Difference between the pathshala system of gurus and the new education policy?
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Pathshala pre-modern local elementary education centre imparting secular instructions geared to meet the practical needs of the community, such as zamindari accounts, mahajani accounts, weights and measures, document and letter writing etc. The pathshala was usually set up by an instructor called guru, who ran the centre as his private concern. There were also pathshalas established, though rarely, at the initiative of the community, but the guru's predominance in the management of the pathshala was unchallengeable. The guru based pathshala system in Bengal was in existence from very early times and it continued until the system began to erode under the pressure of the new education policy of the colonial government in the nineteenth century.'
The pathshala was an open air institution having no paraphernalia like permanent structures, furniture and staff. A pathshala carried no name. It was usually known to people by the name of the guru who ran it. The pupils sat on the ground. They were, however, free to bring from home their own gears to sit on, such as small-sized mats made of cane, bamboo reeds, barks, leaves etc. The guru maintained his honour and difference with the rest by sitting on a wooden stool, which was again brought from home. As the guru maintained the pathshala all alone as an enterprise, he admitted students to the limit he could well manage. The gurus mostly came from the Hindu Kayastha caste, which was socially specialized in teaching and serving in state and business establishments. The pathshala was open to students of all religions and castes, though predominantly Hindu students attended pathshala and Muslim students maktabs.
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The following are the differences between traditional Pathshalas and modern classrooms:
1. The traditional Pathshalas were held under the Banyan tree or at the corners of the villages meaning there was no proper infrastructure for classes to be held, whereas the modern classes are held in proper buildings and with proper comfort.
2. In the traditional Pathshalas, there was no proper sitting arrangement and books for students to study but in the modern classrooms, students are provided to sit on proper desks and have access not only to printed books but also to the E-books.
3. The fees in the traditional Pathshalas varied according to the income of parents, on the other hand, the fees of modern schools are fixed irrespective of the income of parents.
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