Some facts about Education in India?

Arnette Dominici: The Indian Government formulates a National Policy on Education which provides guidelines for the development of an appropriate curriculum by the National Council of Education Research and Training. Education being a concurrent subject in the Indian Constitution, each state also has a State Council of Education Research and Training and its own education policy.

Helen Zafar: Lower or higher education?India is the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world and one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10,000 years old). India has an ancient tradition of education. The world's first university was established in Tashkila in 700 B.C. Indian mathematicians introduced the zero, the decimal system and the method of multiplication. Indian astronomers were tracking the heavens as far back as 3,100 B.C.Education is still highly regarded in India. States control the school system, though the central government prov! ides financial assistance and planning. Primary school is free and officially compulsory between the ages of 6 and 14, after which students must pay for education. For women, education is free up to the undergraduate level.Higher Education in India has evolved in divergent and distinct streams with each stream monitored by an apex body, indirectly controlled by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The universities, are mostly funded by the state governments. However, there are 12 important universities called Central universities, which are maintained by the Union Government and because of relatively large funding, they have an economic edge over the others. The engineering colleges and business schools in the country are monitored and accredited by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) while medical colleges are monitored and accredited by the Medical Council of India (MCI). An organisation, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was constitu! ted a couple of years ago to monitor, organise and accredit al! l the teacher training institutions in the country and this apex body has started making its presence felt. Apart from these, the country has some ace engineering, management and medical education institutions which are directly funded by the Union Government....Show more