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.

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.

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.

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.

Nland 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.

There were universities like Taxila,

Ujjain, Kanchi etc. for medicine and
learning including mathematics and
astronomy.

Education of Indians had

become a topic of
interest among East India
Company officials. The
policys goal was
to advance knowledge of Indians and
to employ that knowledge in the East
India Company

 Since English was increasingly

being employed as the language
of instruction, during 18521853
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.

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 highschools .
The Department of Public Instruction
was in place
by 1855.
1857
a number
Educational
reforms
inBy
the
early
20th
of universities were established
century
modeled on the University of London.

led towards the nationalisation of many

universities.

GRANT MEDICAL
COLLEGE,1844

 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.

PATHA
BHAVAN, the
school of his
ideals, whose
central
premise was
that learning
in a natural
environment
would be
more

The main attractions of

Shantiniketan include the
various buildings of the
Visva-Bharati campus.
Chinese faculty,College of
Arts and Crafts, Patha

 Some of the famous

students of VisvaBharati include India's
former Prime Mister
the Ms Indira
Gandhi ,world famous
film
directorMr.Satyajit Ray
and Nobel Laureate

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.

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

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

 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.

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.

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.

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

In our national perception, Education

refines sensitivities and perceptions that contribute
to national cohesion, a scientific temper and
independence of mind and spirit - thus furthering
the goals of socialism, secularism and democracy
enshrined in our Constitution.

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,
.

There is a common educational

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

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

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

The Secondary education is

supported by the following
organisations under the
administrative control of the
Union Department of
Education:
Some of the
institutes
are:National
Council
of Educational
Research and Training (NCERT)

Central Board of
Education (CBSE)

Secondary

Institute
National
Schooling (NIOS)

of

Open

The National Policy on Education

(NPE), 1986, has provided for
environment awareness, science
and technology education, and
introduction of traditional elements
such as yoga into the Indian
secondary school system

The CBSE was set up by a special

resolution of the Government of
India in 1929 at Ajmer with a
view to play a useful role in the
field of Secondary Education and
to raise its standard.

. The Main functions of the board are: to

conduct Class X and XII examinations and

grant certificates, to prescribe courses of
instructions, prescribe conditions for
examinations, and to affiliate institutions for
the purpose of examinations. The CBSE
also conducts all India entrance
examinations at the under graduate level
for pre-medical/pre-dental, engineering
and architecture courses.

The CBSE has

constantly been
engaged in process of
curriculum design, inservice teacher
empowerment
programmes and
development of

CBSE has introduced

CONTINUOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE
EVALUATION (CCE) at the secondary
The
scheme of CCE discourages mechanical testing. It
level.

envisages employment of variety of tools and techniques

for assessment in informal and formal settings which are
more interesting, relevant and meaningful and involve
learners for greater participation and learning.

It is a system of school based

assessment that covers all
aspects of students development.
It emphasizes two fold objectives.
Continuity in evaluation and
assessment of broad based
learning. CCE will cover the
scholastic and co scholastic areas
of school education.

NCERT is an autonomous
body fully funded by the
Ministry of Human
Resource
and Development
The
NCERT was established
in 1961. It functions as
a(MHRD)
resource centre in the field of school education and

teacher education. Publication of school textbooks

and other educational material like teachers
guides/manuals etc. are its major functions.
It aims at making environmental education an integral
part of curriculum in school education.

India's higher education

system is the third largest in
the world, after China and the
United States.

Jawaharlal
Nehru's aim.
One such
initiative was
the All-India
Institute of
Medical
Sciences as an
institution of
national
importance by
an Act of
Parliament and
has set the

Some institutions of India, such as the

Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs),
have been globally acclaimed for their
standard of education. The IITs enroll
about 8000 students annually and the
alumni have contributed to both the
growth of the private sector and the
public sectors of India.

Higher education in India has evolved in

divergent streams with each stream
monitored by an apex body(UNIVERSITY
GRANTS COMMISION- organisation set up by Union

government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and

maintenance of standards of university education )indirectly

controlled by the Ministry of Human

Resource Development. Most universities are
administered by the States, but there are 18
important universities called Central
Universities, which are maintained by the
Union Government.

The National Law School of India University is

highly regarded, with its students being
awarded Rhodes Scholarships to Oxford
University, and the All India Institute of Medical
Sciences is consistently rated the top medical
school in the country . Indian Institutes of
Management (IIMs) are the top management
institutes in India .

Delhi Chief Minister Ms.Sheila

Dikshit launched the Ladli.
Under the scheme, the state
government intends to deposit
Rs.100,000 in the account of
every girl child (belonging to a
particular income group) by
the time she attains the age of
18.
As per the scheme, the
government will deposit
Rs.10,000 in the name of a girl
child at the time of her birth
and Rs.5,000 each at the time
of admission to Class I, VI, IX,
X and XII to encourage her
education.

 Vocational
education is
imparted through
Industrial Training
Institutes (ITIs)
and polytechnics.

India which has always

been a centre for the
textile and garment trade.
Now the fashion industry
has become so specialized
that it encompasses a vast
field of studies in design,
concept management,
design production
management, quality
control, planning, fabric
design, printing, fashion
accessory design, fashion
merchandising, textile
science, colour mixing,
marketing and so on.

National Institute of Fashion Technology

was set up in 1986 under the aegis of
the Ministry of Textiles, Government of
India. It has emerged as the premier
Institute of Design, Management and
Technology, developing professionals
for taking up leadership positions in
fashion business in the emerging global
scenario.

MATHS LABS ARE A PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG WITH

PHYSICS,CHEMISTRY,BIOLOGY,PSYCHOLOGY,HOME SCIENCE AND
COMPUTERS.

THEATRE,SINGING,DANCING,POETRY WRITING AND RECITATION

ARE A FEW CO CURRICUAR ACTIVITIES WHICH ENHANCE THE
PERSONALITY OF THE LEARNERS.

VARIOUS CLUBS AND SOCIETIES IN SCHOOL ENGAGE THE STUDENTS IN

SOCIAL SERVICE, TREE PLANTATION ,CLEANING OF NEIGHBOURHOOD
AND SPREADING AWARENESS REGARDING VARIOUS ISSUES.

The online projects encourage our students to collaborate ,cooperate and communicate
with the students all over the world. This use of cyber space has led to the globalisation
of education.

We give them roots, we give

them wings
And great joys from, little
things,
A hope that they will soar ,
A hope that they will try,
We are sure that one day ,
Our children will learn to fly.

PREPARED BY
St.Marks Sr. Sec. Public school,
Meera Bagh, New delhi