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Higher Education Book Complete
Higher Education Book Complete
HIGHER EDUCATION
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-Institutions of higher learning and education in
ancient India
Uniqueness of Ancient Indian Education: From time immemorial, India has explicitly recognized that the
supreme goal of life is self-realization and hence the aim of education has always been the attainment of such a
fullness of being. But at the same time it was also recognized that different individuals have naturally different
inclinations and capacities. Hence not only the highest philosophy but also ordinary subjects like literature and
science as also vocational training find a place in ancient education system. The education system of ancient
India may claim to be unique in the world in many respects like-
The State and the society did not in any way interfered with the curriculum of studies or regulating the
payment of fees or hours of instructions.
Another special characteristic of ancient Indian educational system was it was fully and compulsorily
residential. The student had to live in the house of his teacher for the whole duration of his studies and
learn from him not only what was taught but also observe how his teacher responded to different
situation arising in daily life and learn from it.
Stress was laid on having a personal relation between the teacher and the taught. Each student used to
meet the teacher separately and learn from him through separate instruction and guidance.
Education was absolute free and the teacher looked after the primary needs of the students including
food and clothing.
The Indian system of education upheld the dignity of labour. Hence even a student aiming at the highest
philosophical knowledge was duty bound to do some manual labour daily such as collecting fuel,
tending cattle, etc.
Education in ancient India was more of seminar type where students used to learn through discussions
and debates.
Aims of Education: The aims of education were to provide good training to young men and women in the
performance of their social, economic and religious duties. Also preservation and enrichment of culture, character
and personality development and cultivation of noble ideals were the other aims of education in ancient India.
Commencement of Education: In the Vedic system, education of a child commenced at the age of five with the
ceremony called Vidyarambha. It was marked by learning the alphabets for the first time and offering worship to
Goddess Saraswathi. But it was only after the ceremony called Upanayana that a child used to leave his parent’s
home and go to stay in the house of his teacher to commence his study. He was now called Brahmacharin.
Upanayana ceremony was held to Brahmin boys at the age of eight, for the Kshatriya boys at the age of ten and
for the Vaishya boys at the age of twelve. In the Buddhist system of education, a child commenced his education
at the age of eight after an initiation ceremony called Prabrajya or Pabbajja. This ceremony was open to person
of all castes unlike the Upanayana ceremony where only the Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya caste were eligible.
After the initiation ceremony the child left his home to live in a monastery under the guidance and supervision of
his preceptor (monk). He was now called Sramana and used to wear a yellow robe. In the Vedic system of
education a Bramachari after finishing his education was eligible to become a Grihasta or householder, in the
Buddhist system of education after finishing his education, a Sramana was given a full status of monkhood or
Bhikshu.
Subject of Study: The main subjects of study in the Vedic system of education were the four Vedas, six
Vedangas (phonetics, ritualistic knowledge, grammar, exegetics, metrics and astronomy), the Upanishads, the
six darshanas (nyaya, vaiseshika, samkya, yoga, mimamsa and vedanta), puranas (history), tarka shastra (logic),
etc.
The chief subjects of study in the Buddhist system of education were the three Pitakas (sutta, vinaya and
abhidhamma), the works of all the eighteen schools of Buddhism, hetu-vidya, sabda-vidya, chikitsa-vidya, etc.
The Vedas were also studied for acquiring comparative knowledge.
The art of writing was known in India for a long time. Those who wanted to become religious leaders had to learn
several scripts. In Jaina works like Samavaya Sutraand Pragnapara Sutra reference to 18 different scripts are
available. Buddhist literary works like Lalitavistara and Mahavastu mention different types of scripts in vogue.
While the former refer to 64 types of scripts the latter to about a dozen types of scripts. Regarding the curricula of
school students, the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang says that children began by learning the alphabet and then
began the study of five subjects like grammar, arts and crafts, medicine, logic and philosophy. This was the
general scheme of studies for laymen of all sects. Other subjects of study were law (dharmashastras), arithmetic,
ethics, art and architecture (silpasastra), military science (dhanurvidya), performing arts, etc.
Vocational Education: A majority of people earned their livelihood by following various professions. Ancient
Indian literature refers to sixty-four arts which include weaving, dyeing, spinning, art of tanning leather,
manufacture of boats, chariots, the art of training elephants and horses, art of making jewels, implements and
equipment, art of dance, music, agriculture, building houses, sculpture, medical science, veterinary science, the
profession of a chemist, manufacture of perfumes and a host of other professions. In the vocational system of
education young men used to work as apprentices under a master for a number of years and gained expertise in
their respective professions. The apprentices were taught free of cost and provided with boarding and lodging by
the master.
Methods of Learning: In ancient India close relationship existed between the pupil and the teacher. The teacher
used to pay individual attention on his students and used to teach them according to their aptitude and capability.
Knowledge was imparted orally and the different methods of learning were-
Memorization– The preliminary stage of learning was learning by heart the sacred text through
indefinite repletion and rehearsal by both the teacher and the taught.
Critical Analysis– This was another method in which knowledge was comprehended. It was through
critical analysis that Sri Ramanuja and Sri Madhvacharya differed from their teachers on the
interpretation of the Brahmasutra composed by Sri Shankara and later came out with their own
interpretation of the Brahmasutra. Madhvacharya even made his teacher subscribe to his view which
shows that gurus were open to new ideas and views articulated by their students.
Introspection– Sravana (listening), Manana (contemplation) and Nididhyasana (concentrated
contemplation) of the truth so as to realize it was another method to study Brahma Vidya (Vedanta).
Story telling– The teacher used stories and parables to explain. This was the method Buddha used to
explain his doctrines.
Question and Answer method– In this method the pupils used to ask questions and the teacher used
to discuss at length on the topics and clear their doubts.
Hands-on method– For professional courses including medical science, students/apprentices used to
learn by observation and through practical method.
Seminars– The students also gained knowledge thought debates and discussions which were held at
frequent intervals.
Period of Study: It took 12 years to master one Veda. Hence depending upon the wish of the student to learn as
many subjects, the period of study varied. It was 12 years, 24 years, 36 years or 48 years. A graduate was called
Snataka and the graduation ceremony was called Samavartana.
Acharya was a type of teacher who taught his pupil Vedas without charging fee from the pupils.
Upadhyaya was the one who adopted teaching as a profession to earn his livelihood and taught only a
portion of the Veda or Vedangas.
Charakas or wandering scholars toured the country in quest of higher knowledge. Though not normally
competent as teachers they were regarded as possible source of knowledge by Satapatha Brahmana.
Hiuen Tsang was struck with the knowledge gained by some of the wandering teachers
(called Bhikkhus and Sadhus during his times) and who had accumulated a treasure of knowledge by
constant travel and who used to gladly impart it to others.
Guru was the one who used to lead a gruhasta life and earn his livelihood after imparting education to
his disciples and maintain his family.
Yaujanasatika were teachers famous for their profound scholarship that students from distant places,
as far as from a distance of hundreds of miles would come to seek their guidance.
Sikshaka was a teacher who gave instruction in arts like dancing.
Educational Institutions:
The Gurukul was the house of the teacher who was a settled house-holder. After the initiation
ceremony a child would leave his natural parents and reside in the house of his preceptor or Guru till the
end of his studies.
Then there were Parishads or Academies where the students of advanced learning gathered and
enriched themselves through discussions and discourses. Being seat of learning they were originally
conducted by three Brahmins. But the number gradually increased till it was settled that a Parishad
ought to consist of 21 Brahmins well versed in philosophy, theology and law. During first century A.D.
association of literati were convened at regular intervals in Tamilnadu which was known as Sangam.
The purpose of these gathering of scholars was to adjudge the literary excellence of works submitted for
criticism and to set the standard in Tamil style. These gathering were patronized by kings.
Goshti or Conferences was a national gathering or Congress summoned by a great king in which
representatives of various schools were invited to meet and exchange their views. In one such
conference called by king Janaka of Videha, the great scholar Yajnavalkya won a special prize of 1000
cows with horns hung with gold.
Ashramas or hermitages were another center where students from distant and different parts of the
country flocked together for learning around famous sages and saints. For example the Ashrama of
Bharadwaj at Prayag was a very big Ashrama where princes like Bharat used to study. Another
Ashrama was that of Naimisha located in the forest of Naimisharanya headed by sage Saunaka. Here
ten thousand pupils and numerous learned teachers and scholars held constant discussions and
debates on religious, philosophical and scientific topics. Another famous Ashrama was that of sage
Kanva on the banks of river Malini, a tributary of the river Saryu.
Vidyapeeta was an institution for spiritual learning founded by the great acharya, Sri Shankara in places
like Sringeri, Kanchi, Dwarka, Puri and Badri. The Vidyapeeta had a teacher whose influence extended
to thousand villages round about and was presided by a Jagadguru.
Ghathikas was an institution of highest learning where both the teachers and the taught met and
discussed and where by the clash and contact of cultured scholars the highest knowledge could be
obtained in religious literature.
Agraharas were settlements of Brahmins in villages where they used to teach.
Mathas was a place where pupils used to reside and received instructions both religious and secular.
These mathas belonged to both Shaiva and Vaishnava sects and were normally attached to some
temples or had some temples attached to them.
Brahmapuri was a settlement of learned Brahmins in parts of towns and cities or in any selected area
where education was imparted.
Vihara was a Buddhist monastery where all subjects concerned with Buddhism and its philosophy was
taught.
Takshasila: This was a chief center of learning in 6 th century B.C. Here sixteen branches of learning
were taught in different schools; each presided by a special professor. There were schools of painting,
sculpture, image making and handicrafts. But this university was reputed for its medical school. One
famous student of this medical school was Jivaka who cured king Bimbisara of Magadha and the great
Buddha. Jivaka had studied here for seven years under the Rishi Atreya.
High Standard of Education: The quality of education imparted in ancient India was unparalleled. Hence in
spite of various hardship and hurdles students from different parts of the world flocked to Indian universities. Amir
Khusrau (1252-1325 A.D.) mentions that scholars have come from different parts of the world to study in India
but no Indian scholar have found it necessary to go abroad to acquire knowledge. Indian scholars were in great
demand abroad. Caliphs like Al Mansur and Harun Al Rashid (754-809 A.D.) sent embassies to India to procure
Indian scholars. Astronomical treatise like Brahmasiddhanta and the Khanda Khadyaka of Brahmagupta and the
medical books of Charaka, Susruta and Vagbhatta were translated to Arabic. As a home of knowledge and
wisdom ancient India produced scores of scholars on various subjects like Buddha and Shankara (philosophy),
Kautilya (political science and administration), Sushruta (surgery), Charaka (medicine), Kanada (physicist;
propounder of atomic theory), Nagarjuna (Chemistry), Aryabhatta and Varahamihira (Astronomy), Baudhayana
and Brahmagupta (mathematics) and Patanjali (yoga) to name a few. The knowledge of ancient Indians in the
field of metallurgy was extraordinary as it is evidenced by the Iron pillar at Delhi which till now has not rusted
though exposed to elements since hundreds of years. How such a huge column was casted is still a mystery to
scientists. The lofty temples found in Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Odisha and Khajuraho to name a few shows the
expertise which ancient Indians had in Structural Engineering. As the whole world knows, the concept of zero
was a contribution of ancient Indians.
The Decline: With the invasion of Muslim conquerors nearly all the centers of higher learning of the Hindus and
Buddhists were destroyed. Nalanda was burnt to the ground in 1197 A.D. and all its monks were slaughtered.
Kanauj and Kashi were looted and plundered. Temples and educational institutions and libraries were put to
destruction and they were replaced by mosques. In spite of such merciless and extensive destruction, Hindu
educational institutions remained a living reality. They sustained strength from its inherent vitality and vigour and
maintained the Hindu education system. Even during the reigns of terror and turmoil, merciless persecution and
wanton destruction, the Hindu culture and scholarship continued to survive, though it had to migrate to more
congenial regions within the country. (B.N.Luniya – Life and Culture in Medieval India, Kamal Prakashan, Indore.
1978, p. 271).
