Education in india

1. THE SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN INDIA
Introduction ......................................................................................................... 3
Background to the Study Tour ............................................................................................... 3
Report Structure ..................................................................................................................... 3 Country
Profile....................................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 General Education ............................................................................ 5
Administration of Education .................................................................................................. 5
School Education.................................................................................................................... 6
National Curricula .................................................................................................................. 7
Examination and Assessment............................................................................................... 12
Source................................................................................................................................... 15
Islamic Education................................................................................................................. 16
Chapter 2
Vocational and Technical Education and Training.....................17
Education and Training of the Indian labour force .............................................................. 17
Principal Training Schemes ................................................................................................. 19
Technician Education........................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 3 Higher Education ........................................................................22
General characteristics ......................................................................................................... 22
Education Reforms in the Recent Years............................................................................... 23
Framework of Higher Education.......................................................................................... 23
Institutional Structure........................................................................................................... 24
Admission Requirements ..................................................................................................... 28
Degree structure – Content and Grading System ................................................................. 28
Technical Higher Education................................................................................................. 35
Distance learning – Open Universities................................................................................. 37

2. Chapter 4 Teacher
Training.............................................................................39
Chapter 5 Transnational Education...............................................................41 C
hapter 6 Quality Assurance.........................................................................45
General Education ................................................................................................................ 45
Teacher Education................................................................................................................ 45
Technical and Vocational Education.................................................................................... 46
Higher Education.................................................................................................................. 47
Sources................................................................................................................51
Web links/Official links ....................................................................................54
Appendix 1: Apex Institutions and Functions................................................56
Appendix 2: UGC Specification of Degrees....................................................60
Appendix 3:
UGC(Minimum Standards of Instruction for the Grant of the First Degree through Formal
Education)Regulations...................................61
Appendix 4:
Recognition of degrees from India in Denmark, Norway and
Sweden................................................................................................................66
Appendix 5: Participants..................................................................................69
Appendix 6: Study Tour Programme..............................................................70