The Indian education system provides education through public and private sectors, with administration at the central, state, and local levels. Primary education between ages 6-14 is compulsory and free. Historically, India had a Gurukula system with close student-teacher relationships and nature-linked learning. The modern system introduced by the British focused on "modern" subjects in classrooms. Primary school goes from standards 1-5, upper primary from 6-8. Secondary school has a lower division from 9-10 and upper division from 11-12. Overall, India has made progress in education access but still faces challenges in quality and infrastructure.
2. Education in India
• Education in India is provide buy public sector as well as the private sector, with
control and funding coming from three levels: central, state, and local. Under
various articles of Indian constitution, free and compulsory education is
provided as fundamental rights to Childrens between the age of 6 and 14.
• India Has made progress in terms of increasing the primary education
attendance rate and expanding literacy to approximately three-quarters of the
population in 7 to 10 age groups, Buy 2011 India’s improved education system
is often cited as one of the main contribution to its Economic development
3. Figures and data
• Much of the process, especially in higher education and scientific research, has
been Credited to various public instructions.
• While enrolment in higher education has increased seedily over the past decade,
Reaching and gross enrolment ratio of 24% in 2013
• At the primary and secondary level, India has a large private school system
Complementing the government run schools, with 29% of students receiving
private education in the 6 to 14 age group
• Another report of 2013 started that there was 22.9 crore students enrolled in
different accredited urban and ruled schools of India, from class 1 to 12th,
representing an increase of 23 lakhs students over 2002 total involvement and a
19% increase in Girl’s enrollment
5. In the beginning
• In ancient times, India has Gurukula system of Education in which anyone who
wished to study went to teacher’s (guru) house and requests to taught. if
accepted as a student by the Guru, he would then stay At the guru’s place and
help in all activities at home. this not only created a strong tie between the
teachers and the students, but also taught the students everything about
running a house.
• The Guru taught everything the child wants to learn, from Sanskrit to the holy
scriptures and the Mathematics to metaphysics. the students stayed as long as
she wished or until the guru felt that he had taught everything he could teach. all
learnings was closely linked to nature and to life, and not confined Two
memorising some information.
6. Modern education system
• Modern school system was brought to India including the English language
originally by Lord Thomas Babington Macaulay in the 1830s the curriculum was
confined to “modern” subjects such as science and mathematics, and some
subjects like metaphysics and physiology are considered unnecessary.
• Teaching was confirned to classroom and the links with the nature was broken,
as also the close relationship between the teachers and student.
7. The school system
• India is divided into 28 state and seven so-called “Union Territory”. the state has
their own elected governments while a union territories are ruled directly by
the government of India, with the president of India appointing an
administrator for every Union territory.
• As per the Constitution of India, school education was originally a state subject
that is the state Has complete authority to deciding policies and implementing
the role of government of India (GOL) was limited the coordination and deciding
on the standards of higher education.
8. Primary education
• Primary and middle( lower primary (standard 1 to 5th )and upper primary
stranded 6 to 8th) education is compulsory and free in India. primary education
begins at age six with middle/ upper primary school education and at the age
14. schooling is offered at state-run and private schools, however, private
schools offer a poorer facilities and infrastructure that government schools. the
regional language is the medium of instructions for most primary school and
English as a secondary language generally begins by grade 3.
9. Secondary education
• Secondary education begins in the grade 9 at least until grade 12. the secondary
Stage is broken into a two, two year 2 Cycles, generally referred to as Generally
general /lower secondary school ,or “standard 10th” ,and upper/ senior
secondary school, or “standard 12th”, education continue to be free at
government schools, although private education is more common at the
secondary level..