While the Buddhist system of education was extinguished, the Vedic system of education found patronage in the
southern peninsula in places like Hampi, Sringeri and Kanchi. It was under the patronage of Vijayanagara rulers
that the Vedic savants Sayana and Madhava wrote commentaries on the Vedas. It was in the south that
Ramanujacharya, Basaveshwara and Madhvacharya propounded the philosophy of Vishishtadwaita, Shakti
Vishishtadwaita and Dwaita. With regards to the vocational system of education many new crafts and skills were
introduced in India after the advent of Muslim into India and till the establishment of British rule in India, many
industries like textile manufacturing, ship building, jewelry making and other allied industries flourished which
shows the skill and expertise Indians had and in turn the knowledge they had received from their teachers. The
products of Indian industries not only fulfilled the needs of Asian and African countries, but were also in great
demand in the markets of Europe.
a). Expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the
most vulnerable and disadvantaged children.
c). Ensuring that the learning needs of all young people and adults are met through equitable access
to appropriate learning and life skills programmes.
d). Achieving a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literary by 2015, especially for women, and
equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults.
e). Eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, and achieving gender
equality in education by 2015, with a focus on ensuring girls’ full and equal access to and
achievement in basic education of good quality.
f). Improving every aspect of the quality of education, and ensuring their excellence so that
recognized and measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all, especially in literacy, numeracy and
essential life skills.
Nalanda University was established by Shakraditya of Gupta dynasty in modern Bihar during early 5th century
and flourished for 600 years till 12th century. Nalanda was the world’s first university to have residential quarters
for both students and teachers. It also had large public lecture halls. Students from countries like Korea, Japan,
China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia and Turkey came to study in this university.
The library of this university was the largest library of the ancient world and had thousands of volumes of
manuscripts on various subjects like grammar, logic, literature, astrology, astronomy, and medicine. The library
complex was called Dharmaganja, and had three large buildings: the Ratnasagara, the Ratnadadhi, and the
Ratnaranjaka. Ratnadadhi was nine stories tall and stored the most sacred manuscripts including the
Prajnaparamita Sutra and the Samajguhya. In 2010, the parliament of India passed a bill approving the plans to
restore the ancient Nalanda University as a modern Nalanda International University dedicated for post-graduate
research. Many east asian countries including China, Singapore and Japan have come forward to fund the
construction of this revived Nalanda University.
It gave direct competition to Nalanda University with over 100 teachers and over 1000 students listed in this
University. This university was well known for its specialized training on the subject of Tantra (Tantrism). One of
the most popular graduates from this University was Atiśa Dipankara, a founder of the Sharma traditions of
Tibetan Buddhism who also revived the Buddhism in Tibet.
Vallabhi University was established in Saurashtra of modern Gujarat at around 6th century and it flourished for
600 years till 12th century. Chinese traveler Itsing who visited this university during the 7th century describes it as
a great center of learning. Gunamati and Sthiramati, the two famous Buddhist scholars are said to have
graduated from this University. This University was popular for its training in secular subjects and students from
all over the country came to study in this University. Because of its high quality of education, graduates of this
University were given higher executive posts.
Pushpagiri University was established in ancient Kalinga kingdom (modern day Odisha) and was spread across
Cuttack and Jajpur districts. It was established in 3rd century and flourished for the next 800 years till 11th
century. The university campus was spread across three adjoining hills – Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri and Udayagiri. This
was one of the most prominent centers of higher education in ancient India along with the universities of
Takshashila, Nalanda and Vikramashila. The Chinese traveler Xuanzang (Huien Tsang) visited this university in
639 CE. Lalitgiri is said to have been commissioned by early 2nd century BCE itself and is the oldest Buddhist
establishments in the world. Recently a few images of Emperor Ashoka have been discovered here, and it has
been suggested that the Pushpagiri University was established by Emperor Ashoka himself.
A number of monasteries grew up during the Pala period in ancient Bengal and Magadha. According to Tibetan
sources, five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its
prime but still illustrious, Somapura Mahavihara, Odantapuri, and Jaggadala.
The five monasteries formed a network; “all of them were under state supervision” and there existed “a system of
co-ordination among them . . it seems from the evidence that the different seats of Buddhist learning that
functioned in eastern India under the Pala were regarded together as forming a network, an interlinked group of
institutions,” and it was common for great scholars to move easily from position to position among them.
Somapura Mahavihara was established by Dharmapala of Pala dynasty during late 8th century in Bengal and
flourished for 400 years till 12th century. The University spread over 27 acres of land of which the main complex
was 21 acres was one of the largest of its kind. It was a major center of learning for Bauddha Dharma
(Buddhism), Jina Dharma (Jainism) and Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism). Even today one can find ornamental
terracotta on its outer walls depicting the influence of these three traditions. Other Ancient Universities The above
mentioned list is not a complete list of ancient Indian universities either. Dharmapala of Pala dynasty alone is said
to have established 50 mega learning centers across his kingdom, and they have been as huge and as popular
as the ones mentioned above. For instance, the Munshiganj Vihara discovered as recently as Marh 23, 2013 in
Bengal is said to have been established in 9th century and was home to 8000 students who came from faraway
places like China, Tibet, Nepal and Thailand.
In-numerous number of ancient Indian manuscripts carefully preserved for thousands of years were destroyed in
this fire. Thousands of monks in the University were burnt alive and beheaded by Khilji’s army.
Destruction of these centres of learning at Nalanda and other places across northern India was responsible for
the demise of ancient Indian scientific thought in mathematics, astronomy, alchemy, and anatomy.
In the present day globalized world India and China are two countries which are redefining the world equation in-
terms of population, political power, economy and volume of consumption of natural resources. Development and
progress of the citizens of the two countries are defined by the Knowledge society and skilled manpower.
Education is the key factor in shaping the budding superpowers. Higher education in these two countries has
centuries old history which is trying to re-invent with the changing times with respect to technology.
A country with history of 5000 years and growing population of 1.2 billion is slowly changing at an elephant pace.
The consistent growth rate of India in last two decades has been attributed to the higher education system which
has been able to generate skilled manpower for the rapid industrialization and knowledge based economy. India
has become the hub of Information Technology (IT) & IT enabled services industry and manufacturing industry.
Though education system has been able to support service industry Research & Development (R &D) at
Universities and industries have not kept pace with developed countries which has created huge divide within the
society. The progress which has been made in last two decades has not reached all sections of the society. The
present crisis in environment, energy, poverty, security concerns within India has been mainly due to lack of
indigenous cost effective technology to address these issues. This directly correlates to quality of higher of
education in India especially quantity and quality of R & D in higher education systems. Universities and colleges
have become training centers for the service based industry of the country with short term economic
development of the society rather than focusing on long term development of a society which is reliable, stable
and prosperous. Many factors have contributed to the degradation of higher education system since
independence in 1947 which can be broadly grouped into the following factors but not limited.
Financing of higher education
Quality of human resources in higher education
Quality of the research infrastructure
Mismanagement of the system and lack of accountability
Society and ethics
Lack of industry academia collaborations in research
Lack of importance for natural and social sciences
Chapter 1: Higher Education system in India
Education in India dates back to its early civilization time where teaching and learning process revolved around
the ‘Gurukal system’ .This system had been a residential concept wherein the students were educated under the
tutorship of a teacher in different areas of religion, philosophy and science. Modern concept of University style
education centers were established around 6 BC at Nalanda and Takshila .The concept centralized learning
centres with multiple streams continued till the arrival of Europeans to the Indian subcontinent. These higher
learning centres were nerve centre of different dynasties which ruled across India for thousands of years and
generated the required human resources for construction, irrigation and warfare.
In the middle ages upto 1200 AD the religion based higher learning centres were established throughout the
Indian peninsula. These learning centers attracted students from Central
Asia, China, Middle east, South East Asia and Rome focusing on Literature, Philosophy ,Astronomy Architecture
whose influence can be seen across the world in terms temples, construction and irrigation systems.
In the early modern age after 1200 AD the Islamic influences enriched the traditional University learning centres
and brought in the disciplines of Geography, Law, Administration and Arabic mathematics to Indian
subcontinents.
1.1 Higher education system under British rule
The major change in the traditional style of higher education was brought by the European rulers starting from
1600 AD .Till 1850 informal European style learning centres existed across India Their man focus was in
development of European language speaking administrators and clerks for enriching the establishment of the
European rule. The British were successful by 1800 in controlling much the Indian sub-continent under the rule
East India Company. The British established formal system of higher education which continues till date. Lord
Macaulay had been responsible in making English as the language of instruction across the education system in
India. The British style University was established in Calcutta, Mumbai and Chennai in the year 1857 based on
the model of University of London which has been the foundation of the modern higher education system in India.
Universities focused on languages, literature, history and philosophy. These learning centers were focused on
generating English speaking working class for the British administrative services, army and trade. Modern
Science and engineering education which flourished in Europe and America during the late 1800 weren’t the
main focus under the British rule. By 1903 the Indian Institute of Science was established by Tata with focus on
research in science and engineering which is the first higher technical learning system in modern India. The
Rehabilitation Council
Others (NITTRs, SPA, ISMU, NERIST, SLIET, NITIE & NIFFT, CIT) 13
Engineering Colleges: 2200
Total number of students enrolled; 8 lakhs
Quality of Technical Education in India:
The number of colleges offering through private educational setup has grown around 100 % in last two decades
through university affiliation model through AICTE. The privately run colleges are allowed run only Bachelors and
Masters level degree programs in Engineering and Technology.
Bachelors of Technology (B. Tech) 4 years of Duration ( 7 semester theory + 1 semester project)
PG- B.E/B.Tech
Learners have access to limited information, Learners have infinite access to unlimited
selected by the teacher or the school library. information of varying degrees of quality.
Topics of study are typically isolated and Learners study content in a way that shows
disconnected from each other. connections between subjects.
Learners memorize facts and occasionally Learners learn concepts as well as facts, and
analyze information critically. There is little frequently engage in high-level analysis,
focus on applying facts or Concepts to a variety evaluation, and synthesis of a variety of kinds of
of real world situations. material. There is an emphasis on showing how
concepts apply to a variety of real world situations.
Learners work to find correct answers. Learners work to construct any one of a number of
possible correct answers.
Teachers choose activities and provide Learners select from a variety of teacher-provided
materials at the appropriate level. activities and often determine their own level of
challenge at which to work.
Learning starts with what learners do not know. Learning starts with learners’ previous knowledge.
Learners complete short, isolated activities and Learners work on activities and projects connected
lessons around specific content pieces and to long-term goals aimed at building deep
skills. conceptual understanding and proficient strategy
use.
Classroom Environment
Learners learn passively in an often silent Classroom environment resembles an active
classroom. workplace with various activities and levels of
sound depending on the kind of work being done.
Learners usually work individually. Learners often collaborate with peers, experts,
community members, and teachers.
Assessment
Learners take paper-and-pencil exams, silently Learners know ahead of time how they will be
and alone. The questions are kept secret until assessed, have input into the criteria by which they
test time, so learners have to learn all the will be assessed, receive feedback from the
material even though only part of it will be teacher and their peers throughout
tested. a unit, and have multiple opportunities to assess
their own learning.
Teachers are primarily accountable for learner Teachers and learners share accountability for
learning. learning and achievement.
Learners are extrinsically motivated by the Learners’ interests and involvement promotes
desire to get good grades, to please teachers, intrinsic motivation and effort.
and to gain rewards.
Technology
Teachers use various kinds of technology to Learners use various kinds of technology to
explain, demonstrate, and illustrate various conduct research, communicate, and create
topics. knowledge.
skills.
Teachers have reported amazing results when it came to spaced learning. Spaced
Learning is a learning method in which the condensed learning content is repeated
three times, with two 10-minute breaks during which activities such as physical
activities are performed by the students – I think, that PE and lessons can be
combined.
The results don’t lie and the creators of the system at Monkseaton High School in
Tyne and Wear have reported that it does work. They claim that it’s more effective
than simply teaching students by utilising traditional methods for four hours.
Flexible Fridays
Sometimes conventional lesson blocks just don’t work as every student is different
and they all have their problematic subjects. The concept of Flexible Fridays is that
an in-depth session of a subject can be acquired by simply having a whole day of
mathematics or some other subject.
At Flexible Fridays lessons a teacher try to help each student to study and learn what
is the most difficult for him/her personally. Somebody repeats, somebody learns. It
makes it more convenient for students as now they can focus on one thing while in
school. It means that students don’t have a breaking point by spending hours
struggling with a subject along at home.
Teachers also find it easier as they can keep their lesson plans and simply go over
them again with a more personal touch. Flexible Friday lessons are more in-touch
with students and gives focused study time that can help students grasp difficult
concepts.
Teachers are also able to aid students by simply having fast-track weeks. Having a
whole week of mathematics or English can help students to get through the subjects
in a shorter amount of time.
It’s good news for teachers and students alike because even though a lesson lasts an
hour it could actually lose up to 25 percent of its designated time. There’s the
preparing for class and packing away to take into account, and students are not
always the quickest at performing these tasks.
Teacher should choose what method is more appropriate for his/her students:
spaced learning or Flexible Fridays.
