Evolution of Indian Education by Biswajyoti Sarmah & Plavan Bhuyan is a comprehensive textbook for the 1st Semester Integrated Teacher Education Programme (B.Ed.) and other relevant programs as per FYUGP syllabi. Evolution of Indian Education - Mahaveer Publications This meticulously crafted academic resource serves as an authoritative guide for understanding the complete trajectory of educational development in the Indian subcontinent.UNIT 1.0: Ancient Indian Education - Vedic Period (Pages 9-33)

• 1.1 Vision, objectives and salient features of Vedic education system
• 1.2 Teaching and Learning process
• 1.3 Development of educational institutions: Finances and Management
• 1.4 Famous educational institutions and Guru-Shishya
• 1.5 Education at the time of Epics: Ramayana and Mahabharata

UNIT 2.0: Ancient Indian Education - Buddhist and Jain Period (Pages 34-65)

• 2.1 Vision, objectives and salient features of Buddhist and Jain education system
• 2.2 Teaching and learning process in Buddhist education system
• 2.3 Teaching and learning process in Jain education system
• 2.4 Finance and management of educational institutions
• 2.5 Educational institutions: Taxila, Nalanda, Valabhi, Vikramashila, Odantapuri, Mithila, Nadia and Jagaddala
• 2.6 Famous Guru-Shishya

UNIT 3.0: Education in Medieval Period (Pages 66-81)

• 3.1 Vision and concept of the Islamic education system
• 3.2 Salient features of the Islamic education system
• 3.3 Educational institutions
• 3.4 Teaching and learning process

UNIT 4.0: Education in India during British Rule (Pages 82-112)

• 4.1 Education in India during British rule: 19th Century
  • 4.1.1 Educational activities of Christian Missionaries
  • 4.1.2 The Charter Act of 1813
  • 4.1.3 Macaulay's Minute (1835)
  • 4.1.4 Wood's Despatch of 1854
  • 4.1.5 Indian Education Commission (1882)
• 4.2 Education in India during British rule: 20th Century before independence
  • 4.2.1 Lord Curzon's Education policy on Primary, Secondary and Higher Education
  • 4.2.2 Gokhale's Bill for Compulsory Primary Education (1910-1912)
  • 4.2.3 Calcutta University Commission (1917): Major recommendations
  • 4.2.4 Hartog Committee Report (1929): Major recommendations on primary education
  • 4.2.5 Basic Education (1937): Salient features
  • 4.2.6 The Sargent Report (1944)

UNIT 5.0: Development of Education in India in the Post-Independence Period (Pages 113-183)

• 5.1 Major recommendations of University Education Commission (1948)
• 5.2 Educational provisions of the Indian constitution
• 5.3 Secondary Education Commission (1952-53)
• 5.4 Education Commission (1964-66)
• 5.5 National Policy on Education (1968)
• 5.6 National Policy on Education (1986)
• 5.7 Ramamurti Committee (1990)
• 5.8 Acharya Ramamurti Review Committee (1992)
• 5.9 UEE, 6.0 SSA, 6.1 RMSA, 6.2 RUSA, 6.3 National Curriculum Framework (2005), 6.4 National Knowledge Commission (2005-2008), 6.5 Right to Education Act (RTE), 2009, 6.6 National Education Policy 2020, 6.7 Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA), 2023

UNIT 6.0: Shiksha Ka Bhartiya Karan (Indigenous Interventions in Education) (Pages 184-206)

• 6.1 Swadeshi and Nationalist attempts of educational reforms with special reference to general contribution of Indian thinkers: Savitribai and Jyotiba Phule, Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi, Sri Aurobindo, Gijubhai Badheka, Pt. Madanmohan Malaviya, Jiddu Krishnamurti and Dr. Bhima Rao Ambedkar and others - to the education systems of India.

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