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Education in the Indian subcontinent began with the teaching of traditional subjects, including Indian religions, mathematics, and logic.Early Hindu and Buddhist centers of learning, such as the ancient Takshashila (in modern-day Pakistan), Nalanda (in India), Mithila (in India and Nepal), Vikramshila, Telhara, and Shaunaka Mahashala in the Naimisharanya forest, served as key sites for education.
The education department or Directorate of Public Instruction was established in 1855. The number of primary schools all over India increased from 3916 in 1881-82 to 5124 in 1900-02. The Indian Education Service was formed in 1896 to conduct the 4 administrative activities in the field of d education.
The pre-primary stage is the foundation of children's knowledge, skills and behaviour. On completion of pre-primary education, the children are sent to the primary stage, but pre-primary education in India is not a fundamental right. In rural India, pre-primary schools are rarely available in small villages.
The Indian subcontinent has a long history of education and learning from the era of Indus Valley civilization. Important ancient institutions of learning in ancient India are the Buddhist Mahaviharas of Takshashila, Kashmir Smast, Nalanda, Valabhi, Pushpagiri, Odantapuri, Vikramashila, Somapura, Bikrampur, Jagaddala.
Education and Society in Late Imperial China, 1600–1900 (U of California Press, 1994) Ghosh, Suresh Chandra. The history of education in modern India, 1757-1998 (Orient Longman, 2000) Lee, Thomas H. C. Education in traditional China: a history (2000) Jayapalan N. History Of Education In India (2005) excerpt and text search; Price, Ronald Francis.
The new National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) introduced by the central government is expected to bring profound changes to education in India. The policy approved by the Union Cabinet of India on 29 July 2020, outlines the vision of India's new education system. [27] The new policy replaces the 1986 National Policy on Education. The policy ...
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is the apex body for school education in India. [2] The NCERT provides support and technical assistance to a number of schools in India and oversees many aspects of enforcement of education policies. [3] In India, the various bodies governing school education system are:
“An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer.” –Mahatma Gandhi “The aim of university education should be to turn out true servants of the people who will live and die for the country's freedom.” –Mahatma Gandhi