The present work provides authentic information regarding the current trends and issues in Indian education. Topics discussed are elementary education, Kothari Commission,1966, Yashpal Committee, POA, 1992, education for employment and social development, constitutional provisions of education in India, with special reference to Article 45 (4EE).

The Fictional Scene In England, Immediately After The Second World War, Makes An Interesting Reading. Many Critical Studies Have, In Great Depth, Investigated The Historical Processes To Highlight The Various Directions The Novelists Moved In Then. At The Same Time, There Was A Concurrent And A Deliberate Attempt On The Part Of These Novelists To Discard The Heritage Of Modernism. Iris Murdoch, Who Is One Of The Most Prominent Novelists Of This Period, Also Shared The Distrust Of Her Contemporaries For The So-Called Literary Radicalism. However, She Remains Distinct As A Writer Among Her Contemporaries, In Her Awareness Of The Problems Of The Novel And Language, In Her Adherence, Both To The Idealism About Human Potentiality And Perfectibility That Liberal Humanism Had Contained. But She Is Also Conscious Of The Limited Individual Capacity To Reach That Ideal. Her Creative Career Is Marked By Her Desire To Bring Back To The Novel, Some Of Its Earlier Comprehensive Vision Of Life, Society And Human Character. The Present Book Attempts To Reveal Those Important Areas Of Murdoch S Thought Which Set Her Apart From Other Novelists Writing At That Time. Her Search For Literary Metaphors Which Aim At Restoring To Novel Some Of Its Lost Moorings Is A Significant, Almost Iconoclastic Effort. Taking Help From Her Non-Fictional Treatises, An Attempt Has Been Made In This Book To Highlight The Platonic Burden Of Her Literary And Aesthetic Creed.

The Book Deals With The Problems Of Education : Pre-Primary, Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary, College And University Level Education. It Discusses Various Spheres Of Education Like : Women Education, Adult Education, Education Of The Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes. The Various Political, Technological And Social Impacts On Education Are Analysed. The Book Examines The Various Types Of Education : Population Education, Physical Education, Health Education, Religious And Moral Education, Technological Education, Teacher Education. Evaluating The Different Aims Of Education Like Education For Democracy, Education For National And Emotional Integration, Education For International And Inter-Cultural Understanding, It Discusses The Problems Peculiar To The Entire Structure Of Education : Administration And Supervision, Curriculum, Evaluation And Examination, Work Experience, Medium Of Instruction. It Studies Problems Peculiar To Expansion Of Education : Universalisation, Diversification, Text-Book Nationalisation, Standardisation, Indianisation And Modernisation. It Is Hoped That The Book Will Be Useful For Teachers, Academicians, Educational Planners, Researchers, Administrators As Well As For Common Readers.

The Book Traces The History Of Education In India Since Ancient Vedic, Post-Vedic And Buddhist Period To The Islamic, The British Period And Education In India Today. It Describes In Detail The Activities And Recommendations Of Various Educational Committees And Commissions. The Proceedings Of Important Seminars On Education Are Narrated. The Book Describes The Growth Of Education In India During 1835-1853; 1854-1882; 1882-1900; 1900-1920; 1921-1937; 1921-1944; 1939-1953 And In The Present Times. It Discusses The Progress And Problems Of Education In Primary And Basic, Secondary And Higher Education And Also Suggests Remedies. Based On Government Reports And Important Publications, This Book Has Been Planned As An Ideal Textbook On The Subject For Students Of All The Indian Universities.

The Total Scenario Of Education Has Been Fully Decorated By Higher Education System. Higher Education Plays The Most Significant Role In The Society As Well As In The Life Of The Individual. High Class Cultured People Come Out From The System Of Higher Education. The Trend Of Higher Education Was Established In Our Ancient Indian Society. Takshasila, Nalanda And Vikramsila Were The Main Centres Of Higher Education. But Modern Higher Education Started In Our Country After The Establishment Of Calcutta, Madras And Bombay Universities In The Year 1857. India Has Occupied The Third Position In The University System In The Global Scenario. A Huge Number Of Colleges And Universities Are Established In India. With The Development Of Colleges And Universities, Problems Of Higher Education Also Increased. The Author Has Analysed And Discussed In This Book About The Development And Problems Of Higher Education Of Our Country In Brief.

This thoroughly revised and updated text, now in its Second Edition, is intended as a textbook for undergraduate students of Education. The book provides a detailed insight into the stages of evolution of Education in the country and the ongoing trends in the field. The book, divided into twenty-five chapters, continues to explain the history of Indian education, its several commissions, the issues that beset primary, secondary, higher and adult education, national integration and international understanding, democracy, human rights, value crisis, the recent trends of globalisation, and the changes brought into the education and technology. New to the second Edition • The text now incorporates a new chapter on Twenty-First Century….The Way Forward, which talks about the recent trends in the field. • New Sections on Formal Education, Informal Education, Aims of Education, Philosophies of Education, Free and Compulsory Education as Fundamental Right and RTE Act of 2010, Different Boards of Educations, Recommendation of National Knowledge Commission (2008), Rationale for Secondary Education, Higher Education Institutions, Issues and Limitations of Environmental Education and Non-formal Education have been added in various chapters. • Several sections have been updated to provide the reader with the latest information taking place in the field of Education.