Engagement
Under a new teaching method called “engagement” students are urged to engage
with the real world, analyse everything that happens in different life spheres (not
only internship but also economical, business, social spheres, etc.). Business studies
are where this new focus of engagement occurred at the Leasowes Community
College in Dudley.
The results are there for all to see because before this new method was introduced
only 40 percent of students achieved grades of A-C across both years 10 and
11. Under the new teaching method the institution reported that the numbers had
shot up to a massive 91 percent of students achieving A-Cs in years 10 and year 11.
New methods of teaching have the purpose to improve the quality of education and
involve students in educational process. Innovations mean a progress and
development.
and more. Read on for more information on the types of non-traditional education and the benefits you could gain from them.
many versions of non-traditional education, such as college-prep education, evening courses, independent learning, online
Independent study allows you to choose a topic of your interest that corresponds to your concentration and create a class
around it. For instance, if you major in English, perhaps a course in novels turned into movies is for you. Or if you are
majoring in History, maybe you'd enjoy learning about 18th-century English social classes.
Cross-registration is something often found in online or individualized programs. In this case, you'll take courses with one
college, but if another college offers a course that yours does not, you can cross-register to take courses at both colleges.
Residencies provide online students the opportunity to meet during a small timeframe (such as a weekend). You'll meet
professors and have a highly intensive study of special topics or courses. It'll also afford you the opportunity to meet your
cohort students, or students who complete a program following the schedule that you follow.
Common
Versions College prep, independent learning, online learning, cross-registration, residencies
Almost any subject at any level; usually not hands-on study or lab work; research methods or art courses
Course Options can happen with one-on-one individualized study
Decision
Factors Online study can take as much time as traditional classes; you need to be organized and self-motivated
may be difficult to study are ones that require hands-on study or lab work. For this reason, courses in the natural sciences,
allied health and technical areas are uncommon for non-traditional study.
Studies that are not offered through online study, such as research methodology and art courses are available through one-
on-one study, where teachers can provide guided, individualized study. Some of the programs available throughthe programs
• Japanese culture
• Nutrition
• Historical fiction
• Vampires in literature
• Psychology of fandom
• Literature
• American history
• European history
• Psychology
• Childhood education
• Anthropology
• Business
to earn college credit while they are still in high school. Online study may appeal to working adults, stay-at-home mothers and
military personnel.
Some students cannot handle the structured style of traditional colleges. If this sounds like you, you'll be better off with online,
independent or one-on-one study. Also, if your college (or any other college near you) does not offer the program you want to
learn more about the subject by reading the related articles below:
Structure of Education
A Schematic Diagram:
Elementary Education
The education system of India is one of the largest of its kind in the world. More than 102.8 million
people come under this education system.Elementary education in India has been emphasized to
increase the literacy percentage of the country.India’s post-independence period has seen the launch
of various schemes by the Government to promote education among the masses and to achieve
universalization of elementary education in the country.The constitutional and legal statements that
appear time to time are as follows:
Constitutional mandate, 1950 - "The State shall endeavor to provide, within a period of ten
years from the commencement of this Constitution, for free and compulsory education to all
children until they complete the age of 14 years."
Unnikrishnan Judgment, 1993 - "Every child/citizen of this country has a right to free
education until he completes the age of fourteen years."
The elementary education in India starts from the early child hood days.The system includes three
stages: pre-primary, primary and middle level.The analytical report, given below, gives an insight into
the state of elementary education in different states in the country.
The pre-primary education begins at the age of five and it continues for one year.This is the initial
stage of a child in his/her educational career.When the child reaches an age of six, he or she
prepares to go for primary education.
Primary
The primary schooling system starts at the age of six.The Primary Stage consists of either from
Classes I-V or from I-IV depending upon the education system of the state.The five years system i.e.
Classes I-V is applicable in 20 States/UTs namely Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar,
Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
Chandigarh, Delhi and Karaikal and Yanam regions of Pondicherry.The four year system consists of
classes I-IV which is applicable in Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya,
Mizoram, Nagaland, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Mahe region of
Pondicherry.
Middle
The middle stage of education consists of classes either from VI-VIII or from VI-VII depending upon
the states or union territories.The 18 states which come under the first category are: Arunachal
Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab,
Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
Chandigarh, Delhi and Karaikal region of Pondicherry.The second system (VI-VII) is effective in states
like Assam, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Dadra & Nagar
Haveli, Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Mahe region of Pondicherry.
“Sarva Siksha Abhiyan” or “Education for All Movement” was started by the Government of India to
make the universalisation of elementary education in the country.The programme was mandated in
the constitution making education free to children of ages 6-14 and a fundamental right.The
programme aims to achieve the goal by 2010.
Non-Formal Education
For making the universalisation of elementary education in the country an important measure adopted
was opening of non-formal education centres for children in the age group 6-14.This system of
education was adopted for those children who were not covered under the formal education system.
The children in the age group of 6-14 were out of the school either because they were not admitted in
the schools or were withdrawing from the schools before the completion of their elementary
education. Hence these children now get free education at their door step.Though this programme
was started in the late 1978, it has been accelerated in the recent days. These non-formal centres are
mainly located in the rural villages of the country.
Secondary Education
Stages:
Secondary education in India starts form class VIII or IX depending upon the states or union
territories. The Secondary Stage consists of Classes IX-X in 19 States/UTs. Viz., Arunachal Pradesh,
Bihar, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland,
Punjab, Rajasthan , Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar
Islands, Chandigarh, Delhi and Karaikal region of Pondicherry.
The other stage i.e. classes VIII to X is adopted in 13 States/UTs viz., Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa,
Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Orissa, Dadra & Nagar Haveli,
Daman & Diu, Lakshadweep and Mahe & Yanam regions of Pondicherry.
The Higher Secondary / Senior Secondary stage of school (classes XI-XII) which comes under the
10+2 pattern is available in all the States/UTs though in some States/UTs these classes run in Junior
colleges or are attached with universities.
Medium of Study:
The medium of instruction at primary level is the regional language of the respective state.Teaching of
Hindi and English is compulsory in most of the non-Hindi speaking states.The states like Tamil Nadu,
Tripura and Karaikal region of Pondicherry have not accepted Hindi as a compulsory subject to be
included in their syllabus.
Final Examinations:
Academic Session:
The academic session usually begins from July after a long summer vacation in most of the states but
it is different in hilly states where the winter vacation is significant.
The total number of working days is more than 200 days in all states and Union Territories.
Higher Education
Introduction
The Higher Education sector of India is the third largest in the world in terms of number of
students.The higher education refers to the study in colleges, universities and research centres.After
the completion of class 12th or intermediate course a student generally goes for higher study.The
country has about 380 universities and deemed universities, over 17,500 colleges and hundreds of
national and regional research institutes.The institutes for higher learning in India follow specific rules
as made by the state or the central government.There are also some statutory and autonomous
bodies running in the country to regulate the higher education system in the country.
Undergraduate Colleges
The initial period of the higher education starts from the undergraduate level.After completion of
intermediate level (i.e.10+2 or class 12th) in any stream a student is eligible to pursue higher
education.
The duration of study is either three years or four years or even five years in case of Medical Science
or Architecture etc. The Engineering degree is of four years duration and all other degree courses in
Arts, Commerce and Basic Sciences are of three years duration.After successful completion of the
course a student is awarded a degree by the college or by the university with which the college is
affiliated.
There are more than 16,000 colleges in India.These colleges are affiliated to different universities of
their state.The pattern of examination varies from one university to the other.Some holds annual
examination while other conducts semesters.The total marks also differ from one university to the
other.Some universities have started the “grading system” for awarding degrees.The syllabus for a
particular course is designed by the affiliating university and it is in a state of modification from time to
time.
The colleges of India follow the reservation policy as mandated by the government.There is provision
Universities
A university is an institution of higher learning that offers degrees at all levels (Bachelor, Master or
Doctorate) in different fields.There are as many as 300 universities in India which are either state,
central or deemed universities.These universities provide different programmes and also carry out
researches in respective fields.
The Post Graduate or Masters Degree programme is offered at all universities in the country.
Generally the duration of masters’ degree programme is of two years.After successful completion of
programme in any discipline, the student is awardedMasters degree in the same field.The student
who undergoes Master programme would get intensive theory and practical classes.Sometime
internships and trainings are also covered as a part of the programme of study to sharpen the skills of
the student.
Universities of India follow the guidelines of the University Grant Commission (UGC). The funds are
provided by the state governments or by the UGC.
Evaluation Process
Evaluation process in Indian Education System is meant for evaluating the academic standard of a
student by awarding grades, divisions, marks or by any other forms as recognized by the government.
- 80-85% - Superior
- 60-70% - Good
- 50-60% - Satisfactory
- 40-50% - Average
- 35-40% - Pass
The most predominant form of grading system (in evaluation process) in the country is the percentage
system. In this process the marks obtained by the student is divided by the maximum marks to obtain
the percentage for award of division or class.
However some universities in India have started to follow a marking system based on a grade point
average.The grading system in these institutes is a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) on a 10
or 4 point scale. Notably, all the IITs, BITS Pilani (Pilani, Goa campuses) and most NITs use a 10-
point Grade point Average (GPA) system.However, the grades themselves may be absolute (as in
NITs), exclusively relative (as in BITS Pilani), or a combination of absolute, relative and/or historic, as
in some IITs.
In the ancient era, India had been a center of higher education in the field of linguistic studies, cultural studies,
philosophy, arts and professional studies like agricultural sciences and many more. These courses were
extremely popular all over Eastern and Middle Eastern part of the world. Some of the other subjects like Indian
dance forms, martial arts, ayurveda, astrology, arts and music used to be imparted to Indian and foreign
India has been ruled by different race and ethnicity of human society, hence the system of education kept on
changing its shape and process. This led to modern education system that presently exists. The Indian
education system has been a cumulative conglomerate mix of different origins that came from different places
of the world. Hence, the original value based education system such as 'Gurukul', had lost its existence. If the
present status of Indian education system is compared with the developed countries of the world, one would
find the need for the improvements. According to the survey of different agencies of the world like Times Higher
Education, the top Indian universities do not find a place even in the first 250 top universities in the world. This
government institute like central universities and old universities such as Calcutta University ranks below 300
in the world. This implies our education system, methods and process of governance has deteriorated over the
time.
The basic education system has some lacunae, as the foundation of the technical education has always been to
understand the theory and performing practical or laboratory class properly to learn the theory pragmatically.
Majority of our schools lack imbibing the potential higher degree students in practical aspect, which in turn
demotivate the students for research at higher level of education. Moreover, the kind of education system we
have, emphasis is given on memory based examination systems unlike other countries in U.S. and Europe.
Lack of basic infrastructure in universities for research, improper process of disbursement of government funds,
unnecessarily very high number of tracking and governing bodies like AICTE, UGC, NAAC, state governments
department, DST and so on hampers the natural blossom of young minds for technical and professional
advancement. The fact that, our education system as a whole have not been refrained from corruption, be it the
bureaucrats or the middle level government officials. The corruption on all levels gives way to malpractice
Another important point is the employability after technical education in India, since the practical aspect of
curricula has been minimal, the employability of the degree and diploma holders decreases. Thus, in many
occasions, higher technical and professional education has become the last resort for the students who fail to
Though, the budget allocation for research and development has been quite sizable but the same looks meager
with respect to other developed countries. Therefore, it is high time for the government to rethink and make
higher education processes. The major emphasis must be given to the development of Institute-Industry,
Institute-Society and Industry-Society-Institute symbiotic relationship. Some of our top technical and
professional institutes do have Institute Industry Partnership Cells, but not as effective as compared to foreign
universities.
The increasing number of pop ups of institutions have maligned the quality of technocrats passing out from
various universities. Due to different education policies, especially in higher education and research field, the
teachers or professors are compelled to do research work irrespective of their interests to do so and therefore
the quality of research and basic teaching is being impaired. In the age of information technology, video
conferencing, education site, online libraries and so on so forth, the concept of virtual classes are becoming
popular day by day. The conventional chalk and talk teaching methods are equally important for face to face
contact between students and the teacher. Hence, blended learning and teaching may be a good choice in
India, where we lack adequate laboratory, reference books, journals, research facilities for higher technical
education.
The government should allocate more funds towards the enhancement and development of higher technical and
other professional education in India. The unnecessary number of monitoring and other certification bodies
should be decreased. The policy makers must think about the improvement of school level education and
prepare the curricula practical oriented to nurture the young minds. This in turn will generate the interest
among students to take up higher education and research in future. "Research by inner desire and not for bread
and butter" would be an endeavor towards competitive step comparable to world's best higher education
countries.
The general scenario of higher education in India is not equivalent with the global quality
standards. Hence, there is enough justification for an increased assessment of quality of the
country’s educational institutions.
