Types:- Formal, Informal and Non-formal of Education

1. Unit: 1 Education In Contemporary
Indian Society.
a . Types:- Formal, Informal and Non-formal.
Created by: Monika Tayade

2. Meaning of education
1. Education is the process of bringing
desirable changes into the behavior of
human beings.
2. It can also be defined as the “Process of
imparting or acquiring knowledge or habits
through instruction or study”.
3. The behavioral changes must be directed
towards a desirable end.
4. They should be acceptable socially, culturally
and result in a change in knowledge, skill,
attitude and understanding.

3. Introduction:
• Throughout its existence, every person is under the
impact of multiple educational influences .
• These influences, purposeful educational, triggers
and produce changes in the internal structure of the
human personality.

4. Types Of Education.
Types of Education
Non-Formal
Formal Informal

5. Formal Education
• Formal Education is intentional,
organized and structured form of
learning, imparted in educational
institutions like School, College or
University in order to modify the
behavior of an individual.

6. MEANING –
Formal education is the education that occurs
within an organized and structured context.
It is usually located in institutions dedicated to
education or training, structured via learning
objectives or learning strategies.
Facilitated by a teacher or trainer, intentional
on the part of the learner and leads to
certification.

7. Formal Education
Characteristics:
Deliberate
Fixed place.
Curriculum and Syllabus.
Objectives.
Assessment.
Certification.

8. Merits
• Imbibes self-
discipline.
• Continuous
learning.
• Generates habit of
reading & writing.
• Focus on different
learning need of
the learner.
Demerits
• Different kinds of
learner, learns
together.
• Rigid program.
• Does not consider
student’s attitude,
value & customs.
• Ways of teaching
method tend to be
same.

9. Informal Education
• Definition-
• Learning that goes on in daily life and
can be received through daily
experiences, such as from family, peer
group, the media and other influences
in a person’s environment.
• - Onate, 2006

10.  All people take part in it, in their lives every
day.
 It covers activities like individual and personal
research on a subject or interests for
themselves.
 Includes aspects whereby the individuals seek
or want to learn a specific skill.
 Learning things without the learner realizing
that he learned it.

11. Characteristics
• Never organized.
• Learner is highly motivated.
• Often spontaneous.
• No formal curriculum.
• Un-intentional but essential.
• Learning can be negative also.

12. Merits
• Anywhere and
anytime.
• Takes place at
every location.
• Lifelong
education.
• Focuses on early
stage development
of the learner.
Demerits
• Tends to be
unpredictable.
• It can be
negative.
• Can absorb
wrong
information from
media.

13. Non Formal Education
Definition –
“Learning resulting from daily activities
related to work, family or leisure. It is not
organized or structured in terms of
objectives, time or learning support’’.
Example –
Swimming sessions,
Certification courses
Distance learning

14. o It has adopted strategy where the student
attendance is not fully required.
o Has a more flexible curricula & methodology.
o The activities or lessons of the non-formal
education take place outside the institutions
or schools.
o Needs and interest of the students are taken
into consideration.

15. o This from of education meets the individual
needs better.
o Focuses on the student and thus student
participates more.
o When the needs of the students change the
non-formal education can react quicker
because of its flexibility.

16. Characteristics
• Focuses on student’s need.
• Certification.
• Has defined purpose.
• Flexible.
• No time bound.

17. Merits
• Flexibility in
organization and
method.
• Acknowledging
importance of
education.
• After school
program.
• Community based
organization.
• Leads to confidence
Demerits
• Inconsistency.
• Does not result
in degree or
diploma.
• Does not provide
school level
study.
• Need highly self
motivated
learner.

18. Formal Education:
 Hierarchically structured,
 chronologically graded 'education system',
 running from primary school through the
university and
 including, in addition to general academic
studies,
 a variety of specialized programs and
institutions
 for full-time technical and professional
training.

19. Informal Education.
 The truly lifelong process whereby
 every individual acquires attitudes, values,
skills and knowledge
 from daily experience
 and the educative influences and resources
 in his or her environment –
 from family and neighbors, from work and
play,
 from the market place, the library
 and the mass media.

20. Non-Formal Education.
Any organized educational activity
outside the established formal system
whether operating separately or as
an important feature of some broader
activity
that is intended to serve
identifiable learning objectives.

21. Formal Non-Formal Informal
It is organized ,guided
by a formal curriculum,
leads to a formally
recognized credential
such as a high school
completion diploma or
a degree
and is often guided
and recognized by
government at some
level.
Teachers are usually
trained as
professionals in some
way.
Is any organized
educational activity
that takes place
outside the formal
educational system.
Usually it is flexible,
learner centered,
It uses a participatory
approach.
Is a general term for
education outside of a
standard school
setting.
It is the wise, respectful
and spontaneous
process of cultivating
learning.
It works through
conversation, and the
exploration
and the enlargement
of experience.

22. Points Formal
Education
Non-Formal
Education
Informal
Education
Aims Certificate to get
an employment.
To increase
knowledge and
skills.
No objectives
but sudden
learning.
Place Educational
Institutions.
Can be home or
library, open
spaces.
No definite
place.
Age Group Prescribed
students are
grouped in to
classes.
Any age no
grouping.
Any age no
grouping
Curriculum Fixed. Flexible, need
based.
No.
Evaluation As per
recommendation
Instructional
Material as per
the course.
No.

23. BASIS Formal Informal Non - Formal
Time
Restricted till School
or college.
Life long process. Its is a continuous
process.
Scope
Limited and Narrow Scope is vast. Scope is vest.
Agency
Schools, colleges,
university.
Home, market,
playground, temple.
Structured
organization and
institutes providing
DE.
Aim
Intellectual
development of man.
It lays stress
practicality.
All-round
development of man.
Curriculum
Fixed syllabus and
curriculum.
Curriculum is the
life itself. No fixed
curriculum.
There is need based
syllabus.
Rules
It has rigid and fixed
rules and regulations.
There are no rules
and regulations.
It has flexible rules
and regulations.
Taught by trained It is received from Taught by

24. Reference
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