SOCIAL WORK TRAINING AND INSTITUTIONS OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION IN INDIA

2. In India one of the main role of education system
is so adequately contribute in national
development. The development of professional
social work education in India can be viewed in
three stages. The first stage is period of
relatively indigenous inception of professionl
social work education in India in the
preindependence period ( 1936-1947).The
second stage is the period after independenve
(i.e, after 1947). The third phase is to area of
concern for the development of social work
education.

3.  Social work education in India arose with financing
from the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. Manshardt foundede
the Sir Dorabji Tata graduate school of social worl in
Bombay in 1936.
 Manshardt observed that at the inception, the social
work training program in India was based on
experience.
 Manshardt’s establishment of the first school
resulted from his felt need for trained social workers
during his ten years of social work experience in
Bombay.
 After the initiation of social work education in India,
the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of social work
renamed Tata Institute of social Science in 1944

4.  After independence the second school of social work
was established at Delhi in 1947-48.
 Several other schools came into being included the
social work school in Madras (1952) and Lucknow in
1954 and another institute in Bombay in 1955.
 There were 9 colleges by 1957, 34 by 1975 and by
1990 there was 45 colleges of social work in the
country (Desai 1994).
 In 2000 the total number of institution reached 106
by May 2001 this no. went upto 120, by the end of
2005 the no. of school of social work around 220. At
present the exact no. is not known but is estimated
around 500 or more.

5.  The university grant commission appointed the first
review committee for social work education in 1960 and
the second review committee in 1975 for the promotion ,
maintenance of standards of education, coordination of
social work education, training, research and practice.
 The third review committee for social work education in
2001 has emphasized the need for linking social work
education to the social realities in which profession is
practiced.
 The curriculum be divided into 4 sets or domains which
are the
- Core domain
- The supportive domain
- Interdisciplinary
- Elective domain

6.  CORE DOMAIN – Philosophy, ideology, values ethics, theory
and concepts.
 THE SUPPORTIVE DOMAIN - Provide the knowledge and
skills to assist the core domain.
 THE INTERDISCIPLINARY DOMAIN –The theories and
concepts from the other discipline which are related to
social work profession.
 THE ELECTIVE DOMAIN – Optional courses.
 Association of schools of social work in India acts as
spokesman of scial work educators.
 It has played a prominent roles in organizing seminars for
staff development, constant review of syllabi and course
content, research pertaining to social work education
preparing teaching materials etc.
 IGNOU has taken initiatives in providing social work
education. It aims to develope professional manpower
capable of performing tasks and functions.

7.  The primary concern for this is to ensure a systematic
development of social work education in terms of
geographical distribution and affiliation to recognized
boards and universities.
 Other key concerns is to develope syllabi relevant to
social realities must be done.
 Together with these, other key concerns relate to
developing teaching/ research materials for social
work education for all levels and developing research
expertize and funding of research , projects etc.