In order to maintain the standard of technical education, The All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE) was set up in 1945. AICTE is responsible for the planning, formulation and
maintenance of norms and standards, quality assurance through accreditation, funding in priority
areas, monitoring and evaluation, maintaining parity of certification and awards and ensuring
coordinated and integrated development and management of technical education in the country.
Why is it important?
India is witnessing the age of science and technology. There is a huge demand of Technical
Education in modern age. The pattern of life evolving in the age is very much different from the
one we find in our society even some fifty years back.
General Education has been substituted by professional technical education in many cases.
Technical Education offers good opportunity for employment and successful career.
Technical education contributes a major share to the overall education system and plays a vital
role in the social and economic development of our nation. In India, technical education is
imparted at various levels such as: craftsmanship, diploma, and degree, post-graduate and
research in specialized fields, catering to various aspects of technological development and
economic progress.
Besides, in this age of unemployment, only technical education can assure one of a job and a
comfortable living. Those who are still in the conventional institutions, passing examination that
have little relevance in the modern systems, find no opportunities of employment. And, quite
naturally, they end up becoming the victims of frustration and find themselves alienated from the
mainstream of modern world. With their stereo-typed general education without any
specialization and professional skill they acquire nothing to contribute to the progress and
prosperity of the human society. They are quite aware of this and this awareness leaves them
demoralized.
It was not just an end, it was the dream of modern India, and technical education was given the
due importance with a view to realizing that dream.
For acquiring technical education, there are two structural streams in India – formal and informal.
Polytechnics, Industrial Training Institutes, Industrial Training Centers, centrally sponsored
scheme of Vocationalisation of Secondary Education by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development are few of the formal sources of technical education in India. Whereas self-learning
and small private institutes providing short term technical course are covered under informal one
New industrial and labour trends in India have clearly specified the need of technical education.
But, the base of technical education must be made strong at secondary level of education and a
clear-cut path for the students to move ahead in this field must be made. More technical degrees
of high quality along with technical universities must be established.
Related Issues
Technical Education imparts knowledge of specific trade, craft or profession.
Technical education, that is, education in some art or craft is the crying need of the hour. We are
living in the times when old concepts of education have undergone a change. We are not in need
of liberal education, education that implies training in fine arts, humanities, cultural patterns and
behavior, and aims at developing a man’s personality as it was in the pre-independence days. We
need skilled workers. Manufactured goods worth crores of rupees are being imported every year.
There is dearth of food. Our industries are yet in infancy. We need engineers to man them. We
need mechanized farming to increase the output of corn. All this is only possible if we give a
technical turn to our education and if skilled labour is made available.
very good job opportunity. Right from the preliminary stages, students are made to nurture such values as the applicability of
The degree certificate that became the benchmark is losing the importance. There has been a huge demand for competencies
in the recent times. The focus has shifted from the stockpile of marks sheet and certificates to knowledge skills and core
competencies. Vocational courses and training is the need of the hour, but not much has been achieved due to the dearth of
such institutes.
Consider a typical example of primary education in a small township or countryside. School enrollment ratio at primary level is
low but formidable. But the students continuing their primary education to secondary level and for higher studies are far less.
The reason is the school drop out rate that is quite high for secondary education and higher studies.
The child, who has not even reached the adolescence is entrusted family responsibilities and made to earn for the family.
Because there are no provisions for skill-based education at primary and secondary level, the child is deemed to conjoin the
On the other hand, if skilled-based education is introduced at the primary and secondary level, the school system would be
more productive. Also, the system will help in convincing the parents that the education is going to bear its fruits and good
results for the family. This can further diminish the drop out rate of schools in India.
Education based on utility offers a unique chance to retain the students as well as help the country to produce skilled labor. To
progress in the near future, school systems and the formal education have to consider such options and try to implement them
India is steadily working to become a pool of market-ready talent for the world at large and not just for
domestic needs. With India having the world’s largest youth population (64 per cent of 1.3 billion in
the working-age group); it is well-known that the education system will have to continue to take the
lead role to provide the youngsters required skills and training, especially to higher education
students.
The Government’s Draft National Education Policy 2016 also envisages to include skills and training
in the curriculum to expand opportunities for students to acquire relevant skills, including skills needed
for work and entrepreneurship, to name a few.
“India’s demographic dividend will be a huge deficit if we continue to have only 20 per cent of our
graduates employable. The evident gap in the industry requirements and curriculum has emerged as
one of the most common reasons highlighted for this figure,” said Chief Executive Officer of MeritTrac
Gopal Devanahalli.
“There is an opinion among stakeholders that most of teaching–learning experience is academic and
not related to the real-job environment. Communication skills of graduates are often lacking
particularly in comparison to the demands of today’s global marketplace,” he added.
The All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2016-17 report highlighted that 28,348,197
students got enrolled at graduate-level.
“In India, new legal frameworks to entrust institutions with higher levels of autonomy, including the
strategically important capacity to manage their budgets and their staff members’ career is the need
of the hour,” said Professor Prakash Kondekar of Saurashtra University.
On similar lines, Rohit Manglik, Chief Executive Officer of EduGorilla emphasised on imparting
practical knowledge.
“Academic institutions should devise a dynamic curriculum which gives more emphasis on practical
knowledge in tune with the needs of the industry rather than encouraging rote learning,” said Rohit
Manglik, adding, the academic-industry collaboration for curriculum structuring, guest lectures and
internships will lead to better career prospects for students.
Christopher Higgins, Business Head of IdeateLabs, said: “In a fast-changing areas like digital
marketing where schools and universities cannot keep up with the pace of change, many agencies
have also launched part-time training courses that lead to internships.”
“I believe that industry can step in and ensure that students get access to development opportunities,
especially in industries that have a shortage of skilled talent,” he added.
Youths after graduating often opt to secure a decent job; some choose to pursue higher education or
put efforts on research and development; some opt for the profession of teaching; some follow their
family occupation; some choose a different career path; some follow their passion or interest:
photography, music, film, art, and so on.
Many corporate bodies and organisations along with government bodies have been collaborating to
contribute on enhancing students’ employment opportunities by way of internships, campus
placements and providing work experience to students.
Manipal ProLearn CEO AP Ramabhadran, said: “Industries will need to support and encourage the
endeavour while heavily investing in various training and upskilling programs.”
“Finally the government will have to provide the framework to support learners and companies
through this period of transformation for creating a win-win situation for everyone,” he added.
Elaborating on it, MeritTrac CEO said: “It would be better if they can articulate the requisites of roles
and graduate employability skills for students to work upon much prior to their placements by using
authentic and reliable assessments which are more aligned with corporate practises to ascertain best
fit for the respective roles that they are hiring for.”
“Government plays a vital role by contributing to employability and skill development schemes that
help create more vacancies,” he said, adding that funding higher education for a better quality of
education that encapsulates syllabus-based learning could go a long way to mould budding talent in a
very large way.
Professor Prakash Kondekar of Saurashtra University, feels: “The main goal of educational institutes
or universities is to provide the educational component necessary for the construction of knowledge
within a broad humanistic vision and in the context of a massified higher education system.”
“It should have a lifelong access to learning through innovations that supports the professional and
personal objectives of a diversity of learners,” the Professor added.
“This can be achieved if the tools are seen as being interconnected through student-centred learning
and with the view of catering to a diverse student population, within specific institutional and national
contexts,” he added.
Today, higher education is posed by various contingencies demanding diverse skill, architecture,
innovation and creativity, public-private partnership, to name a few.
MIT World Peace University Faculty of Management Dean (PG Programmes), Sayal Ganakar, feels
that the four dimensions: individual agency associated with self-determination and the creative
impulses of individuals; proficiencies and opinions of diverse set of people; intrinsic motivation merits
over external rewards; and individualism deeply intertwined with autonomy at colleges and
universities— are inherent to promote and nurture an innovative climate.
“While we see such a churn, it is our profound ambition to create future leaders who both can
comprehend and contribute to their organisations in becoming nimble and corporate leaders,” she
said.
Global philanthropist and Founder of The Giving Back Foundation, Meera Gandhi, stressed on
entrusting youths to run companies.
She writes: “Youths must be entrusted with running companies, not just the young people born into
industrial families. Talent must be nurtured now.”
“Government must give tax incentives to companies that hire young people at a certain pay scale and
in responsible positions. Academia must have corporate fair days where companies are invited on
campus and can pitch jobs to students as is done at Harvard and all universities in the USA,” said
Gandhi.
Basic Concepts:
Everything that surrounds us and on which our life depends is our environment.
Our room, our home, our village or town, our family and friends, the air we
breathe, the water we drink, the sunshine and the rain – all are part of our
environment. Even the environment of two individuals is different. But these
environments are interrelated so closely that in a sense we all belong to the same
environment.
This inter- relatedness is a matter of ecology. The term ‘ecology’ has been derived
from the Greek word ‘Oikos’ which means home. So, ecology is literally, the
science that deals with the home conditions of all living beings. Ecology deals
with the interrelationships between living beings and their environment.
Previously, in old days, a natural balance was maintained between all living
beings including men and plants. They were living together in harmony and in
natural setting. Human beings live in harmony with the Nature including the
Forest which was providing most of the necessities for living. But over the recent
years, due to rapid industrialisation, urbanisation, the nature has been adversely
affected.
Another disaster which is posed before us, is that due to rapid growth of
urbanisation. The living conditions of the people in the cities and towns have
Role of Education:
Education is regarded as an important instrument and means for generating
proper awareness and adequate knowledge and skills regarding environmental
protection. It is, therefore, felt essential to develop education about the
environment, education for the environment and education through the
environment. So as a whole, it will be environmental education.
The NCERT developed the guidelines for the school curriculum on the basis of the
Education Commission, 1964-66. It has also prepared a resource material on the
use of environment as a basis for meaningful learning in Primary Education.
The National Policy on Education 1986 has also given a special place of
significance to education and environment. So a great need is being felt to create
an awareness for the protection of the environment by redesigning the objectives,
methods and curriculum in the field of education.
Consequently, the other aspect of their personality like physical, emotional, social
and spiritual are not properly developed in providing for the growth of attitudes,
habits, values, skills and interests among the pupils. It is here that we talk in
terms of value-education. A complete description of what value-education is,
could entail a study in itself.
12. Finding out the interests of pupils in relation to different aspects and activities
of value-education.
Hence, the issue becomes all the more jumbled when it comes to fixing up of the
responsibilities: who is to inculcate values? — parents, leaders, the affluent, the
business tycoons, thinkers, artists, teachers? The easy and obvious answer is —
“the teacher is the prime inculcator of values because the young are under his or
her formal care”.
Whatever may be the answer! Really speaking, it is not enough just to know about
values, because values have to be practiced. Our country is undergoing radical,
social changes. So, the students who are the future citizens of tomorrow have to
be oriented to respond to and adjust with these social changes satisfactorily by
equipping them with desirable skills and values.
With these aims in view, radical reforms in the present lop-sided education are to
be introduced and all attempts need to be made for developing well-integrated
personalities for our individuals. Hence, the need for inculcating desirable values.
India is known for its rich cultural and spiritual heritage, and the need for a
value-system through education has been felt and recognised through centuries.
Value system play an important role in any decision making process. In fact,
every human action is the reflection of personal and social values.
Modern age of science and technology has created many evils. Violence,
immorality, egoism, self-centeredness, frustration are rampant everywhere. The
world has already experienced the horrors of modern wars during WORLD WAR
I and II.
In the midst of material prosperity, a large section of humanity is under the grip
of immorality, poverty and corruption. Thus, man has been the monarch of entire
world. Now, such unsatisfactory situations have arisen due to crises of values.
c. How can social justice and also fellow-feeling be ensured in the modern world?
d. Which things can be considered to be the most important causes for the
outburst of crises that is seen or witnessed by all of us today?
e. How can mankind carve out for itself a preferred future of peace and
prosperity? etc.
The Kothari Commission has very rightly observed “the expanding knowledge
and growing power which is places at the disposal of modern society must,
therefore, be combined with the strengthening and deepening of the sense of
social responsibility and a keener appreciation of moral and spiritual values”.
4. Fearlessness
5. Truthfulness
6. Non-Violence
7. Purity
8. Service and
9. Peacefulness
2. Truth
6. Service
7. Purity
8. Courtesy
9. Peace and
10. Joy
All these values are to be taught in Primary and Secondary Schools and it is
imperative on the part of the teachers as well as teacher educators to understand
the school situation and also the potentialities of school activities in promoting
the values in schools.
