Educational Philosophy tutorial

1. PRASANTH.S.R
M.COM., M.ED.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF
COMMERCE EDUCATION

3. INTRODUCTION
Education, in its broadest sense of development of youth, is the
most crucial input for empowering people with skills and knowledge
and giving them access to productive employment in future.
Improvements in education are not only expected to enhance
efficiency but also the overall quality of life. The Eleventh Plan
places the highest priority on education as a central instrument for
achieving rapid and inclusive growth. It presents a comprehensive
strategy for strengthening the education sector covering all
segments of the education pyramid.

5. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
Elementary education includes, classes I–VIII
consisting of primary (I–V) and upper primary (VI–
VIII) is the foundation of the pyramid in the education
system.

6.  Universal enrolment of 6–14 age group children for elementary education.
Substantial improvement in quality and standards with the ultimate objective to
achieve standards of Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) under the Central Board of
Secondary Education (CBSE) pattern.
All gender, social, and regional gaps in enrolments to be eliminated by 2011–12.
One year pre-school education (PSE) for children entering primary school. • Dropout
at primary level to be eliminated and the dropout rate at the elementary level to be
reduced from over 50% to 20% by 2011–12.
Universal coverage of ICT at UPS by 2011–12.
Significant improvement in learning conditions with emphasis on learning basic
skills, verbal and quantitative.

8. SECONDARY EDUCATION: GOALS, TARGETS, AND
STRATEGIES FOR THE ELEVENTH PLAN
The Eleventh Plan aims to:
(i) raise the mini- mum level of education to class X and accordingly
universalize access to secondary education;
(ii) ensure good quality secondary education with focus on Science,
Mathematics, and English;
(iii) aim towards major reduction in gender, social, and regional gaps in
enrolments, dropouts, and school retention.
The norm will be to provide a secondary school within 5 km and a higher
secondary school within 7–8 km of every habitation.

10. The Eleventh Plan would be a Quality Plan in respect of the education sector. The
following specific programmes are proposed to be taken up in teacher education during
the Eleventh Plan
• Strengthening Teacher Education by developing Teacher Education Information Base in
Public
Domain • Continuation of existing scheme relating to SCERTs.
• Conducting training of Educational Administrators including Head Teachers.
• Introducing stipend scheme for enabling teachers and educational administrators to
enhance their academic qualifications.
• Professional Development of teacher through train- ing programmes.
• Professional Development of Teacher Educators through Refresher Courses and
Fellowship programmes.
• Technology in Teacher Education.
• Integrating Elementary Teacher Education with Higher Education.

12. • Universalizing the semester system.
• Continuous internal evaluation and assessment to eventually replace annual examinations.
• Introducing Credit System to provide students with the possibility of spatial and temporal
flexibility/ mobility.
• Curriculum revision at least once in every three years or earlier to keep syllabi in tune with job
market dynamics and advancement in research.
• Restructuring of NET/SET with greater emphasis on recruitment of adequate and good quality
teachers.
• Expansion of research programmes/projects and incentivizing research faculty through funded
projects/research.
• Setting up of a new Inter-university Centre on higher education to undertake specialized research
for policy formulation.

14. TECHNICAL EDUCATION: GOALS AND TARGETS IN ELEVENTH
PLAN
The Eleventh Plan envisages setting up of 8 new IITs, 7 new IIMs, 10
new NITs, 3 IISERs, 20 IIITs, and 2 new SPAs. In establishing these
institutions the scope for PPPs will be explored. Seven selected technical
institutions will be upgraded. Efforts will be made to establish 50 centres for
training and research in frontier areas like Biotechnology, Bio-informatics,
Nano-materials and Nano– technologies, Mechatronics,, High Performance
Computing, Engineering, etc

16. FINANCING EDUCATION IN
THE ELEVENTH PLAN
The government has pledged to raise public spending on
education to 6% of Gross Domestic Prod- uct (GDP). In the Eleventh
Plan, Central Government envisages an outlay of about Rs 2.70 lakh
crore at cur- rent price for education. The share of education in the
total plan outlay will correspondingly increase from 7.7% to 19.4%.
Around 50% of Eleventh Plan outlay is for elementary education and
literacy, 20% for secondary education, and 30% for higher education
(including technical education).