Contemporary Indian Education

Syllabus

CONTEMPORARY INDIAN EDUCATION

Unit-1: Scenario of Education

a)      The scenario of present Indian Education in terms of quantitative and qualitative dimensions with reference to general schooling and vocational education.

b)      Quality concerns for the educational institutions – Quality parameters and their observance.

Unit-2: Feature of School Level Education in India

a)      Educational systems at the primary and elementary levels of education – Issues of access and retention – Interventions used to address them – SSA (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan) and universalization of enrolment – Hindrances in reaching the targets.

b)      Educational systems at secondary and senior secondary level of education – The Vocationalization of secondary level education; problems & measures to address them.

Unit-3: Centrally Sponsored Intervention & Other Institutions for School Education

a)      The Institutions created centrally to address the issues related to access, equality, equity and quality – Novodaya and Central school systems and NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) – their purpose and contributions to school education.

b)      Interventions introduced with a view to ensure equality of educational opportunity and Rights to Education: Enactments in this regard and their observance – Issues and challenges.

Unit-4: Teacher Preparation at the School Level

a)      Teacher Education Institutions at the primary, elementary and secondary level education – Role of regulatory bodies like the NCTE and the function of Accreditation agencies.

b)      The Education Commissions & Committees in the post independence period – their salient recommendations & the extent of implementation:

1)      Secondary Education Commission (1953)

2)      Education Commission (1964)

3)      New Education Policy (1986) and its revisions (1992)

4)      The Curriculum Framework (2005)