how evaluation in precolonial education took place
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n the pre-British period a typical type of education prevailed in Bengal nay
India which may be considered as the indigenous system of education. The popular
education prevalent in India during this period was based on the ideas and
principles enshrined in Hinduism, Islam and Buddhism. Education centered round
the house of a teacher, variously known as Tole, Chatuspathy, Maktub, Imambara
and Madrasa. The curriculum of the education system was associated with customs,
languases, social values and various thoughts of the people concerned. Before the
introduction of modern education the system of education was being conducted
and reared by native people over the centuries. The existing system of education,
in fact, continued up to the end of the Mughal rule and some of its important
methods and norms remained un changed during the Colonial rule. This system
of education was called indigenous education. Indigenous educational institutions
were conducted and patronized by the rulers, zamindars, philanthropists and local
elites'.
Indigenous educational system may broadly be divided into two time-periods
and be discussed as under: (a) Education in Ancient Bengal and (b) Education in
Medieval Bengal.
(a) Education in Ancient Bengal
In the Ancient Bengal there was no use of keeping historical record in a
systematic way. Consequently it is dificult to re-constructed a correct picture of
education of this period. Whatever it is in a situation of insufficient data and limited
sources of information the following statement is the meager, the condition of
education of Bengal during the priod under consideration.
The educational system prevalent during the early part of the Aryan period in
Indian subcontinent was called Brahmanical education. In this system education
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