCIENT VEDIC UNIVERSITIES There were universities like Taxila, Ujjain, Kanchi etc. for medicine and learning including mathematics and astronomy.

  15. REMAINS OF TAXILA UNIVERSITY

  16. IMPACT OF BRITISHERS ON THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM 1757-1947

  17. Education of Indians had become a topic of interest among East India Company officials. The policy’s goal was • to advance knowledge of Indians and • to employ that knowledge in the East India Company

  18. PRE INDEPENDENCE DAYS

  19. Since English was increasingly being employed as the language of instruction, during 1852–1853 petitions were sent to the British Parliament in support of both establishing and adequately funding university education in India which resulted in the Education Dispatch of July 1854 which helped in shaping the education system of India.

  20. HIGHER EDUCATION

  21. THE BRITISHERS • Established a Department of Public Instruction in each province of British India. • Established teacher-training schools for all levels of instruction. • Increased the number of Government colleges ,vernacular schools and high-schools . • The Department of Public Instruction was in place by 1855. By 1857 a number of universities were established modeled on the University of London. Educational reforms in the early 20th century led towards the nationalisation of many universities.

  22. HINDU COLLEGE,CALCUTTA 1851

  23. GRANT MEDICAL COLLEGE,1844

  24. UNIVERSITY OF BOMBAY

  25. NOBEL LAUREATE- Rabindranath Tagore 1861-1941

  26. GURUDEV WITH THE GENIUS ALBERT EINSTIEN AND MAHATMA GANDHI

  27. Rabindranath started an open-air school known as the Patha Bhavan at Shantiniketan that gradually developed into an international university named Visva Bharati where the cultures of the East and the West met in common fellowship and thereby strengthening the fundamental condition of world peace.

  28. SHANTINIKETAN-The Abode of Peace PATHA BHAVAN, the school of his ideals, whose central premise was that learning in a natural environment would be more enjoyable and fruitful.

  29. The main attractions of Shantiniketan include the various buildings of the Visva-Bharati campus. Chinese faculty,College of Arts and Crafts, Patha Bhavan (the school), School of Dance and Music and the prayer hall.

  30. Some of the famous students of Visva-Bharati include India's former Prime Mister the Ms Indira Gandhi ,world famous film director Mr.Satyajit Ray and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. . SATYAJIT RAY INDIRA GANDHI AMARTYA SEN

  31. THE INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM (POST INDEPENDENCE)

  32. Following independence in 1947, MAULANA AZAD, India's first education minister recommended strong central government control over education throughout the country, with a uniform educational system.

  33. PRIMARY EDUCATION

  34. The Indian government lays great emphasis to primary education up to the age of fourteen years (referred to as Elementary Education in India.) The Indian government has also banned child labour in order to ensure that the children do not enter unsafe working conditions.

  35. Education has also been made free for children for six to 16 years of age. The District Primary Education Programme (DPEP) was launched in 1994 with an aim to universalize primary education in India by reforming and vitalizing the existing primary education system

  36. The Mid-day Meal Scheme is the popular name for school meal programme in India. It involves provision of lunch free of cost to school-children on all working days with an objective to: • increase school enrolment and attendance, improve socialisation among children belonging to all castes and addressing malnutrition.

  37. EDUCATION FOR ALL The current scheme for universalization of Education for All is the SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN which is one of the largest education initiatives in the world.

  38. RIGHT TO EDUCATION Every child between the ages of 6 to 14 years has the right to free and compulsory education. The government schools shall provide free education to all the children. Private schools shall admit at least 25% of the children in their schools without any fee.

  39. NATIONAL POLICY OF EDUCATION,1986

  40. INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

  41. . The government is committed to providing education through mainstream schools for children with disabilities. The need for inclusive education arises precisely because it is now well understood that most children with disabilities can, with motivation and effort on the part of teaching institutions, become an integral part of those institutions

  42. ADULT EDUCATION

  43. There is a common educational structure(10+2+3) followed all over the country.

  44. School education10+2 Pre primary (FOR 1 YEAR)Primary (GRADE 1-5) Middle (GRADE 6-8) Secondary (GRADE 9-10) Senior Secondary (GRADE11-12)

  45. SECONDARY EDUCATION Significant feature of India's secondary school system is the emphasis on inclusion of the disadvantaged sections of the society. Another feature of India's secondary school system is its emphasis on profession based vocational training to help students attain skills for finding a vocation of his/her choosing.

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