Evolution of social work education in India Presented by - Tripti Dubey MSW I SEMESTER DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

1. EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL WORK EDUCATION IN INDIA
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK
INSTIUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DR. BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA
PRESENTED BY: TRIPTI DUBEY
MSW (I Sem)

2. CONTENTS
 Introduction to Social Work Education in India
 Growth of Social Work Education in India
 Tata Institute of Social Science
 Delhi School of Social Work
 Gujarat Vidhyapith
 Kashi Vidhyapith
 Lucknow University
 Professional Organizations
 Recent and Critical Issues of Social Work Education in India
 Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION
 Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based
profession that concerns itself with individuals, families,
groups, communities and society as a whole in effort to
meet basic needs and enhance social functioning, self
determination, collective responsibility and overall well-
being.
 Social Work Education system is more than 100 years old
in the world and in India it has completed around 85 years.
The founder of Social Work Education in India was Dr.
Cliffort Manshardt whereas Raja Ram Mohan Roy
started social work in India.

4. INTRODUCTION
 Dr. Clifford Manshardt came to India in 1925 through a mission and decided to work
in slums and with that objective founded Nagapada Neighbourhood House in 1926. He
propose the idea of the first school of social work.
 The first training course of social work claimed by University Grant Commission
organized Social Science League in Bombay in 1920 but the first professional
institution that provided training in social work was established in 1936 in Bombay with
the name of Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social work.

5. HISTORY
 In ancient India during Buddhist period and later in the Gupta period, the
welfare programs for the handicapped and destitute were organized. A
number of health and sanitation measures were taken by the King like
Ashoka who organized social services as well as showed concern for a clean
and the beautiful environment.
 King Firoz Shah Tughlaq established a specialized department called
Diwan-e-Khairat (Department of Charity) to look after the organization of
charities and public welfare.
 During the British period, Christian missionaries initiated the wave of social
reform. Further, few Indians like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Ishwar Chand Vijay
Sagar also emerged as great champions of the Social reform movement.
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6. HISTORY
 Late 19th and 20th century in India was witness of welfare activities
for the relief to poor, care of blind, the deaf and the dumb and the
establishment of charitable dispensaries, hospitals and institutions
for widows and orphans.
 In the 20th century, Mahatma Gandhi ushered in a social revolution,
Sarvodaya movement which focused on the problems of the total
rural community as well as specially disadvantaged groups like women
and the untouchables.
 All social reform interventions have set the stage of collectivism and
people’s participation in the welfare and development of their own-
selves.

7. Tata Institute of
Social Sciences
SOCIAL WORK
EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
Delhi School of
Social Work
Gujarat Vidhyapith,
Ahmedabad
Kashi Vidhyapith,
Varanasi
College of Social
Work, Nirmala
Niketan
Lucknow University

8.  The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)- It is the first
ever institute of postgraduate school of social work of national
stature. For almost a decade, TISS was the only institute to
offer the social work education programme and there was no
other programme of social work education in the country.
 Delhi School of Social Work (Department of Social Work)-It
is the second school of social work to be established in India. It
was first to be recognized by a university for offering a
program of instruction leading to Master’s degree in social work.
SOCIAL WORK EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS

9.  Gujarat Vidhyapith, Ahemdabad- It was founded by Mahatma
Gandhi on 18th October 1920 to literate Indian youths to make
them skillled and be self-sufficient from the shackles of British
colonial rule. The government of India declared the Vidhyapith
as a Deemed University in 1963. The institute seeks to promote
Gandhi’s ideal of social service- oriented education.
 Kashi Vidhyapith, Varanasi-It was founded in 1920, during the
Non- cooperation movement to provide an alternate education
arrangement. It soon became a center of national education. In
1947, Kashi Vidhyapith started educational programme in the
field of social work.
SOCIAL WORK EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS

10.  Lucknow University- The Lucknow University teaching and
research in social work was started in the first phase of the
development of professional social work education in India. It
has also the destination of being the first department in the
country to start Ph.D. and D.Litt. Degree programmes in social
work.
 College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan-It was founded by
band of valiant women known as daughters of Heart of Mary in
1955, whose mission was to readily respond to the felt needs of
people according to the signs of time.
SOCIAL WORK EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
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11. The result of social work educational institutions made the government to recognize and
realize the importance of social work profession. The first such initiative was in 1952,
when under the leadership of Pt. Jawharlal Nehru’s Community Development Programmes
were initiated with the idea of mobilizing support of the people in the development process
and building up self-sufficient.
SOCIAL WORK EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS

12.  The purpose of social work is to enhance human well-being and
alleviate poverty, oppression and other forms of social injustice.
 Social work practice promotes human well being by strengthening
opportunities, resources and capacities of people in the
environments and by creating policies and services to correct
conditions that limit human rights and quality of life. The social
work profession seeks to eliminate poverty, discrimination and
oppression.
PURPOSE OF SOCIAL WORK

13.  With the rising growth of social work educational institutions, the need of the
professional organizations was felt. Some of these professional organizations-
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
The Indian Society of Professional Social Work
(ISPSW)
Associations of Schools of Social Work in India
(ASSWI)
National Associations of Professional Social
Workers in India (NAPSWI)
Professional
Organizations

14. 1. The Indian Society of Professional Social Work (ISPSW): It is the oldest
association of professional social workers in India. The society was formally known as
Indian Society of Psychiatric Social Work. It was established in the year 1970 as the
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, in central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi.
 The association primarily focus on writing the professional social workers to debate,
discuss and develop conceptual framework and interventions of social work for practice
in India.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

15. 2. Associations of Schools of Social Work in India (ASSWI): It was established in
1959 at Baroda. The School of Social Work collaborated together to form the
association of Schools of Social Work in India. Its membership is voluntary and
therefore, very few (less than one-fourth of existing Schools/Department of Social
Work) became a part of Associations of Schools of Social Work in India.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

16. 3. National Associations of Professional Social Workers in India (NAPSWI): It is a non-
profit, non-political, national level organization dedicated to the promotion of standard
and status of social work profession. The association received legal status as a society
under the Society Registration Act XXI of 1860 on 9th September 2005.
Objectives of NAPSWI-
1. To increase awareness about social work profession at various levels.
2. To promote the highest professional standards and ethics in the practice of
professional social work.
3. To promote research, action and other forms of continuing education for knowledge
up-gradation of members.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

17. 1. Commercialization of social work education by mushrooming of private institutions against
the basic ideology of social work.
2. These schools are self financed and have expensive fee structure.
3. Increasing popularity of distance education in social work producing students with low
competency level.
4. Lack of exposure to field work or research.
5. Less number of published work related to social work.
RECENT AND CRITICAL ISSUES OF SOCIAL
WORK EDUCATION IN INDIA
RECENT ISSUES

18. 1. There is need to establish more institutes of social work specially in those places where
do not have any such institutes.
2. Standardized the quality of education and training that are provided by numerous schools
across the country. There should be minimum standard of education and field training
inputs provided to students in these institutions.
3. Must have a National Level Council to maintain the uniform standards of education and
give accreditation to the institutions as well as practitioners.
4. There is also need to develop the indigenous approaches too.
RECENT AND CRITICAL ISSUES OF SOCIAL
WORK EDUCATION IN INDIA
CRITICAL ISSUES

19. CONCLUSION
Social Work Education in India is yet far away from its
journey to ensure well being of people. There is a
development in Social Work Education in terms of
recognized Boards and Universities but efforts must also
be made to provide a framework for the development of
educational programme in social work. The absence of
Social Work Council is the major impediment in social work
education and training in India.