Syllabus

Course Code: MED102    Course Name: History and Political Economy of Education

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 1. Education in India during
• Vedic
• Buddhist
• Medieval Period

2. Education in British period
• Bentick’s Proclamation
• Macaulay Minutes
• Wood’s Dispatch of 1854
• Lord Curzen’s Educational Policy
2 3. Education Commissions in pre-independent India
• Indian University Commission, 1902
• Sadler Commission Report, 1917
• Hartog Committee Report, 1929
• Wardha Scheme of Education, 1937

4. Education Commissions/ Policies/ Schemes in post-independent India
• University Education Commission, 1948-49
• Secondary Education Commission, 1952-53
• Indian Education Commission, 1964-66
• National Policy on Education, 1968, 1986, 1992
3 5. Education in relation to:
• Freedom
• Values and humanity
• Democracy
• Constitutional Provisions
• Political Economy

6. Education in relation to:
• National values as enshrined in Indian Constitution
• Nationalism & National integration
• Universal Brotherhood and International Understanding
4 7. Education as related to:
• Economic growth and investment
• Socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society with special references to scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, women and rural population
8. Education as related to:
• Equity and Equality of Educational Opportunities
• Local and global perspectives: Implication of globalization for system of Education
• Advancements & developments in the 21st Century (Education in 21st Century)
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