The schools can definitely play an important role in inculcating desirable values
in the pupils through effective organisation of different, curricular and co-
curricular programmes. Now, such a task must necessarily be the joint
responsibility that is to be shouldered by all teachers and not just the assigned
duty of one or two teachers.
In countries where there was but one official religion, the church, temple or
mosque could provide the necessary authority to impose a common moral code
on schools. But in most countries there are number of religions and cultures
which, from time to time may have come into conflict. To assume peace and
national unity, mostly countries have established secular public education
system.
Thus, we see on the one hand in the history of education the demand for an
education which aims at developing social cohesion and respect for common
values, but on the other, an education that is respectful of the dignity of every
individual and every cultural identity. But the question is — “Can education
promote unity in diversity, and if so, how?”
Today, we all are living such a society where we find anxiety-stricken parents,
frustrated jobless degree holders, teachers strikes, dowry deaths, attraction of
students towards private coaching classes, inability of our teachers to keep
control over the overcrowded classes, etc. etc.
On account of the said circumstances, there is very much a strongly felt need to
develop value-education policies and programmes which will seek to eliminate all
types of discrimination in education.
For this a planned action will be such where rights of minorities will be taken care
of, where intellectual understanding will be promoted, where there will be
tolerance for other religions. It is better to state in one sentence that we need to
place the melting pot model by a mosaic, rich in diversity but nonetheless having
a clear unifying pattern based on ‘global ethics’.
The matter that has been discussed so far, brings out adequately the need for
value education which will lead to the regeration of values that have been lost in
the process of search of knowledge, power and material progress during this
century and preceding ones.
4. Life in the future is going to be faster and more complex. The student of today
have to face such moral situations in future, in which, instead of depending on
others, they may be required to take their own decision.
5. The present youth has special problems. It has started to question the conduct
of elders — especially political leaders. They do not see the relevance of the values
preached.
The above discussion stresses again and again the importance of the need of
value-education. Value-education involves exposing students to a whole series of
values in their complete totality. I helps to bring about an improvement in the
child’s thoughts, ideas attitudes, interests, emotions, sentiments, personality and
character.
Schools should be induced to create a climate of values which should run various
activities and would be conducive to the promotion of values among students,
teachers, parents and educational administrators. Programmes of value-
education should incorporate values of integral personality in all its dimensions
— physical, vital, intellectual, aesthetic, ethical and spiritual.
The question now jumps up — How exactly the implementation of such value-
education could be done in schools and what are the various activities to be
undertaken in different classes? The process of valuing is what we go through
when we make judgement about things, events and people that we encounter in
our day-to-day life.
The present system has its roots from British administrative system.
7th schedule of constitution allocates the power and functions between Centre
and
Union List – List 1 contains 100 items. Parliament has exclusive power to
legislate on
this subject.
Concurrent List – List 3 contains 52 items. Union government along with state
has
Special status has been given to Jammu and Kashmir under article 370.
States:
Union State
President
Council of Minister
Council of Ministers
Chief Minister
Governor
State Secretariat
District Administration
Panchayat
Local Self-Government
Democratic decentralization
Federal structure
Welfare administration
Provisions of reservation in services for SC, ST, and other backward classes
Transparency in administration
1. Citizen friendly
2. E- governance
Red Tapism
Corruption
System
on Hanumanthaia.
It gives recommendations on
6. There is a need for a right balance between autonomy and accountability while
8. In order to address the genuine and legitimate concerns of the local people,
there
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Areas should also be covered by the StateFinance Commission and the State
Election Commission.
of budget estimates.
13. The laws regarding the Lokayukta would need to be amended to incorporate
the
15. There should be a separate Standing Committee of the State Legislature for
the
local Bodies
1. Free and fair and timely elections of all spheres of political authority.
2. Transparency and accountability of all institutions of the state to citizens.
3. Efficient and effective delivery of socio-economic public services.
It has been revealed in reports that the Government of India is following a set of standards for
reforming governance in the nation, which are essentially citizen-centric transparency,
accountability and efficiency of all institutions, agencies and actors of the government, with
particular attention to those citizens who have been basically excluded so far. Governance is
the exercise of economic, political, and managerial authority to manage account affairs at all
level. It consists of the mechanisms processes, and institutions levels (UNDP, 1997)
Characteristics of governance: The main features of good governance as described below:
Elements of governance:
1. Participation: Researchers have stated that Participation is a major factor both by males and females for
good governance. Participation could be either direct or through legitimate intermediate institutions or
representatives. It can be established that representative democracy does not necessarily mean that the
concerns of the most susceptibility in society would be taken into consideration in decision making.
Participation needs to be informed and organized.
2. Rule of law: Good governance requires impartial legal structures that are prescribed neutrally. It also
requires full defence of human rights, particularly those of minorities. Impartial enforcement of laws
requires an independent judiciary and an impartial and incorruptible police force. Basically, the rule of
law is termed as the institutional process of setting, interpreting and implementing laws and other
Transparency in Governance:
Transparency is broadly accepted as a major principle of good governance (World Bank
(2000) the UNDP has perceived that transparency means "sharing information and acting in
an open manner" (1997). Furthermore, transparency allows stakeholders to collect
information that may be critical to uncovering abuses and defending their interests.
Transparent systems have flawless procedures for public decision-making and open channels
of communication between stakeholders and officials, and make a wide range of information
available UNDP (1997).Transparency represents that decisions taken and their enforcement
are done in a way that follows rules and regulations. It also entails that information is easily
available and directly accessible to those who will be affected by such decisions and their
enforcement. According to Tandon (2002), transparency means that the criteria, process and
systems of decision-making are openly known to all in a public manner. The declaration of
Right To Information Act (2015) set the stage for the transparency in the functioning of the
government and its various agencies. Under this Act, access to information from a public
agency has become a statutory right of every citizen. In its enactment, it has been contended
that the system of government in India is so impervious that ordinary peoples do not have
much information about how decisions are made and how public resources are utilized. In
effect, RTI Act is a media for greater transparency about the manner of functioning of public
agencies. A recent study (PRIA, 2008) on implementation of RTI Act in 12 states established
following facts:
1. Information about who the designated Public Information Officers (PIOs) were in the district was not
available in 90% of the districts;
2. Nearly half of all respondents felt that PIOs were not at all cooperative in giving information even when
asked (Kerala and MP behaving worse than UP, Bihar, Orissa and Haryana);
3. Self-disclosure mandated under section 4 of the RTI Act was not made in 90% of the districts in these
states.
MCQ
1. The policy recommended by the Kothari Commission vis-à-vis language is
(A) Three language formula
(B) Two language formula
(C) Hindi
(D) Mother Tongue
Answ er - (A)
2. Which of the following State does not have State Open University?
(A) Odisha
(B) Bihar
(C) Assam
(D) West Bengal
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (B)
4. The first National Policy on Education in free India was launched in the year
(A) 1947
(B) 1964
(C) 1968
(D) 1986
Answ er - (C)
Answ er - (C)
Answ er - (C)
Answ er - (B)
8. The ceiling fixed by the Supreme Court for reservation for the socially and economically disadvantaged
sections is
(A) 19%
(B) 22%
(C) 49%
(D) 50%
Answ er - (D)
Answ er - (A)
10. For equality of educational opportunities among women, the Constitution has provision under
(i) Article 45
(ii) Article 15(3)
(iii) Article 16(1) and (2)
(iv) All the above
Which of the above is correct?
(A) Only (i) is correct.
(B) (i) and (ii) are correct.
(C) (i) and (iii) are correct.
(D) (iv) is correct.
Answ er - (D)
11. Refresher courses for teacher education in secondary level are conducted by
(A) State Institutes of Education
(B) Academic Staff Colleges
(C) National Institute of Education
(D) National Council for Teacher Education
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (D)
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (B)
PART -2
1. The main purpose of Navodaya Vidyalayas is to give education to
Answ er - (A)
(A) UNICEF
(B) UNESCO
(C) NCTE
(D) UGC
Answ er - (B)
(A) NCTE
(B) NAAC
(D) NCERT
Answ er - (C)
(A) 1975
(B) 1995
(C) 1996
(D) 1986
Answ er - (B)
5. In which country the first Open University was established in the world?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) U.K.
(C) India
(D) Australia
Answ er - (B)
(A) CBSE
(B) UGC
(C) SCERT
(D) IGNOU
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (C)
9. The Right to Education Act recently passed by our Parliament is an extension of the following article of
our Constitution
(A) 13
(B) 15
(C) 45
(D) 55
Answ er - (D)
11. The principal function of the NCERT is an extension work with the State Education departments
centering around the improvement of
(A) higher education
Answ er - (B)
(A) 1964
(B) 1968
(C) 1986
(D) 1992
Answ er - (D)
(A) London
(B) Paris
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (C)
15. Which is the following agency regulates and monitors special education programme in India?
Answ er - (C)
PART - 3
1. Who heads the committee, constituted by the Government of India, to draft the New
Education Policy
(D) V K Saraswat
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (C)
(D) De-schooling
Answ er - (C)
(A) transparency
Answ er - (B)
6. Which of the following institutions in the field of education is set up by the MHRD Government of India?
(A) Indian council of world Affair, New Delhi
Answ er - (C)
Answ er - (D)
(A) 1 and 2
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 2 only
(D) 4 only
Answ er - (D)
9. Which of the following statements are correct about the National Advisory Council (NAC) ?
(A) 1, 2 and 3
(B) 2, 3 and 4
(C) 1, 3 and 4
(D) 3 and 4
Answ er - (C)
Answ er - (B)
12. The University Grants Commission was constituted on the recommendation of:
(A) Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Commission
Answ er - (A)
13. The University which telecasts interactive educational programmes through its own channel is:
(A) B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
(B) I.G.N.O.U.
Answ er - (B)
14. The Government established the University Grants Commission by an Act of Parliament in the year:
(B) 1948
(C) 1950
(D) 1956
Answ er - (D)
15. Universities having central campus for imparting education are called:
PART-4
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (C)
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (C)
Answ er - (C)
6. Who have signed MOU for accreditation of Teacher Education Institutions in India?
(A) NAAC and UGC
(B) NCTE and NAAC
(C) UGC and NCTE
(D) None of the above
Answ er - (B)
7. As per NCTE norms, what should be the pattern of teaching staff for a unit of 100 students at B.Ed.
level?
(A) 1 + 7
(B) 1 + 9
(C) 1 + 10
(D) 1 + 5
Answ er - (A)
8. Which of the following commissions suggested silent meditation as a part of moral values?
(A) Secondary Education Commission
(B) University Education Commission
(C) National Education Commission
(D) Indian Education Commission
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (A)
13. Which part of Indian Constitution allows every citizen to impart education as per ones own religion ?
(A) Directive Principles
(B) Concurrent list of centre and the States
(C) Democratic rights
(D) Fundamental Rights
Answ er - (D)
14. Which of the following Commission first decentralized the primary education?
(A) Hunter Commission
(B) Mudaliar Commission
(C) Kothari Commission
(D) Sadler Commission
Answ er - (A)
15. According to 2011 Census Report, the difference between literacy rates of men and women in India is
about
(A) 10%
(B) 17%
(C) 21%
(D) 27%
ANS - B
PART – 5
1. The right to free and compulsory education for children between age group of 6 to 14 has been inserted
in Indian Constitution as
(A) Article 46
(B) Article 16
(C) Article 45A
(D) Article 21A
Answ er - (D)
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (D)
Answ er - (B)
5. As per the NCTE norms the man power required for starting up M.Ed. with a strength of 25 students is
(A) 1 + 4
(B) 1 + 5
(C) 1 + 8
(D) 1 + 9
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (A)
7. Who have signed MOU for recognition of Teacher Education in Special Education Programme in India?
(A) NCTE and NAAC
(B) RCI and NCERT
(C) NCDS and RCI
(D) RCI and NCTE
Answ er - (D)
Answ er - (C)
9. The mid-day meal programme for Pr. Schools was initiated with a view to
(A) Increase enrolment
(B) Involve community
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (A)
Answ er - (B)
12. Which of the following Committee recommended for improvement of Teacher Education Programme?
(A) Reddy Committee
(B) Ramamurti Committee
(C) Yashpal Committtee
(D) Mehrotra Committee
Answ er - (B)
Answ er - (D)
14. The first Committee to be constituted after independence by the Government of India on Women’s
Education was
(A) Dr. Radhakrishnan Commission
(B) The Mudaliar Commission
(C) The Shri Sri Prakasa Committee
(D) Dr. Durgabai Deshmukh Committee
Answ er - (D)
Answ er - (C)
PART – 6
(A) Dissemination of all types of information by all Public authorities to any person.
(B) Establishment of Central, State and District Level Information Commissions as an appellate body.
