Education in India

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The system is divided into preprimary, primary, middle, secondary (or high school (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_school)), and higher levels.

Preprimary is usually composed of Lower Kindergarten and Higher Kindergarten, where primary reading and writing skills are developed. Primary school (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school) includes children of ages six to eleven, organized into classes one through five.

Secondary school pupils aged eleven through fifteen are organized into classes six through ten, and higher secondary school students ages sixteen through seventeen are enrolled in classes Eleven through twelve.

In some places there is a concept called Middle schools for classes between six to eight.In such cases classes eight to twelve are classified under high school category. Higher Education in India (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Higher_Education_in_India&action=edit) provides an opportunity to specialize in a field and includes technical schools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_school) (such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology)), colleges (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College), and universities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University).

In India, the main types of schools are those controlled by:

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBSE) board,
The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CISCE) board,
The state government boards like SSLC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSLC)
National Open School and
"International schools." These schools mimic the schools in the West in pattern and syllabi and mainly comprise children of immigrants and rich Indians who can afford it. The exams conducted have the syllabus of anyone of the above-mentioned Councils or Boards.

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Elementry Education


During the eighth five-year plan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_%28India%29), the target of "universalizing" elementary education was divided into three broad parameters: Universal Access, Universal Retention and Universal Achievement i.e., making education accessible to children, making sure that they continue education and finally, achieving goals.

As a result of education programs, by the end of 2000, 94% of India's rural population had primary schools (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_school) within one km and 84% had upper primary schools within 3 km. Special efforts have made to enroll SC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Tribes)/ST (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduled_tribe) and girls.

The enrollment in primary and upper-primary schools has gone up considerably since the first five-year plan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-year_plans_%28India%29). So has the number of primary and upper-primary schools. In 1950-51, only 3.1 million students had enrolled for primary education. In 1997-98, this figure was 39.5 million. The number of primary and upper-primary schools was 0.223 million in 1950-51. This figure was 0.775 million in 1996-97.

In 2002/2003, an estimated 82% of children in the age group of 6-14 were enrolled in school. The Government of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India) aims to increase this to 100% by the end of the decade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000s). To achieve this the Government launched Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarva_Shiksha_Abhiyan).

The strategies adopted by the Government to check drop-out rate are:

creating parental awareness
community mobilization
economic incentives
Minimum Levels of Learning (MLL)
District Primary Education Programme (DPEP)
National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (Mid-day Meals Scheme)
The 83rd Constitutional Amendment Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha to make the Right to Elementary Education a fundamental right and a fundamental duty.
National Elementary Education Mission
A National Committee of State Education Ministers has been set up with the Minister of Human Resource Development as the Chairperson of the committee.
Media publicity and advocacy plans.
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

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thanks for that, I have been educated in India for a few years there levels of education is much higher but less accredited.

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isit tru that what kids learn here in say yr9 kids in india learn that in yr 7

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]']thanks for that, I have been educated in India for a few years there levels of education is much higher but less accredited.

Accreditation
Accreditation for universities in India are required by law unless it was created through an act of Parliament. Without accreditation, the government notes "these fake institutions have no legal entity to call themselves as University/Vishwvidyalaya and to award ‘degree’ which are not treated as valid for academic/employment purposes."[1] (http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/he-centraluniversities-list.htm) The University Grants Commission Act 1956 (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=University_Grants_Commission_Act_1 956&action=edit) explains,

"the right of conferring or granting degrees shall be exercised only by a University established or incorporated by or under a Central Act carlo bon tempo, or a State Act, or an Institution deemed to be University or an institution specially empowered by an Act of the Parliament to confer or grant degrees. Thus, any institution which has not been created by an enactment of Parliament or a State Legislature or has not been granted the status of a Deemed to be University, is not entitled to award a degree."[2] (http://www.education.nic.in/htmlweb/he-centraluniversities-list.htm)
Accreditation for higher learning is overseen by autonomous institutions established by the University Grants Commission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_%28India%29)[3] (http://www.education.nic.in/higedu.asp):

All India Council for Technical Education (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_India_Council_for_Technical_Education) (AICTE)
Distance Education Council (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Distance_Education_Council_%28Indi a%29&action=edit) (DEC)
Indian Council for Agriculture Research (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_Council_for_Agriculture_Res earch&action=edit) (ICAR)
Bar Council of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_Council_of_India) (BCI)
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Assessment_and_Accreditation_Council) (NACC)
National Council for Teacher Education (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National_Council_for_Teacher_Educa tion&action=edit) (NCTE)
Rehabilitation Council of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rehabilitation_Council_of_India&action=edit) (RCI)
Medical Council of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Council_of_India) (MCI)
Pharmacy Council of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pharmacy_Council_of_India&action=edit) (PCI)
Indian Nursing Council (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_Nursing_Council&action=edit) (INC)
Dentist Council of India (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dentist_Council_of_India&action=edit) (DCI)
Central Council of Homeopathy (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Council_of_Homeopathy&action=edit) (CCH)
Central Council of Indian Medicine (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Central_Council_of_Indian_Medicine&action=edit) (CCIM)

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yeh well i went there in yr 1 and when i came to aus i was put in yr 3 coz i was already going at yr 4 level.

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dayumm!
i think i shud send my sisters there

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confuzzled how comes u dont make threads like these any more?...

but yea....i stil got the memories for the time i stayed in india...did my yr 1 and yr 2 in india....

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They got that system that if you fail you repeat the whole year again...

imagine missing out on one mark lol.

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they've got that in america as well innit?

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confuzzled how comes u dont make threads like these any more?...

but yea....i stil got the memories for the time i stayed in india...did my yr 1 and yr 2 in india....

I am planning to start again, I have just been busy at work 8& but it would be nice if you guys could continue making these sorts of threads to keep this forum alive8o