Read the passage below and answer the question One of the major weaknesses of the existing educational system is that it places an almost exhaustive reliance on full‐time instruction and does not develop adequately the two alternative channels of part‐time and private study or own‐time education. It has to be remembered that reliance on full‐time education as the sole channel of instruction often divides the life of an individual into three water‐tight and sharply divided stages: a pre‐school stage of non‐formal education or work, a school stage of full‐time education, and a post‐school stage of full‐time work and no education. In a modernizing and rapidly changing society, education should be regarded, not as a terminal, but as a life‐long process. It should begin informally in the home itself, and thereafter it should be the ultimate objective of the national policy to strive to bring every individual under the influence of the formal system of education as early as possible, and to keep him under it, directly or indirectly, throughout his life. Similarly, there should be no water‐tight separation between work and education at any stage of man’s life, but only a relative shift of emphasis. An individual under full‐time education should have some work‐experience as an integral part of his education itself; and every full‐time worker should have the inclination, leisure and means to continue his education still further. In the same way, the transition from one stage to another should not be abrupt.
What is meant by the concept of ‘own‐time’ education in the context of the given passage?
Studying at home at leisure‐time
The passage links own-time education with private study. Studying independently at home during available leisure time best matches that meaning among the options; scheduled school or night classes are different arrangements.
Important Questions from Concept of Education
- The 3 R’s in literacy stand for
I. Reading
II. Writing
III. Arithmatic
IV. Response
Codes : Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other is labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Non-formal educational programme in museum are designed to achieve specific learning objectives to support school curriculum.
Reason (R) : Non-formal education bridge the gap between formal schooling and informal experience, providing opportunity for learning.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
Education was put in concurrent list through which constitutional amendment?
Which of the following is NOT true about the right kind of education?
I. It is based on a particular system.
II. It helps individuals to be mature and free.
Which of the following is not a source of informal education?
