4th Semester Major (FYUGP) Subject: EDUCATION

Transcript:4th Semester Major (FYUGP) Subject: EDUCATION:
4th Semester Major (FYUGP) Subject: EDUCATION Course Name: DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN INDIA Unit-4: Development of Indian Education: the post-independence period National Education Policy 1986 National Policy on Education (1986): Critical Analysis ‘a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a political party.’, Cambridge English Dictionary. An ideology in itself which gives a direction basically. Policy: Meaning Policies always have hidden agenda: look at it from a critical perspective.(Socially, Politically and Economically) Myth: Policies are always perfect/good but the implementation is not proper/ineffective. If our policies are not reasonable, logical and sensible and do not match with the reality of the society we live in, not useful for the up gradation of society one aspires to become, then the implementation of such policies in an honest and rigorous manner would be of no benefit and vice versa. In a nutshell, the logic, principles and ideology behind policies is on one side and its implemantaion on another. Thus, there is a need to critically look into these two sides of a policy separately. How policies should be studied? DRAFT NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION (1979) Another serious attempt , after Education Commision and NPE 1968, was made to formulate a comprehensive policy on education based on a national consensus when the Central Government brought out the draft of a new National Policy on Education in 1979 which envisaged to recast education at all levels so as to make the education process functional in relation to the felt needs and potentialities of the people. Highlights of the draft policy include Universal Elementary Education, which further included; Common School System with Neighbourhood School Plan Adult education Secondary education; vocational education Diversification and reduction of academic load, Three-language formula Medium of instruction Examination reform Community participation, Agriculture & Medical Education, Control of fee structure of Public Schools etc. It was intended to have a nationwide debate on the document before its eventual finalisation as a critical Policy Statement to charter the development of education for the next two decades i.e. upto the end of twentieth century. However, due to some political uncertainty during the period, the proposed policy could not take off. (PDF) Evolution of National Policy on Education in India. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316547693_Evolution_of_National_Policy_on_Education_in_India [accessed Sep 02 2018]. The National Policy on