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Education in India — Revision Notes
NIOS · Class 10 · Indian Culture and Heritage
Education in India revision notes for NIOS Class 10 Indian Culture and Heritage: 4 topics in quick points. Includes Education in Ancient India, Education.
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1. Education in Ancient India
- In the Vedic period, education was mainly for the upper castes.
- Learning usually began with the Upanayana ceremony.
- Education was oral and was based on memorisation of texts such as the Vedas and Dharmashastras.
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2. Education in the Medieval Period
- With the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, Islamic education was introduced in India.
- Medieval education developed on the lines of the Abbasids of Baghdad.
- Amir Khusrau developed prose and poetry writing skills and devised a new language suited to local conditions.
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3. Education in the Modern Period
- Before British rule changed the system, India still had many traditional centres of learning and vernacular education.
- Thomas remarked that India had an early and lasting love of learning.
- The English found in India a widespread style of elementary education and higher education, with the former mainly practical and the latter mainly literary, philosophical and religious.
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4. Education in Independent India
- After independence, education became a national responsibility.
- The Kothari Commission report referred to education as the only instrument of peaceful social change.
- The Constitutional Amendment of 1976 placed education in the concurrent list.
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Education in ancient India beganBuddhist monasteries admitted students for tenDuring the Delhi Sultanate and MughalBritish rule changed Indian education throughAfter Independence
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