TYPES
OF EDUCATION
Generally
there are three types of education. Those are:
i.
Information
Education: Information education takes into
its orbit indirect influences of the home and the society. The press, the
libraries, the films and other such agencies are included as agencies of
informal education. Their influence is subtle and imperceptible but at the same
time very important and significant.
Following
are its main characteristics:
1.
Unconscious learning
2.
No fixed aim
3.
No fixed curriculum
4.
No organized body or institution
behind this process
5.
Life-long learning
6.
Natural outcome
ii.
Formal
Education: Formal Education is imparted in a educational
institution- a school or college. It is consciously and deliberately planned to
bring about specific changes in the educand or the learner. As such it is
synonymous with educational institutions. School is the most important agency
of formal education.
Formal
education implies:
1.
Planned education keeping in view
in some definite aim.
2.
Education imparted through well
planned means or formal lessons.
3.
Education having a definite course
to be covered during definite period.
4.
A teaching –learning process with
which the teacher and learner are acquainted.
5.
Education organized by some agency,
say the Government of the private agency.
6.
Education imparted through
institution having building premises.
7.
Education starting and ending at a
particular age.
8.
Education associated with a degree
or certificate.
9.
Education is usually associated
with some sort of mental strain on the teacher and the taught.
iii.
Non-Formal
Education: This is an arrangement wherein
flexibility is the keyword. The system is an open one with regards to various
aspects of education, i.e., admissions, curriculum, place of instruction, mode
of instruction and the time and duration of instruction. Open university, open
learning, the correspondence courses and distance education are the various
examples of such a system.
Non-Formal
education means:
1.
Flexibility in various aspects of
education, i.e. admissions, place of education, curriculum, age, co-curricular
activities, modes of teaching, evaluation etc.
2.
Covering life span of an
individual.
3.
Guided by the motivation of an
individual for self-growth, self-renewal.
4.
Diversified curriculum responsive
to learner and environmental needs.
5.
Process of sharing, exploring,
analyzing and judging with maximum participation of the learner.
6.
Preparation of future needs.
7.
Part-time education.
(A) FUNCTIONS OF EDUCATION
Education
is expected to perform the following functions:
1.
Development of natural abilities of
individuals.
2.
Development of such capacities in
the individuals that help them to harness the natural resources of the country.
3.
Development of character.
4.
Development of personality.
5.
Preparation for leaving personal
life.
6.
Sublimation of instincts.
7.
Creation of socially efficient
individuals.
8.
Development of community sense.
9.
Conservation and promotion of
culture and civilization.
10. Involvement
in social welfare.
11. National
development.
12. Development
of suitable leisure time activities.
13. Developing
values of emotional integration.
14. Developing
universal brotherhood.
