Shine-Opinion: Education begins at home.

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He'll Shining friends,

Though the day is nowadays always shining but it is beating heat of Rajasthan and New Delhi here in Kolkata. The feel like day temperature is 104° F.

In order to compare the modern education system with ancient education system let us go through the curriculum and historical events chronologically as well as to understand the evolution of education system in India.

Curriculum of Vedic Period

The main subjects during Vedic Period were

• Grammar

• Public speaking

• Astrology

• Logic-criterion for finding out the truth and untruth

• Klap (Ritual Knowledge)

• Phonetics: study of sound of human

• Nirkuti (etymological interpretation of words)

Vedanta -synonym used for all these subjects taken together

Curriculum of Buddhism

• Classified into two parts

• Primary: Teaching of language, reading, mathematics

Higher: religious philosophy, military science, medicine

• Based on spirituality: Attainment of salvation

• Study of religious books

• Spinning, weaving, printing of clothes, tailoring, sketching, medicine, surgery

Curriculum of Mughal period

• Reading writing and arithmetic

• Cramming of Quran

• Philosophy, history, Sufi religion, law, politics, military training

• Vocational knowledge

East India Company and Education

• Trading center: Masulipatam

• Company opened schools in every cantonment
Macaulay Minute on Indian education

• Lord Macaulay (Thomas Babington Macaulay) was born on October 25, 1800, and died on December 28, 1859.

• He criticize the eastern education system.

• English is key to modern knowledge (more useful then Sanskrit and Arabic)

• English language help them to hire Indian

• Educate few Indians and education will reach to population.

Woods Despatch (1854)

• The Wood's Despatch (1854) recommended the establishment of teacher training schools in each of the provinces.

• Wood's Despatch 1854, on education find out the need for teachers' training, as it desired.

Indian Education Commission (1882)

• Indian Education Commission (1882) was considered as second milestone of Indian education.

• In the field of secondary teachers' training, the first institution was established in 1886 in Madras and was known as Government Normal School, Madras.

• The aim of the Indian University Commission (1892) was to reorganize and strengthen the existing system.

• The Commission laid highlight on the establishment of a number of normal schools for secondary teachers' training throughout the country.

• It also recommended that an examination in the principle and practice of teaching be instituted and only successful candidates should be employed as teachers in any secondary school.
NPE 1986

• The Essence and role of education

• All-round development

• Acculturating role

• Education is a unique investment

• Concept of national system of education

• Common educational structure (10+2+3) followed all over the country.

• Equal opportunity.

• Based on a national curricular framework

• Promotion of link and other language

• Emphasis on research and development

• Life-long education

• Institutions of national importance

*Integration between Education and New Technology"

What is education for you?

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The education in one sentence is manifestation of perfection what is already within him.

" Education begins at home " Do you think this is true, or should education only be in schools?

Actually our present education is totally book knowledge oriented and for the purpose of career. It doesn't end here they further require after school soft skills training and job readiness grooming. Even there expensive coaching tutorial preparing for crackdown the competitive exams both for admission to institute of national importance and prestigious civilian jobs.

In the last year and recently it has been found even candidates of national reputed institutions like IIMs and IITs are not getting desirable campus placement.

Most of the industrial and corporate are no more fond of these flocks. They feel these guys require to go through unlearning process which is waste of time.

There is no opportunity for moral value education which develops from home or society.

I was also the victim of this modern system. The difference is the advent of modern technology which really made the learning process easier in less time.

Though there was minimum respect for our teachers which has almost disappeared now. This is to blame the present system as it forces us to be more carrer oriented. Value education is totally missing.