Answ er - (D)
2. The accreditation process by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) differs from
that of National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in terms of
(A) Disciplines covered by both being the same, there is duplication of efforts.
(B) One has institutional grading approach and the other has programme grading approach.
(C) Once get accredited by NBA or NAAC, the institution is free from renewal of grading, which is not a
progressive decision.
(D) This accreditation amounts to approval of minimum standards in the quality of education in the
institution concerned.
Answ er - (C)
(B) Education, in general, is the subject of concurrent list since 42nd Constitutional Amendment
Act 1976.
(C) Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE) was first established in 1920.
(D) India had implemented the right to Free and Compulsory Primary Education in 2002 through
86th Constitutional Amendment.
Answ er - (C)
4. Which statement is not correct about the “National Education Day” of India?
(A) It is celebrated on 5th September every year.
(C) It is celebrated in the memory of India’s first Union Minister of Education, Dr. Abul Kalam Azad.
5. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List – I List – II
(Articles of the
Constitution) (Institutions)
Codes :
Answ er - (A)
6. Deemed Universities declared by UGC under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, are not permitted to
(A) Offer programmes in higher education and issue degrees.
(C) open off-campus and off-shore campus anywhere in the country and overseas respectively without
the permission of the UGC.
(D) offer distance education programmes without the approval of the Distance Education Council
Answ er - (C)
Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
A) Every adult of the age 18 or more has been given the right to vote
C) The Council
Options:
Q8) The subject on which the State Government enjoys exclusive powers are
given in
Options:
Q9) The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha and the Raja Sabha is
Options:
Options:
Options:
Q12) How many seats have been reserved for the Union Territories in Lok
Sabha?
Options:
A) 20
B) 25
C) 30
D) 50
Q13) The President of India, who has some political differences with Prime
Minister was
Options:
resignation?
Options:
concerned
Options:
A) 13 B) 15 C) 16 D) 31
Options:
A) Lakshadweep B) Delhi
C) Manipur D) Daman&Diu
Q18) The Governor of a State holds his office only during the pleasure of
Options:
A) Prime Minister
B) President
C) Chief Minister
D) Home Minister
Options:
Options:
Options:
A) It is the duty of the Chief Minister to keep the Governor informed of all the
B) The Governor has the Power to ask for any information from the Chief
Options:
A) President
B) Prime Minister
C) Rajya Sabha
D) Lok Sabha
Options:
C) Right to equality
Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
A) A bill pending in Parliament shall not lapse because of the prorogation of the
B) A bill pending in the Rajya Sabha which has not been passed by the Lok
C) A bill pending in the Lok Sabha and pending in the Rajya Sabha not lapse on
D) A bill pending in the Rajya Sabha which has been passed by the Lok Sabha
Options:
Options:
A) Stability
B) Irresponsibility
D) Rigidity
Q31) The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State cannot
exceed
Options:
Options:
A) By sheer accident
Q33) Which one of the following statements holds good in respect of the Rajya
Options:
Options:
A) Dr. Radhakrishnan
B) N.Sanjiva Reddi
C) V.V. Giri
Options:
Options:
Options:
resignation?
Options:
Q39) Seats in the Lok Sabha are not reserved for the
Options:
A) Scheduled Castes
B) Scheduled Tribes
D) Anglo Indians
Q40) The Indian Constitution has given a special status to the State of Jammu
Options:
A) 352 B) 370
C) 368 D) 361
Options:
A) 40 B) 60 C) 50 D) 70
Options:
Options:
Q44) Who amongst the following acts as the presiding officer of the House
Options:
A) Vice-President of India
Q45) Which one of the following cannot be dissolved but can be abolished any
time?
Options:
Q46) The Governor of a State can address the Legislature at the commencement
of the
Options:
A) New session after each general election B) First session every year
Q47) Which is the most important reason to consider India as a Secular State?
Options:
Options:
Q49) The maximum duration between two sessions of the Indian Parliament
Options:
A) 3 months B) 6 months
Options:
Options:
C) Either House
D) The Lok Sabha with the prior approval of the State assemblies
Options:
Q53) All the following are Fundamental Rights guaranteed by the Indian
Constitution except
Options:
B) In the same manner and on the same grounds as a judge of the Supreme
Court
C) Only by the President on the advice of the Chief Justice of the concerned
State
Q55) Who among the following is considered to be the custodian of the Lok
Sabha?
Options:
Options:
Q57) A Judge of the Supreme Court of India can be removed from office
Options:
by a majority of the total membership of that house and by a majority of not less
Q58) Which one of the following Lok Sabha was dissolved before the expiry of its
normal term?
Options:
Options:
Options:
A) 6 B) 7 C) 8 D) 9
Q61) Which of the following means the collective responsibility of the Cabinet?
Options:
A) The venue and agenda of the Cabinet meeting are kept secret for security
reasons
B) It is imperative for the Prime Minister to consult all the ministers to ascertain
their views
Q62) The total number of members of the Legislative Council can in no case be
less than
Options:
Q63) Which one of the following is not a function of the Chief Minister of a
State?
Options:
B) He can ask any Minister to resign and in case of his refusal advise the
D) He presides over the meetings of the Cabinet and controls the agenda thereof
Options:
Options:
Q66) Which of the following Articles speaks of the appointment of the Governor?
Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
A) Whenever he likes
C) Whenever the State Legislature is not in Session and the Governor is satisfied
Options:
Options:
Q72) Which of the following was the permanent Chairman of the Constituent
Assembly?
Options:
always been a part of the constitution of India 2. Have been added through an
is/are correct?
Options:
Q74) The grant of franchise to women on equal terms with men is assertion of
the principle of
Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
that effect
Options:
A) The Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha B) The President of India
Q79) The Speaker of a State Assembly can be removed from his office by
Options:
D) The Governor
Q80) The first general election under the Constitution was held in
Options:
Options:
A) Prime Minister
B) President of India
C) Chief Minister
Options:
Options:
Q84) The right of vote in India is given to all people on the basis of
Options:
A) Age
B) Education
C) Religion
D) Property
Options:
Options:
A) The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha elected by the elected members of the
Rajya Sabha
B) The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha president over the joint session of both the
Houses of Parliament
C) The electoral college for the election of the Vice-President is the same as that
D) The nominated members of both the House of Parliament have voting right in
Options:
Q88) The Speaker of Lok Sabha has to address his letter of resignation to the
Options:
C) President of India
D) Vice-President of India
Options:
A) Is a permanent house
Options:
A) Parliament
B) State legislatures
A) The President can dissolve the Lok Sabha on the advice of Prime Minister
C) The 42nd Amendment extended the term of the Lok Sabha and the State
Q92) The vacancy in the office of the President must be filled within
Options:
Q93) Which of the following words were added to the Preamble of Indian
Options:
Options:
Options:
Q96) To Which one of the following categories does the Right to Property belong?
Options:
Options:
Options:
Q99) Which one of the following statements correctly describes "a hung
Parliament"?
Options:
Options:
A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5
Options:
deadlock is resolved by
Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
Houses disapprove it
D) None of these
Options:
A) Direct election
Options:
Options:
Q111) When a State Government fails to comply with the directions of the
Options:
B) The President can declare a national emergency and convert the federal
Options:
Options:
C) The power to seek the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on any matter
of public importance
Options:
Options:
A) 13 B) 14 C) 22 D) 16
Q116) Which of the following has not been laid down by the Indian
Constitution?
Options:
Options:
Options:
A) 22 B) 24 C) 26 D) 28
Q119) Which one of the following is not an essential qualification for contesting
Options:
Answers: Q1) A, Q2) D, Q3) B, Q4) D, Q5) A, Q6) C, Q7) B, Q8) B, Q9) B, Q10) D, Q11) A, Q12) A, Q13)
B, Q14) D, Q15) D, Q16) D, Q17) C, Q18) B, Q19) A, Q20) C, Q21) C, Q22) D, Q23) D, Q24) C, Q25) A,
Q26) C, Q27) A, Q28) A, Q29) A, Q30) A, Q31) B, Q32) C, Q33) D, Q34) B, Q35) D, Q36) A, Q37) C,
Q38) C, Q39) D, Q40) B, Q41) B, Q42) A, Q43) B, Q44) A, Q45) A, Q46) C, Q47) B, Q48) A, Q49) B, Q50)
B, Q51) C, Q52) B, Q53) C, Q54) B, Q55) D, Q56) D, Q57) D, Q58) C, Q59) A, Q60) B, Q61) C, Q62) A,
Q63) C, Q64) A, Q65) C, Q66) D, Q67) C, Q68) D, Q69) C, Q70) C, Q71) B, Q72) A, Q73) D, Q74) A,
Q75) B, Q76) A, Q77) D, Q78) C, Q79) A, Q80) C, Q81) B, Q82) A, Q83) C, Q84) A, Q85) B, Q86) D,
Q87) C, Q88) B, Q89) A, Q90) D, Q91) D, Q92) B, Q93) C, Q94) C, Q95) B, Q96) A, Q97) D, Q98) C,
Q99) A, Q100) A, Q101) B, Q102) A, Q103) D, Q104) A, Q105) B, Q106) B, Q107) B, Q108) B, Q109) D,
Q110) D, Q111) C, Q112) C, Q113) B, Q114) C, Q115) C, Q116) C, Q117) D, Q118) D, Q119) D
PART -2
Q1) Match List -I with List -II and select the correct answer using the codes
given below:
List-I (Institutions)
b) Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya
d) IGNOU
List-II (Locations)
iv) Dharmasala
Options:
Q2) Which statement is not correct about the National Education Day of India?
Optio
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Options:
A) Haryana
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Punjab
Q5) Which of the following institutions in the field of education is set up by the
Options:
Options:
B) IGNOU
C) University of Pune
D) Annamalai University
Options:
A) 1980
B) 1948
C) 1950
D) 1956
Q8) Universities having central campus for imparting education are called:
Options:
A) Central Universities
B) Deemed Universities
C) Residential Universities
D) Open Universities
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of:
Options:
B) Mudaliar Commission
D) Kothari Commission
Q10) Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India safeguards
own liking?
Options:
A) Article 19
B) Article 29
C) Article 30
D) Article 3
by:
Options:
Options:
Options:
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Options:
A) Sevagram
B) New Delhi
C) Wardha
D) Ahmedabad
Options:
Options:
A) ICSSR
B) CSIR
C) AICTE
D) UGC
Options:
A) 1958
B) 1976
D) 2000
Options:
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Options:
A) Administration
B) Policy-making
C) Finance
D) Curriculum development
Options:
D) None of these
Options:
A) Delhi University
Q22) Election of Rural and Urban local bodies are conducted and ultimately
supervised by:
Options:
Options:
India
concurrent list
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Options:
B) Learning to be adventure
C) Diversification of Education
Options:
A) Delhi University
B) Bangalore University
C) Madras University
Administrators??
Options:
A) Part I
B) Part II
C) Part III
D) Part IV
Options:
A) Article 371 A
B) Article 371 B
C) Article 371 C
D) Article 263
Q28) Which one of the following is not the tool of good governance?
Options:
Options:
public institutions
Options:
A) English only
B) Hindi only
Options:
A) Seminar B) Workshop
Options:
contributes
Options:
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Q34) Assertion (A): The UGC Academic Staff Colleges came into existence to
Reason (R): University and college teachers have to undergo both orientation
Options:
A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation.
B) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
terms of
Options:
B) One has institutional grading approach and the other has programme
grading approach.
Options:
D) India had implemented the right to Free and Compulsory Primary Education
Options:
A) Inflibnet
B) Libinfnet
C) Internet
D) HTML
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Options:
Q39) What is the name of the Research station established by the Indian
Options:
A) Dakshin Gangotri
B) Yamunotri
C) Uttara Gangotri
Options:
Options:
A) 19 (2) (a)
B) 19(16)
C) 19(2)
D) 19(1) (a)
Q42) Use of radio for higher education is based on the presumption of:
Options:
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Q43) The first Indian Satellite for serving the educational sector is known as:
Options:
A) SATEDU
B) INSAT -B
C) EDUSAT
D) INSAT-C
Options:
A) GyanDarshan
B) Cyan Vani
C) DoorDarshan
D) Prasar Bharati
Q45) Match List-I (Articles of the Constitution) with List-II (Institutions) and
a) Article 280
b) Article 324
c) Article 323
d) Article 315
i) Administrative Tribunals
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Q46) Match List-I (Institutions) with List-II (Locations) and select the correct
List-I (Institutions)
List-II (Locations)
i) Shimla
ii) Bhopal
iii) Hyderabad
iv) Nagpur
Options:
Q47) Match List-I (Institutions) with List-II (Locations) and select the correct
b) Send. t. University
c) M.S. University
d) j. n. Vyas University
List-II (Locations)
i) Mumbai
ii) Baroda
iii) Jodhpur
iv) Sagar
Options:
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Q48) Match List-I (Institutions) with List-II (Functions) and select the correct
List-I (Institutions)
a) Parliament
b) C & A.G.
c) Ministry of Finance
d) Executing Departments
List-II (Functions)
i) Formulation of Budget
v) Justification of Income
Options:
Options:
Options:
A) Election Commission
B) Finance Commission
D) Planning Commission
Options:
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Options:
A) Supreme Court
B) President
C) Prime Minister
D) State Assembly
Q53) The social heritage of people could be described by the following term
Options:
A) Culture
B) Social norm
C) Transmission
D) Human involvement
Options:
A) Generalization
B) Actualization
C) Qualification
D) Quantification
Options:
C) Customs
Rajya Sabha?
