Syllabus
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Course Code: BSE-102 Course Name: Contemporary India and Education |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Philosophical Foundations of Education 1.1 Education: Concept, definition and scope 1.2 Agencies of Education: School, family, community and media 1.3 Philosophies of Education: idealism, naturalism, pragmatism, existentialism, humanism, constructivism and connectionism 1.4 Classical Indian Perspective (Budhism, Jainism, Vedanta Darshan, SankyaDarshan) 1.5 Indian Philosophers (Aurobindo, Gandhi, Tagore, Krishna Murthy) |
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| 2 | Understanding Diversity 2.1 Concept of Diversity 2.2 Types of Diversity: Gender, linguistic, cultural, socio-economic and disability 2.3 Diversity in learning and play 2.4 Addressing diverse learning needs 2.5 Diversity: Global Perspective |
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| 3 | Contemporary Issues and Concerns 3.1 Universalisation of School Education, Right to Education and Universal Access 3.2 Issues of a) Universal enrolment b) Universal retention c) Universal learning 3.3 Issues of quality and equity: Physical, economic, social, cultural and linguistic, particularly w.r.t girl child, weaker sections and disabled 3.4 Equal Educational Opportunity: (i) Meaning of equality and constitutional provisions (ii) Prevailing nature and forms of inequality, including dominant and minority groupsand related issues 3.5 Inequality in Schooling: Public-private schools, rural-urban schools, single teacherschools and other forms of inequalities such as regular and distance education system |
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| 4 | Education Commissions and Policy (School Education) 4.1 Constitutional provisions on education that reflect National Ideals: Equality, liberty, secularism, and social justice 4.2 National Commissions and Policies: Education Commission (1964), NPE and POA (1986, 1992), National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (2006) 4.3 National Acts: RCI Act, 1992, PWD Act, 1995, NT Act, 1999, RTE Act (2009 &2012), RPWD Act 2016. 4.4 Programmes and Schemes: IEDC (1974, 1983), SSA (2000, 2011), RMSA, 2009, IEDSS, 2009, Samagra Shiksha Programme 2018 4.5 International Conventions and Policies: Salamanca Declaration and Framework, 1994; UNCRPD, 2006; MDG, 2015; INCHEON strategies; UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report (2020). |
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| 5 | Issues and Trends in Education 5.1 Challenges of education from preschool to senior secondary 5.2 Inclusive education as a rights based model 5.3 Complementarity of inclusive and special schools 5.4 Language issues in education 5.5 Community participation and community based education |
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