How Dravidian pattern of education led to westernization in education in India?
Government and policymakers can do a couple of things to keep education a priority. Among these are: -Increased Funding; Allocating more funds into education specifically public schools and higher education institutes. -Targeted Spending: Funding for early childhood education, teacher training, andRead more
Government and policymakers can do a couple of things to keep education a priority. Among these are:
-Increased Funding; Allocating more funds into education specifically public schools and higher education institutes. -Targeted Spending: Funding for early childhood education, teacher training, and specific infrastructural development.
-National Policy Reforms include:
-Quality Assurance: High quality assurance standards for both educational institutions and training programs for teachers.
-Accountability: A monitoring system of results and accountability.
-Policies in Inclusive Education: Formulate inclusive education policies to cater to the needs of diverse learners such as students with disabilities and marginalized groups.
New Directions:
Digital Learning: Exploiting technology for improving learning experiences in particularly those areas with little access. Lifelong Learning: Extend Learning Opportunities for all age segments. Skills Development: Place education in tune with industry to create employable graduates.
Public-Private Partnerships:
-Collaborate: Bring government, private sector, civil society together to pool resources and expertise. Incentivize: Provide tax incentives and other benefits to induce private sector benefits to the education field.
These measures will ensure that education always remains at the top of the priority list, producing a workforce of skills, social mobility, and the engine of economic growth for governments and policymakers.
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The Dravidian pattern of education also played a major role in the process of westernization of education in India especially during British rule. The Dravidian movement which was from South India was rationalism, self-respect and anti-caste movement which was in tune with a few of the Western educaRead more
The Dravidian pattern of education also played a major role in the process of westernization of education in India especially during British rule. The Dravidian movement which was from South India was rationalism, self-respect and anti-caste movement which was in tune with a few of the Western education systems.
Some of the leaders such as Periyar E. V. Ramasamy supported education to change scientific attitudes and secularism. This movement paved the way for the change in the education system from being dominated by the Brahmins and opened the doors of education to the downtrodden. The focus on rationalism and scientific method was in harmony with the Western educational models, which resulted in the assimilation of these features into the Indian educational system.
The change was also brought about by the Western missionaries and colonial administrators who introduced English education to the Indians which helped in the spread of Western scientific and rationalism. The Dravidian movement’s demand for educational changes supported these initiatives and created a secular and less prejudiced educational setting.
This combination of Dravidian rationalism with the Western education system helped in increasing the acceptance of Westernized education in India. It led to the formation of institutions that encouraged free thinking, scientific temper, and rationalism which are the basic foundations of modern India’s educational system which is a combination of Indian and Western systems.
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