Teacher and Education in Indian Society

Teacher and Education in Indian Society begins with an explanation of themeaning definition the function of education its different types and is followedby a vivid but brief description of the Indian society starting from theprehistoric to the modern age focusing on the development of education andthe nature of educational systems of different periods – the Vedic post –Vedic Buddhist Islamic Colonial and post – Colonial. The National Policy 1986and the Revised Policy 1992 are milestones in Indian education. Theeducational development in Kerala from the Dravidian period to the 21 stcentury is dealt with in detail.A new chapter dealing with the National Educational Policy 2020 has beenadded to this edition of the book to make it an up to date account of the Indiansystem of education.Communalism casteism parochialism and corruption are cancerous growthsthat eat up modern Indian society. The role of education is to eradicate them.