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Index
Ancient education system in India

Medieval education system in India

Modern education system in India

Asiatic society of Bengal
1813 charted Act
Woods Dispatch
Hunter commission
Warda commission
Sargent commission
ANCIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IN
INDIA

 Education in ancient india was more identified with the Gurukula

system .
 These ancient Hindu schools in India were residential in nature
with the sishyas or students living in the same house with the
Guru or the teacher .
 The students lived together irrespective of their social standing .
 Through Upanyana, a student was initiated
in toBrahmacharyam.During this period he was under complete
self discipline and self control .

 All sorts of luxuries and pleasures were to be avoided

 This period was called as Brahmacharyam where the students
concentrated on learning various subjects.
 MEDIEVAL EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA
• Educationl Institutions during medieval india
1) Maqtabs
2) Madrassahas
3) Mosques

1. Maqtabs- it was primarily used for teaching children in

reading, writing, grammar and Islamic subjects, other
practical and theoretical subjects were also often taught.
2. madrassahas- higher islamic education was in the madrash.
3. Mosques-secondary education. all mosques provided for
religious as well as for secular education
MODERN EDUCATION SYSTEM IN
INDIA
 The Asiatic Society-
1. The Asiatic Society was founded by civil servant 
Sir William Jones on 15 January 1784
2. This institution proved to be a source for all literary
and scientific activities in India and a parent for all
Asian societies in the world.
3. The Asiatic Society has a collection of about 1
lakh 75 thousand books.
4. It also had the first modern museum of Asia.
5. Its museum was established in 1814 AD.
CHARTER ACT OF 1813

 In the 1813 AD charter act ,a provision of 1 lakh

was made for the frist time for the promotion of
india education
 In which arrangements were made to spend for the
revival and development of literature in india and to
encourage local scholars
MACAULAY EDUCATION
SYSTEM(1835)
 Macaulay explained in his statement letter section
43 B of the charter act of 1813 as follows:
 There is no restriction on the government to spend
1 lakh .government can spend this amount in any
way according to her wish
 Under the word literature,english and not only
arabic and sanskrit literature can be included
 Indian religion is disregarded
WOOD'S DESPATCH(1854)

 Wood suggested that primary schools must adopt

vernacular languages, high schools must adopt Anglo
vernacular language and on college-level English medium
for education. This is known as Wood's despatch.
 Vocational and women's education were also stressed upon.
 Universities on the model of the London university be
established in big cities such as Bombay, Calcutta and
Madras.
 At least one government school be opened in every district.
 The Indian natives should be given training in their mother
tongue also.
 the government should always support education for women.
 The medium of instruction at the primary level was to be
vernacular while at the higher levels it would be English
HUNTER COMMISSION (1882)

Lord Ripon was nominated as Governor-General of India in the
year 1880. At that time, he constituted a commission (in 1882) on
the subject of Indian education which was called "Indian Education
Commission". Sir William Hunter was a member of this
commission and it was called the Hunter Commission in his name.
 Key points-
Primary education should be practical.

Primary education should be in native languages.

Education department should be established in educationally
backward areas.

There should be a simple curriculum and free education for girls.
WARDHA SCHEME OF BASIC EDUCATION
(1937)
1. Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937) which is also
known as Nai Talim / Buniyadi talim
2. to discuss the proposed new education scheme, an all India
Education Conference was held in Wardha on 22nd and
23rd October 1937. After this discussion on education,
following resolutions were passed:
 Nationwide provision of free and compulsory education.
 Mother tongue should be the medium of instruction.
 The conference endorsed Mahatma Gandhi's proposal that
education should be centered around some productive form of
manual work and be integrally related to the central
handicraft.
SARGENT SCHEME(1944)

 The Sargent Scheme, formally known as the Report of

the Sargent Commission on Post-War Education
Development in India, was a 1944 memorandum
prepared at the behest of the British-run Government of
India that outlined the future development of literacy and
education in India
 A central goal of the Sargent Scheme was the educational
reconstruction of India
 The plan aimed to bring about universal literacy in India
within 40 years of its introduction
 The scheme went as follows:1. Establishment of
elementary schools and high school. . High schools of two
types :
 A. Academic.B. Technical and Vocational