Options:
B) Estimates Committee
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Q57) India is a
Options:
Options:
Options:
C) President of India
Q60) Which of the following are the ideals set forth in the Preamble?
Options:
D) All of these
Options:
Options:
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Q63) Which of the following is the federal feature of the Indian Constitution?
Options:
C) Independent Judiciary
D) All of these
Options:
B) Anti-defection Act
Options:
A) Frontal lobes
B) Occipital lobes
C) Temporal lobes.
D) Parietal lobes
indirectly with
Options:
A) Avoidance of conflicts
B) Selection of teachers
C) Facilitation of learning
D) Improvement of administration
Options:
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Q68) A culturally disadvantaged child is best served by the school system that
Options:
learning plan
Q69) All of the following tend to erode local control of education in favour of
Options:
Q70) A student fails a test for which he did not study. By ascribing his failure to
the fact that the teacher does not like him he is utilizing
Options:
A) conversion
B) sympathism
C) rationalization
D) Compensation
Q71) The project method of teaching is best associated with the philosophy of
Options:
A) John Dewey
B) Max Rafferty
C) Robert Hutchins
D) B F Skinner
Options:
A) N. Hyderabad
C) Delhi
D) Trombay (Mumbai)
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Options:
A) Ranchi
B) Jaipur
C) Kota
D) Hardwar
Options:
A) Chandigarh
B) Patna
C) Patiala
D) Ludhiana
Q75) In which of the following respects is a theory ’not’ different from a belief?
Options:
B) Acceptability
C) Verifiability
D) Demonstrability
Options:
Options:
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Q78) It is usually claimed that any subject that is taught in school has a
Options:
experts
Q79) According to Alder, the primary cause for stresses and strains in a
individual is
Options:
Options:
A) Swami Vivekananda
B) Patanjali
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Aurobindo
Q81) Which one of the following sets of special powers has been conferred on
Options:
A) To change the existing territory of a state and to change the name of a state
B) To pass a resolution empowering the parliament to make laws i the State List
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Q82) It is often complained that there is brain drain in our country. The
implication is that
Options:
D) Educated and capable people are seeking jobs in other countries because of
unemployment here
Options:
West belonged to
Options:
Options:
B) Collective scholarship
D) A touch of genius
Options:
competitive spirit
Options:
A) Hypothalamus
B) Cerebral hemisphere
C) Cerebellum
D) Medulla oblongata
Options:
A) 20 days for the lower secondary stage and 20 days for the higher secondary
stage
B) 10 days for the primary stage and 30 days the secondary stage
C) 30 days for the lower secondary and 20 days for the higher secondary stage
D) 1 0 days for the lower secondary stage and 20 days for the higher secondary
stage
Options:
A) President B) Parliament
Options:
A) 2
B) 5
C) 10
D) 12
Options:
D) To pose the question to the whole class and then select somebody to answer
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Q92) Research is
Options:
A) Data gathering
Q93) If you were reading a series of articles about the teaching of reading, you
Options:
A) Paul McKee
B) Albert Harris
C) Arthur Gates
D) Frank Riesman
Options:
Options:
A) Chennai B) Kolkata
C) Bangalore D) Mumbai
Options:
A) Lucknow B) Dehradun
Options:
A) Delhi
B) Hyderabad
C) Goa
D) Kochi
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Q98) A set of test papers from a class of 29 students has been arranged in order
from the highest to the lowest scores. The mark on the fifteenth paper is known
as the
Options:
A) median
B) mean
C) mode
D) norm
Options:
B) assigned as homework
Q100) When Jeewan receives his failing test mark, he tells the teacher, ”You
Options:
A) identification
B) transference
C) egocentrism
D) projection
Q101) Of the following learning theories, the one that embodies the idea that
Options:
A) Gestalt
B) stimulus-response
C) connectionist
D) pragmatic
Options:
A) powers of retention
B) endurance
C) feeling of boredom
D) motivation
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Options:
A) 16
B) 4
C) 6
D) 3
Q104) How many Indian Institutes o Management (IIM) are there in India?
Options:
A) 13
B) 7
C) 5
D) 8
Options:
A) Socrates
B) Pavlov
C) Thorndike
D) Kilpatrick
Options:
Q107) The main purpose of the first degree in our universities should be to
Options:
C) Prepare students for social service and bring them to the threshold of
knowledge
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Q108) The idea of starting girls’ University in our country started in the year
1970.
Options:
D) With the political awakening in the country by the push given by Mahatma
Gandhi
Options:
A) Speaking B) Listening
Options:
D) Sensory nerves
Q111) The salaries of the Judges of the Supreme Court are charged on the
justice
Q112) A member of the Union Public Service Commission holds office for a
period of
Options:
A) Five Years
B) Seven years
D) Six years or until he attains the age of sixty five whichever is earlier
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Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
educates
Options:
A) Mixed B) Efferent
C) Afferent D) Sensory
Options:
A) Facial B) Abducens
C) Auditory D) Oculomotor
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Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
D) A and B only
Options:
A) Legislature B) President
Options:
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Options:
A) Prime Minister
B) President
D) None of these
Options:
Options:
Q128) The real powers in the Central Government are enjoyed, according to the
Options:
Options:
Options:
C) Giving first aid to him and trying to contact any nearby doctor
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Options:
D) Both A and C
Options:
Options:
Options:
B) Unemployed
D) All of these
Options:
C) Cerebellum D) Vermis
Options:
A) Heart B) kidneys
C) Brain D) Lungs
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Options:
Options:
A) N+
B) Na+
C) Ag+
Options:
Options:
B) Affectionate
C) Gently
D) Hard working
Options:
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Options:
Options:
Q144) The trial and error method of learning according to Thorndike could be
classified as under
Options:
Options:
Options:
qualitative in character
attainments.
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Options:
Options:
A) 92
B) 97
C) 97 minus 60 divided by
administered is the
Options:
A) WISC
B) Pintner-Cunningham Primary
C) Army Alpha
D) Kuhlman-Anderson
except that
Options:
A) pupils of the same mental age should learn at the same rate
Options:
C) inkblot-projective testing
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Q152) ”School is life, not a preparation for life.” This statement summarizes one
Options:
A) John Dewey
B) Robert Hutchins
C) Mortimer Adler
D) SI Hayakawa
educational reform
Options:
A) Postman
C) Bestor
D) Kozol
Options:
A) Froebel -progressivism
B) Dewey –pragmatism
C) Skinner–Gestalt
D) Herbart–apperception
Options:
A) American Senate
Options:
D) All of these
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Q157) As per Indian Protocol, who among the following ranks highest in the
order of precedence?
Options:
B) Former President
Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
Options:
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Q163) The industrial revolution that started in the West to begin with had the
Options:
A) Shifting the emphasis from the lower class culture to the middle class culture
B) Shifting the centre of gravity from the middle to the lower class culture
Options:
Options:
A) Pollution
B) Finished material
C) Security
D) Employment
Q166) Out of the following, in which lesson, a general rule is explained first and
Options:
A) Deductive lesson
C) Developing lesson
D) knowledge lesson
Q167) In the project education technique, the work load on the teacher is
Options:
A) very high
B) comparatively low
C) low
D) nil
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Options:
D) all of these
Options:
A) Pestology
B) Devy
C) Herbart
D) Spencer
D) all of these
Options:
A) lectures
B) articles
C) sports
D) adopting it ourselves
Options:
A) Shimla
B) Solan
C) Dharmshala
D) Chandigarh
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Options:
A) Hyderabad
B) Coimbatore
C) Bidar
D) Agra
A) Patna (Bihar)
B) Dhanbad (Jharkhand)
D) Guwahati (Assam)
Options:
Options:
A) team teaching
B) teaching machines
lowest priority is
Options:
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that
Options:
A) some psychologists believe that a child is not ready to begin reading until he/
Options:
Q180) Which of the following will not hamper effective communication in the
class?
Options:
A) An ambiguous statement
B) A lengthy statement
C) A precise statement
Options:
A) Adjustment problem
B) Hearing problem
C) Visual problem
Options:
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Options:
Q184) It is said that there is an urgent need of articulation among schools and
Options:
Options:
Options:
Q187) The joint sittings of the Union Parliament may be summoned for
Options:
D) Resolution of the dead lock between the two Houses on a non-money bill
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Options:
A) The U.P.S.C.
B) The President
D) The Parliament
Options:
correct?
Options:
because
Options:
A) parents prefer it
B) pupils prefer it
Options:
D) Prime Minister
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Q193) Who examines the of the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India after it
B) Estimates Committee
Options:
A) IQ of the learner
Q195) Which one of the following High Courts has the Territorial Jurisdiction
Options:
A) Andhra Pradesh
B) Calcutta
C) Madras
D) Orissa
Options:
A) Prime Minister
D) Leader of opposition
Q197) Which of the following subjects does not belong to the Union List?
A) Atomic Energy
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Options:
Options:
Q200) Suppose you are teaching in a minority college where castism and arrow
Options:
A) Uplift the humanistic values beyond these narrow walls and develop scientific
B) Rebel against such attitudes as it is against the norms of the India society
Q201) Suppose you want to teach your students to develop factual knowledge of
Options:
unconstitutional any
III) Order of the executive Choose the from the following choices
Options:
A) I and II only
B) III only
D) I, II and III
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Q203) How many types of emergency can be declared by the President of India?
Options:
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
Options:
A) 55 years
B) 58 years
D) 65 years
Options:
Options:
D) Only I and II
Q207) The President’s Rule is imposed in a State orid a Union Territory when
the
Options:
C) Chief’ Justice of the State High Court recommends through the Governor
Page1424
A) State List
B) Union List
C) Concurrent List
Options:
A) non-justifiable
B) justifiable
Q210) Fundamental Rights of the Indian citizens are contained in .......... Of the
’Indian Constitution’
Options:
A) part I
B) part II
C) part III
D) part IV
Options:
Options:
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Q213) The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha sit jointly when
Options:
A) they like
D) they must meet when two years have lapsed after the last meeting
Options:
Options:
D) providing social and economic base for genuine democracy in the country
Options:
C) financing of agriculturists
D) agricultural production
Options:
C) Three-tier structure of local Govt. at the village, block and district level
D) None of these
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Q218) The Chairman and the members of State Public Service Commission are
appointed by the
Options:
A) President
B) Governor
C) Chairman of UPSC
D) Prime Minister
Options:
Options:
Q221) The sociologist feels that, if men expect to put an end to prejudice and
Options:
C) Re-establishing ethnocentrism
Q222) Boarding schools are considered to be better than the day schools
because
Options:
C) They save the trouble for children to walk to school from homes
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Options:
B) knowledge is static
Q224) Which has the greatest potential for education through audio-visual
means?
Options:
Options:
Options:
Q227) The approach to the concept of learning was different for Dewey and
Options:
philosophical
about it as a means
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Options:
A) Teacher’s honesty
B) Teacher’s scholarship
Options:
Q230) To say that the adolescents are rebellions in nature, will be regarded by
experts as
Options:
A) A misconception
Options:
B) Publication of books
D) Personality of teacher
Options:
B) Not allow control and pressure on students to learn what they want to learn
students.
