Encyclopaedia Of Rural Education In India Community Development And Education (1947-1990)

by S. Vashist, A.L. Vohra

Overview

This work reviews the development of rural education both vertically and horizontally in the post in depend dance period. The Indian National cong rests under the dynamic leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawahar Lal Nehru had evolved a national system of education called as basic education during the freedom struggle and this system of education was specifically oriented towards the needs and aspire tins of the village people the farmers and small artisans. The system of basic education was introduced at the primary stage throughout the length and breadth of India in the post in dependence period. The University Education Commission of 1948 had recommended the establishment of rural colleges and rural Universities, The system was given a fair trial by the Government agencies Besides the formal system of rural education other informal methods like cooperation, community development and panchyat raj systems were also intro-diced for the education of rural peon- plea. Ten volumes and efforts have been made to give broad discussion to the whole system. The critics who say that noting has been done for the education and social development of farmers during the last 43 years of post- independence period would only expose themselves to the charge of their ignorance of history

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789353149390
Publisher:	Arts & Science Academic Publishing
Publication date:	06/30/1991
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	608
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Dr. S. R. Vashist is at present working as Deputy Director of Education (Adult Education) Delhi A ministry tin. He has been a UNICCO Scholar in New Zealand He has a long experience in educational administration and has worked as principal teachers Train in Institute Delhi Education Officer, New Delhi Municipal Committee and Educational Advisor to the commissioner of Police, Delhi He hiss written many books on comparative Education pole task and foreign policy He is a regular book reviewer and writes extensively in journals and newspapers. His latest books Education in India and Develop meant of Adult Education in India have been widely appreciated by the national and international press as pioneering works. He has about 16 books to his credit.

Born in 1937 Amrit lal Vohra is basic ally a bureaucrat but he is a participant observer in the field of higher education Currently he is the deputy secretary University Grants Commission New Delhi he received his early education in Delhi and did his post graduation from panjab University he has exigent lively travelled in Europe and Canada and has been a recipient of a fellowship in Paris in 1988 He has been a flu bright Fellow in USA in the year 1986 and a visiting research scholar in candy and hence recently he party coated in the seminar for Indian Educational administrators in washing ion where he was conferred the title of Honorary Citizenship by she by the Mayor of the Kansas City Missouri USA He is the co author of Higher Education in India