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Options:
Options:
A) My firm belief
D) Only a hypothesis
Q235) The development of feelings of appreciation and interests come under the
category of
Options:
Q236) The state of the psyche designated as super ego by the Psycho analysts, if
found
Options:
C) Among men practicing yogic exercises D) Among men and animals as well
Q237) As an idealist, which of the following maxim would you think to correct
Options:
A) The child should be trained to practice restraint with only limited freedom
B) Discipline should be imposed from outsiders and teachers with full control
D) The child is subjected to fear and control to train him to desist from doing
wrong
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Options:
Options:
Options:
A) Moral B) Aesthetic
Options:
Options:
A) U.S.A., in the year 1937, the Federal Government felt the necessity of
the same. But gradually that country felt the need of such education in order to
check the high growth of population. Thus the term population education is
introduced in our syllabus, was first used in Sweden in 1935, when the
development both in short and long run and to develop and understanding of
D) None of these
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Options:
A) Mechanical process
B) Chemical process
C) Biological process
D) Physical process
Options:
A) Equal representation
Q245) The Controller and Auditor-General of India acts as the chief accountant
Options:
A) Union Government
B) State Governments
Options:
A) Union list
B) State list
C) Concurrent list
Q247) In which of the following states was the Panchayati Raj first introduced?
Options:
A) Rajasthan
B) Gujarat
C) Uttar Pradesh
D) Bihar
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Q248) Which Writ is issued by a High Court or the Supreme Court to compel an
Options:
A) Writ of certiorari
C) Writ of Mandamus
Options:
Options:
A) Articulation B) Balance
Q251) The term ”Co-curricular activities” is a popular one for all educational
Options:
A) Debating competitions
C) Foot-ball matches
D) Tournaments
education, he will’
Options:
B) Disregard the interests of children the parents for the inclusive of any subject
in the curriculum
C) Implement the study of subject for its inherent values to fulfil the needs of
students
D) Care more for the content aspects than for the methodological
Page1433
Options:
A) Fish
B) Snake
C) Frog
D) Man
Q254) The interaction between teachers and students or between buyers and
Options:
Options:
Q256) Who realized the urgent need for the reform of rigid, lifeless, meaningless
curriculum
Options:
A) Mahatma Gandhi
A) Autocratic society
B) Laissez-faire society
C) Democratic society
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Options:
B) Training of individual
C) Acquisition of knowledge
Q259) The tool that describes the degrees of dimensions being observed
Options:
C) Inventory D) Questionnaire
Options:
Options:
Education?
Options:
A) Mumbai B) Mysore
C) Ajmer D) Bhopal
Options:
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Options:
Options:
A) Talk with them frankly and guide and channelize their potentialities in
constructive ways
Options:
A) Harmonious development
C) Morality
Options:
Options:
B) Scientific research
C) Action research
D) Applied research
Page1436
Options:
pupils
Options:
A) Task variables
B) Receiver variables
C) Source variables
D) Message variables
Q271) A newcomer teacher who is maltreated in his class will deal with the
students by:
Options:
C) Punishing them
Options:
A) Kolkata
B) Madras
C) Delhi
D) Mumbai
Q273) Which of the following is true about our modern evaluation system in
university education?
Options:
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Options:
A) Counsellor
B) Peers
C) Class teacher
D) Principal
Options:
C) Essential education
D) Universal education
Options:
A) Intrinsic
B) Ultimate
C) Extrinsic
Options:
Q278) The statement 'value is that which satisfies human desire' is by:
Options:
A) Allport
B) I..S Mill
C) B. Russell
D) W.H Urban
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Q279) A student tries to solve a problem without any help from a teacher. The
teacher should:
Options:
Options:
A) Natural B) In artificial
C) Artificial D) Artless
Options:
Options:
A) NIEPA B) NAAC
C) NCERT D) UGC
Options:
B) Talks extempore
Options:
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Options:
A) Teacher's honesty
Options:
A) Hyderabad
B) Simla
D) Bangalore
Options:
A) Deductive method
B) Discussion method
C) Lecture method
D) Textbox method
Options:
A) 1958
B) 1949
C) 1953
D) 1935
Options:
A) He is trained in teaching
D) He can organize his teaching material systematically and conveys the same
effectively
Page1440
Options:
Options:
A) School B) Students
C) Discipline D) Teaching
Options:
Q293) If a principal of your college, charge you with the act of negligence of
Options:
C) You would take revenge by giving physical and mental agony to him
Options:
A) Madras University
Q295) Why will you ask questions from students during the course of a lecture?
Options:
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Options:
A) Montessori
B) Rousseau
C) Dewey
D) Froebel
Options:
A) State list
B) Union list
C) Concurrent list
Options:
C) Explaining everything
Options:
Options:
B) Planning beforehand
D) None of these
Q301) Discussion in the class will be more effective if the topic of discussion is:
Options:
C) Not introduced
Q302) The innovative system for major education to learn while learn is:
Options:
A) Non-formal education
B) Open Universities
C) Informal education
D) Navodaya Vidyalayas
Options:
A) 1986 B) 1958
C) 1953 D) 1985
Options:
C) kothari Commission
Options:
A) Management B) Finance
Options:
A) Research B) Guidance
Page1443
Pondicherry?
Options:
A) R.N.Tagore
B) j. l. Nehru
C) Sri Aurobindo
D) Vivekananda.
Options:
A) David Hare
B) William Jones
C) William Carey
Options:
A) Atidesa
B) Upadesa
C) Both
D) Neither
Options:
B) Content Courses
C) Practical Courses
D) Result Preparation.
Q311) Who said for nearly half a century, the examination has been recognized
Options:
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Options:
A) Aug, 1986
B) Jan, 1986
C) March, 1988
Options:
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Dr. Khurana
D) Maulana Azad.
Q314) The wandering teachers during the Vedic age were called?
Options:
A) Gurus
B) Atmans
C) Charakas
D) Brahmana
Options:
A) Buddha
B) Langha
C) Dharmganj
D) Dharmartha.
Options:
A) 16th February
B) 8th February
C) 1st February
D) 2nd February
Options:
A) Upadesaka
B) Atidesa
C) Both
D) Neither
Options:
A) 1821 a. d.
B) 1822 a. d.
C) 1823 a. d.
D) 1824 a. d.
Options:
A) CABE
B) HRD
C) UGC
D) NCERT.
Options:
A) UGC
B) NEPA
C) NCTE
D) NCERT
Options:
B) Charan
C) Shakhas
D) All above
Page1446
Options:
A) Calcutta University
B) Madras University
C) Punjab University
D) Bombay
Options:
A) Selection of students
D) All above
Options:
A) Lack of Facilities
C) Lack of Library
D) All above.
Options:
B) Community Work
C) Methodology
D) All above
Q326) For the revival of Vedic learning, who raised the Slogan of 'Back to the
Vedas '?
Options:
B) Swami Vivekanand
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Q327) How many articles are there in National Policy on Education 1986?
Options:
A) 150
B) 157
C) 160
D) 158
Options:
A) Brahmana
B) Brahmachari
C) Charka
D) None of these.
A) 500 AD
B) 600 AD
C) 700 AD
D) 800 AD
Options:
A) j. l Nehru
B) Mahatma Gandhi.
C) Maulana Azad.
D) None of these.
Options:
A) Ten
B) Fifteen
C) Eighteen
D) Twenty.
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Options:
A) Society
B) Government
C) Family
D) Economy
Q333) Which thinker have Not accepted that the state has an ethical purpose?
A) Karl Marx
B) Gandhi.
C) Aristotle
D) Laski
appointed?
Options:
A) Aug, 1992
B) Feb, 1993
C) March, 1993
D) April, 1993
Options:
A) 1858
B) 1852
C) 1857
D) 1851
Options:
A) 1463
B) 758
C) 829
D) 11047
Page1449
by:
Options:
A) Thurstone in 1932
B) Chave in 1929
C) Likert
Q338) The Charter Act of 1813 Provided how much as annual expenditure for
Options:
A) 1 lakh rupees
B) 2 lakh rupees
C) 3 lakh rupees
D) 4 lakh rupees
Options:
A) AN Jha
B) Wood
C) Mudaliar
Options:
A) 1977
B) 1976
C) 1978
D) 1979
A) Calcutta
B) Bombay
C) Madras
D) Delhi
Page1450
Options:
A) 1975
B) 1976
C) 1977
D) 1978
Q343) During 1901-02 there were how many arts and professional colleges in
India?
Options:
A) 81
B) 91
C) 181
D) 191
Options:
A) Brahman Parinamavada
B) Prikriti Parinamavada
C) Both of these
D) Neither
Options:
A) Ram Murti
C) Janardhan Reddy
Options:
A) Three Parts
B) Seven Parts
C) Twelve Parts
D) Twenty Parts
Page1451
Options:
A) Warren Hasting
B) Johan Duncan
C) William Jones
D) Sir Richard
Options:
A) 1901
B) 1902
C) 1903
D) 1904
Options:
A) 1975
B) 1986
C) 1989
D) 1990
Options:
A) Acharya
B) Guru
C) Siksha
D) Brahma
Options:
A) Primary Education
B) Secondary Education
C) Higher Education
D) All-Round Education
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Options:
A) Only English
B) Only Sanskrit
C) Only Vernaculars
Options:
A) 500 a. d.
B) 600 a. d.
C) 700 a. d.
D) 800 a. d.
Options:
A) 23743
B) 24077
C) 24108
D) 01-12-1966
Options:
B) Participation in factory
D) All above
Options:
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Options:
A) Teacher
B) Building
C) Finance
D) Supervision
Options:
A) Pali
B) Sanskrit
C) Prakrit
D) Local Dialect
Options:
A) Patna
B) Chandigarh
C) Jhansi
D) Lucknow
Options:
A) Mudaliar Commission
B) Sadler Commission
C) Hunter Commission
A) INDEST
D) All of above
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Options:
D) None of above.
Options:
Options:
A) Install water purifiers in remote hamlets with population less than 500
Q366) Which among the following Indian ministry coordinates with WIPO?
Options:
A) HRD
B) External affairs
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Q367) UGC is a
Options:
A) Statutory organization
C) Constitutional body
Q368) Who releases Educational content via Gyan Darshan and Gyan Vani?
Options:
A) Education ministry
B) IGNOU, NCERT
D) None of Above.
Q369) Who is responsible for conducting All India Pre-Dental entrance test?
A) AICTE
D) CBSE
Q370) Who among the following looks into the Minimum qualification for
appointment of teachers?
Options:
A) UGC
B) HRD ministry
C) NCERT
Options:
Malnutrition
D) None of above.
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Options:
Options:
A) Dowry victims
B) Adolescent girls
C) Rural women
D) All of above.
Options:
A) Only I and IV
C) Only I, II and IV
D) Only II
Options:
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) Both I and II
D) none of above
children.
Options:
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) Both I and II
Options:
A) Only I
B) Only II
C) Both I and II
Options:
Q379) Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India safe
A) Article 19
B) Article 29
C) Article 30
D) Article 31
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Options:
A) Uttarakhand
B) Jharkhand
C) Chhattisgarh
D) None of these
Options:
B) Audio-Visual means
C) Audio means
D) Visual means
Q382) The Dalton Scheme of Education is useful for which one of the following?
Options:
A) For infants
A) American senate
D) None of these
Options:
A) Hawai Island
B) Greenland
C) Kamchatka
D) None of these
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awards under
Options:
Q386) Election of Rural and Urban local bodies are conducted and ultimately
supervised by
Options:
Q387) When was the All India Radio (AIR) was adopted?
Options:
B) July 17th 19
Options:
D) None of these
Options:
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Options:
A) PTI
B) UNI
D) Samachar Bharati
Options:
Options:
Q393) All of the following tend to erode local control of education in favour of
Options:
Options:
A) Haryana
B) Delhi
C) Punjab
D) Uttar Pradesh
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Options:
D) None of these
Options:
A) Madam Cama
B) Surendranath Chatterji
C) Bankimchandra Chatterji
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Q397) Universities having central campus for imparting education are called:
Options:
A) Central Universities
B) Deemed Universities
C) Residential Universities
D) Open Universities
Options:
A) the Speaker
B) the President
C) the Parliament
Options:
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Q400) When was the 1st Indian postal stamp was issued?
Options:
A) 1937
B) 1876
C) 1854
D) 1852
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Q15) D, Q16) D, Q17) A, Q18) D, Q19) D, Q20) C, Q21) D, Q22) B, Q23) C, Q24) A, Q25) D, Q26) D,
Q27) A, Q28) D, Q29) A, Q30) C, Q31) D, Q32) C, Q33) B, Q34) A, Q35) C, Q36) C, Q37) A, Q38) B,
Q39) A, Q40) D, Q41) D, Q42) C, Q43) C, Q44) A, Q45) A, Q46) D, Q47) A, Q48) B, Q49) C, Q50) D,
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Q63) D, Q64) B, Q65) C, Q66) C, Q67) A, Q68) D, Q69) B, Q70) C, Q71) A, Q72) D, Q73) A, Q74) A,
Q75) B, Q76) A, Q77) A, Q78) B, Q79) A, Q80) D, Q81) B, Q82) D, Q83) B, Q84) D, Q85) C, Q86) C,
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